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glatt · 03-15-2010, 10:15 AM

What's really interesting to me is the way the time zone maps are drawn. Looking at the two extremes of the Eastern Time zone, the sun rose in Lubec Maine today at 6:40 AM, and it rose in Ontonagon Michigan in the Upper Peninsula at 8:10 AM. That's an hour and a half difference in the start of daylight hours, and they are in the same time zone. So this DST can be really helpful for some locations and really bad for others. I bet Maine is pretty happy about it, and Michigan is bummed. Last week, Maine had tons of early morning light and it was pitch black in the late afternoon, and now it's more balanced. Michigan had a decent balance and now they are dark in the morning and have a lot of light in the afternoon and early evening.

03-15-2010, 10:15 AM	#23
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	What's really interesting to me is the way the time zone maps are drawn. Looking at the two extremes of the Eastern Time zone, the sun rose in Lubec Maine today at 6:40 AM, and it rose in Ontonagon Michigan in the Upper Peninsula at 8:10 AM. That's an hour and a half difference in the start of daylight hours, and they are in the same time zone. So this DST can be really helpful for some locations and really bad for others. I bet Maine is pretty happy about it, and Michigan is bummed. Last week, Maine had tons of early morning light and it was pitch black in the late afternoon, and now it's more balanced. Michigan had a decent balance and now they are dark in the morning and have a lot of light in the afternoon and early evening. Attached Images

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