What Time Is It Anyway?

Israel is back on “winter time,” and America will follow suit Saturday night, rolling back its clocks one hour to standard time. Once again, national debate has erupted over the pluses and minuses of the semi-annual ritual of changing the clocks.

Some medical studies say tinkering with time increases the risk of heart attacks and recommend keeping the clock uniform year-round. The mainstream media generally extols extol the virtues of the summer clock as an energy saver and economy booster. However, numerous studies conducted by the US Department of Energy, at the behest of Congress, showed the savings to be fractional.

Another “truism” is that daylight saving time adds an hour of daylight to the day.

It doesn’t. We can play with time, but no one can add a 25th hour to the day. It merely shifts one hour of daylight from the early morning to the late evening.