Daylight Saving

Here we go again on the day-light-saving time smear campaign.

Apparently the reason that the standard time extends into April is the fact that the farmers can’t stand the dark March mornings that would result from the day-light-saving time.

Anyone who has had a ninth-grade general science course is aware that the shortest day of the year is about Dec. 21, the days and nights are the same on about Sept. 21 and March 21, and the longest day is about June 21.

The length of the day on Oct. 28, eight weeks before Dec. 21, is the same as the length of the day eight weeks after Dec. 21, namely Feb. 15. Whatever the arguments are for changing from daylight-saving time on Oct. 28 would be the same for changing back to daylight-saving time on Feb. 15, because the days are the same length again.

For some reason, the dark mornings in middle September do not bother the farmers, but if they were to come in March, they would terrify the farmers and their elected representatives.

Could someone explain this irrationality to me?

RON GREIM

Orange