Comments on: Dhaka Savings Time

By: Santosh

Santosh — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:22:07 +0000

VM,
By the same measure since India is in the same tropical zone as Bangladesh, do you think Bangladesh’s jump to DST is a wasted move?

By: VM

VM — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:01:03 +0000

Yes, It sounds good therotically, but the implementation implications are too big.
All of the systems have to be rehauled to accomodate this.

Also, i think being a tropical country we actually do not need this DST. The sole purpose of DST is to keep work hours in sync witht eh sunrise and sunset times, taking benifit of sunlight.
So, being in Canada, in winters the sun rises at around 6.00 AM and sets at around 4:00PM, whereas in summers it does the same at 4:00am and 9:00PM.
In India we hardly have such a drastic daylight difference time.

It makes no sense to me.

By: Santosh

Santosh — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:35:05 +0000

Shadows,
LOL. True. Depending on whether the time gets adjusted forward or backward, people running on IST may be later or actually on time for a change.

Vishal,
Great point about the farmers.

By: Vishal

Vishal — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:01:51 +0000

I never thought of that!

The pro’s and con’s of DST are not as straightforward as one might think though. Besides the obvious disadvantage of complexity (think computer systems, billing cycles, TV prime time etc.), it can adversely affects the farmers. It can mess up people’s sleep and hence decrease efficiency to some extent. In Australia for example, the data showed that the electricity usage did not decrease after it implemented the DST in 2000.

Implementing DST does sound like a good idea, at least in theory, and is surely something to consider. But we don’t want to do it just because everyone else is doing it.

By: shadows

shadows — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:22:37 +0000

Bhai, logo ko Indian Standard Time samajh mein nahi aata, woh daylight saving time mein kitna confuse honge..