What time zone do you live in?

[hotdogPi]

Do we have any members from the Atlantic Time part of Canada?

Reporting for duty   

I was legitimately scared there for about half a second (reporting for offensive content, reporting for personal attack, etc.)

[TheHighwayMan3561]

This thread is calling for me to again express my absolute hatred for Central time and my desire for year-round DST.

You hate us cause you ain't us.

[US 89]

This thread is calling for me to again express my absolute hatred for Central time and my desire for year-round DST.

You hate us cause you ain't us.

The only reason I would hate Central time is that it is close enough to Atlanta (2 counties away, even) that some of my road adventures take me into it. Since I often take photos using my phone, which changes its time zone based on my location, any sort of time change during the day will result in them being out of order.

It's even worse if you cross the boundary multiple times in a day - I did a daytrip up to the Chattanooga area last fall and crossed the boundary six times.

That said, in order: Mountain > Central > Eastern > Pacific.

[webny99]

This thread is calling for me to again express my absolute hatred for Central time and my desire for year-round DST.

You hate us cause you ain't us.

I must say, I don't understand the hatred of a time zone other than one's own. I don't mind Central time at all. Pacific is annoying, though. 3 hours offset is just enough to be a pain in almost any context you can think of.

It's even worse if you cross the boundary multiple times in a day - I did a daytrip up to the Chattanooga area last fall and crossed the boundary six times.

Wow, I guess I never realized how close the boundary is to Atlanta/Chattanooga. That would be annoying. One change in a single day/trip is plenty.

[J N Winkler]

I voted for Central simply because that is where I live.  Since I don't watch sports, and tend to steer clear of scripted TV unless I can time-shift, I am only rarely in the position of being pushed to develop a timezone preference on the basis of scheduling windows fixed for the convenience of people in another timezone, mandated broadcast delays, and other forms of time-based media embargo.  One of the infrequent examples that comes to mind is federal elections every two years.

My concern is more that the area I am in should be in a timezone that is reasonable given its geographical position and the social conventions that govern business and living.  For example, business hours of eight to five should correspond to morning to late afternoon rather than, say, middle of the night to noon, and twelve noon should generally be close to both midday and lunchtime.  Beijing in the Beijing timezone is reasonable:  Ãœrümqi (1750 miles west) in the Beijing timezone is not.

[CtrlAltDel]

I'm currently living in Central time, but I'm working in Eastern time. It's surprisingly frustrating.

[JayhawkCO]

Just because I was interested in the demographics here vs. the U.S. at large, I looked up population by time zone.

(Applies for contiguous U.S. only)

47.6% Eastern
29.1% Central
6.7% Mountain
16.6% Pacific

Chris

[hotdogPi]

Just because I was interested in the demographics here vs. the U.S. at large, I looked up population by time zone.

(Applies for contiguous U.S. only)

47.6% Eastern
29.1% Central
6.7% Mountain
16.6% Pacific

Chris

I know Pacific is underrepresented here, but I thought Eastern was overrepresented. Apparently not – Eastern and Central have about the same number of votes.

By the way, Canada is not underrepresented on this forum. Canada has about 1/10 the population of the US.

US and Canada combined (still excludes Alaska and Hawaii, though):

0.15% Newfoundland and Labrador
0.55% Atlantic
49.0% Eastern
26.8% Central
7.2% Mountain
16.2% Pacific

[kphoger]

twelve noon should generally be close to ... midday

Well, that makes two of us.  Everyone else thinks of us as archaic.

[NWI_Irish96]

I've lived in Eastern and Central about equally in my life and as someone who watches a fair amount of TV, I much prefer Central. Prime time programming begins at 7 instead of 8, and local news can be found at 9 instead of 10. Weeknight sporting events also don't run so late. I also prefer living at the eastern edge of a time zone in order to avoid the ridiculously late sunrises.

[Roadgeekteen]

Eastern

[hbelkins]

I must say, I don't understand the hatred of a time zone other than one's own. I don't mind Central time at all.

Because it pushes everything back an hour. If you're used to something being at 10 in the Eastern zone, it's at 9 in Central.

My colleague in the Somerset office (Eastern) lives in Russell Springs (Central). Office hours are 8-4:30 Eastern. That means for her, the hours are 7-3:30. And she has a commute of 30 miles or more. I can't imagine having to get up that early every day to do to work.

And the early sunsets in winter are even worse. It gets dark way too early as it is in December in Eastern time. Push that back an hour in Central time. Darkness at 4:30 or thereabouts is downright depressing. That's one reason I favor year-round DST.

[webny99]

I must say, I don't understand the hatred of a time zone other than one's own. I don't mind Central time at all.

Because it pushes everything back an hour. If you're used to something being at 10 in the Eastern zone, it's at 9 in Central.

Well, of course, but we have to have time zones, and the time zone lines have to be somewhere. If you'd say the same thing about Mountain Time if you lived in western Kansas or Texas, then to me that's an issue with living near the line (or with where the line is placed), not with the time zone itself.

[bing101]

PST for me.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

I must say, I don't understand the hatred of a time zone other than one's own. I don't mind Central time at all.

Because it pushes everything back an hour. If you're used to something being at 10 in the Eastern zone, it's at 9 in Central.

Well, of course, but we have to have time zones, and the time zone lines have to be somewhere. If you'd say the same thing about Mountain Time if you lived in western Kansas or Texas, then to me that's an issue with living near the line (or with where the line is placed), not with the time zone itself.

If I'm driving east, and it goes from 9 PM to 10 PM, suddenly a bunch of stuff is closed that wasn't closed a few miles behind me if I didn't plan ahead or consider that. That's no fun either.

[I-39]

Central time

[I-55]

I'm currently living in Central time, but I'm working in Eastern time. It's surprisingly frustrating.

When I was little my dad worked in a different time zone.

[tolbs17]

I must say, I don't understand the hatred of a time zone other than one's own. I don't mind Central time at all.

And the early sunsets in winter are even worse. It gets dark way too early as it is in December in Eastern time. Push that back an hour in Central time. Darkness at 4:30 or thereabouts is downright depressing. That's one reason I favor year-round DST.

Look at western Aussie (near the Northern and southern Territory) Aussie and east Indonesia (even eastern India as well) and see how off their timezones are!

India

Western Australia Oh look! Sunset in the summer (December) doesn't even go past 6pm!

Indonesia What a waste of morning daylight used.

Norway Since it's in the arctic circle (which is close to the north pole), I'm not worried about this one that much.

Alaska has solar noon way past 12pm. And in Maine, solar noon is before 12pm (without DST, of course).

[Flint1979]

Eastern

[STLmapboy]

I've been to all six US state timezones.

You've been to both Alaska and Hawaii at age 16?  Must be nice.

It is. Interestingly, I've never been to some closer-in states like Indiana and Kentucky.

[zachary_amaryllis]

mountain, aka 'what time does this show REALLY air' land

[TheHighwayMan3561]

mountain, aka 'what time does this show REALLY air' land

A good point on that would be Rapid City, SD. They get their main CBS feed from Sioux Falls, so folks watching the Eye get live prime time at 6 PM in sync with Central Time.

[jakeroot]

That said, in order: Mountain > Central > Eastern > Pacific.

Is this most-hated to least-hated or vice-versa?

I'm not sure I could possibly hate a time zone, earlier posts aside.

[NWI_Irish96]

I'm currently living in Central time, but I'm working in Eastern time. It's surprisingly frustrating.

I work from home and my office is on Eastern time, but with the kids doing school from home, I don't mind starting work at 6:15 am as it gives me a couple hours of quiet before they get up.

[US 89]

That said, in order: Mountain > Central > Eastern > Pacific.

Is this most-hated to least-hated or vice-versa?

That would be in order from best to worst.

I hate Pacific. Sports are way too early and the evening news still isn't till 11. TV gets tape delayed 3 hours, which is a lot less manageable than the 1 hour Mountain delay if you want to avoid spoilers.