I think the whole purpose was for 9-5ers to not be going and coming from work in the darkness - so, yes, I agree with you ockham (any relation to the razor?). ;) Considering that time is relative (just ask ole' Albert), I don't get why we need such inconveniences. To cause a discussion to ensue, I remember reading where the idea of changing the number of days in a week was considered since the periodic repetition is too quick for most people and that something like 7 days of work with 3 off had favorable consequences. The idea was to make a 'week' last 10 or 14 days instead of the 7 instituted in Rome a couple thousand years ago (although this up for dispute - i.e.: discussion!) ;) Something else to consider is the disparity of daylight time between the equatorial and polar regions - where it would seem that such inconveniences are nonsensical. I've always advocated a universal time (which does exist and is used by scientists and astonomers - you'll see times listed with UT). Of course, even that would become problematic with the advent of interstellar travel...

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