With so many caveats related to DST, why even bother with it at all?
Here in Sweden, we switch to standard time this weekend.
Right now, sunrise is 8.16 and sunset is 17.32, so yes, I'm taking the kids to school in the dark, and it's still light when I pick them up around 16.45.
Next week, yes, it'll be light in the morning. But sunset will be 16.19, which means I'll be picking the kids up from their after-school program in the dark.
On December 10, the sun will be up 8.46 - 15.20, so it'll be dark for both drop-off and pick-up -- and neither DST nor Standard time will change that.
If it's really a walking-to-school-in-the-dark issue, then maybe the school start time is the problem. "Schools Start Too Early" - https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/features/schools-start-too-early.h...
> The American Academy of PediatricsExternalexternal icon has recommended that middle and high schools start at 8:30 a.m. or later to give students the opportunity to get the amount of sleep they need, but most American adolescents start school too early.
Kids don’t really walk to school here so it’s not actually an issue in that regard.
It does mean people get more sunlight hours after work though.
Though, as a software developer, I'm slightly worried how many weird/interesting side-effects it will have, how many places are there strange hardcoded edgecases due to this..
