DST-Daylight Saving Time
 

The concept of "[B][U]daylight saving time[/U][/B]" was introduced on Sunday by putting clocks forward by an hour at midnight.
[B][U]Will it work for Pakistan?[/U][/B] Before giving an opinion on the question read the following paragraphs to have an ides about the topic.


[B]Daylight saving time (DST[/B]; also summer time in British English; is the convention of advancing clocks so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn.

The practice is controversial. Adding daylight to afternoons benefits retailing, sports, and other activities that exploit sunlight after working hours, but causes problems for farming, entertainment and other occupations tied to the sun. Extra afternoon daylight reduces traffic fatalities; its effect on health and crime is less clear.

Although an early goal of DST was to reduce evening usage of incandescent lighting, formerly a primary use of electricity, modern heating and cooling usage patterns greatly differ and research about how DST currently affects energy use is limited and contradictory.


Willett's 1907 proposal argued that DST increases opportunities for outdoor leisure activities during afternoon sunlight hours. Obviously it does not change the length of the day; the longer days nearer the summer solstice in high latitudes merely offer more room to shift apparent daylight from morning to evening so that early morning daylight is not wasted. DST is commonly not observed during most of winter; because its mornings are darker: workers may have no sunlit leisure time, and children may need to leave for school in the dark.


Delaying the nominal time of sunset and sunrise reduces the use of artificial light in the evening and increases it in the morning. Lighting costs are reduced if the evening reduction outweighs the morning increase, as in high-latitude summer when most people wake up well after sunrise. An early goal of DST was to reduce evening usage of incandescent lighting, formerly a primary use of electricity. Although energy conservation remains an important goal, energy usage patterns have greatly changed since then, and recent research is limited and reports contradictory results. Electricity use is greatly affected by geography, climate, and economics, making it hard to generalize from single studies.

• The U.S. Dept. of Transportation (DOT) concluded in 1975 that DST might reduce the country's electricity usage by 1% during March and April, but the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) reviewed the DOT study in 1976 and found no significant savings.
• In 2000 when parts of Australia began DST in late winter, overall electricity consumption did not decrease, but the morning peak load and prices increased.
• In Western Australia during summer 2006–07, DST increased electricity consumption during hotter days and decreased it during cooler days, with consumption rising 0.6% overall.
• Although a 2007 study estimated that introducing DST to Japan would reduce household lighting energy consumption, a 2007 simulation estimated that DST would increase overall energy use in Osaka residences by 0.13%, with a 0.02% decrease due to less lighting more than outweighed by a 0.15% increase due to extra cooling; neither study examined non-residential energy use. DST's effect on lighting energy use is noticeable mainly in residences.
• A 2007 study found that the earlier start to DST that year had little or no effect on electricity consumption in California.
• A 2007 study estimated that winter daylight saving would prevent a 2% increase in average daily electricity consumption in Great Britain.
• A 2008 study examined billing data in Indiana before and after it adopted DST in 2006, and concluded that DST increased residential electricity consumption by 1% to 4%, primarily due to extra afternoon cooling.
Several studies have suggested that DST increases motor fuel consumption. U.S. gasoline demand grew an extra 1% during the newly introduced DST in March 2007.

Day light saving
 

Govt. of Pakistan is a caring govt. as it always does(or at least tries) the things which are [I]"Quom k Waseeh Ter Mufaad mein[/I] :pp but now in these days, from 1st of June, 2008, the shifting of one hour into the PST has been occurred and we are bound to (as we, being Pakistani are always are;) ) move our hands of watch [I]"1 Ghanta aagey"[/I] and it is said that it would save our electricity and would decrease the load-shedding problem.

Its the 13th day of the month and load-shedding is as before, WAPDA hasn't able to give a relaxation of even [B]5 minutes[/B], as it is said that Pakistani nation gets from govt. as soon as one blinks;)

Let me tell you a joke which I read in a paper.


A long time ago, there was a king ruled over IRANT. The King was a worshiper to the Fire. He didn't believe in Astrology and Astronomy. He had believe that no one can predict the future. He used to call it an Idiot act. However, his Prime Minister used to argue that he should try it at least once in life time period.

One day King ordered to call the Future predictor. He asked him a lot of question but was not satisfied, although got the correct answers but hence was on his "limited-line" which he couldn't cross. He asked him the final question, "How much years would my religion(fire worshiping) last?"

The Astrologer think about some times, looked at the sky, then made some lines on the ground, then looked on his own palm, then crossed his legs and finally said "150 years". King was astonished by the reply. He said how could he say that after all it was the Royal Religion. But the astrologer has predicted and couldn't blame himself.

King thought for a long time and couldn't sleep at night and at early morning, called out to PM and ordered to switch the Calenders of the whole states of the king back to 250 years. The nation was very stupid and acted as was ordered.
After some years, king died and right after 150 years from the day it was predicted by the astrologer, the States of that worshiper-to-Fire king was occupied by an other civilization.;)


I think all of you have got my point of view.


Regards

Surmount

salaam surmoun

in my opinion the crises which we are facing in these days are orchestrated to divert the attention of the masses from the real issues. something somewhere is seriously wrong. and speaking of dst, it is to be remembered that every nation has its own peculiarities. we as a nation are not prepared to the things like dst. i have seen many people who have confused them selves because of this dst. and when u talk about the remote areas and small towns, the people are altogether angry from this dst. it is very amusing that the govt. is considering energy saving but not energy generation. but in the unltimate analysis it can be said that dst may be efficacious for some countries but it is not in our case.

regards