daylight saving time – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:27:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg daylight saving time – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Mapping Daylight Saving Time https://www.maproomblog.com/2022/03/mapping-daylight-saving-time/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:27:03 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1806583 More]]> Daylight saving time has been in the news again, with the U.S. Senate voting to make it permanent year-round. So it’s worth looking at maps that explore the impact of standard time and daylight saving time, and time zones in general, on the time of sunrise and sunset. And as far as the United States is concerned, that means looking at some maps by Andy Woodruff, who’s been exploring this question since at least this 2015 blog post. Which was supplanted in 2019 by this so-called gripe assistant tool to help you quantify your whining about the biannual change.

Map of optimal time zone boundaries (Andy Woodruff)
Andy Woodruff, Axis Maps (Twitter)

Finally, last week Andy produced the above infographic to illustrate your ideal time zone based on when you think your ideal sunrise and sunset is.

See also CityLab’s coverage (now subscriber-only), which is pretty Woodruff-heavy.

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