+54 The day should start at sunrise, not at midnight or sunset, amirite?

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Sunrise changes drastically from location to location, as well as throughout the year. It's the same reason time zones were created and standardized.

by Felixschaden 2 days ago

You really cannot comprehend how "we" settled on a standardized setting rather than something unreliable due to frequent changes.....? Uhm... okay.... Not unpopular, just dumb.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Ehhh I'm on the east coast and will gladly take a couple free hours because the rest of the country hasn't started their day yet. Maybe this kid is onto something.

by Garfieldcrooks 2 days ago

As a data engineer that already suffers enough with DD-MM-YYYY, YYYY-MM-DD, MM/DD/YYYY formats, adding another layer of complexity to date calculation would make my life miserable

by Jena05 2 days ago

MM/DD/YYYY needs to go away. Worst one of the bunch.

by AdExtension1667 2 days ago

Do you say "it is the fifth day of August 2025" or do you say "it's August 5th 2025"? I say the latter so I use MM/DD/YYYY

by Angelitahegmann 2 days ago

in my language we would say "5 de agosto de 2025", D-M-Y makes more sense

by Jena05 2 days ago

Makes sense! You also write it like you say it. :)

by Angelitahegmann 2 days ago

Fifth of August in my language "Vijf augustus" and "Augustus de vijfde" have a very different meaning ....

by Anonymous 2 days ago

What a WILD reductio ad absurdum. We say 5th of August and not "it's the eight month of the years 5th day". Jesus Christ I've never seen such audacity to try mKe others sound stupid. Like bravo on your ability to be a douchebag.

by Intrepid-Camera 1 day ago

Perhaps your consumption of alcohol has hindered your ability to read, because you're putting words straight into my mouth. I never said anything indicating that I believe my views are absolute. In fact, I kinda said the opposite. I asked a question and then made a statement based on my personal preference. Sorry you got butthurt about it to this degree. Not my problem. Have a good one, little whiner.

by Angelitahegmann 1 day ago

GASP!!! How dare you even suggest such a thing?! It's an Australian they're all drunks.

by Angelitahegmann 1 day ago

I rarely say this because I think it's overdone but Jesus Christ touch grass. I wish I had so little problems in my life that THIS is the hill I would choose to show my ass and die on.

by Angelitahegmann 1 day ago

Pretty sure the one being the douchebag here is you with your extremely aggressive response

by Jumpy-Signature6321 1 day ago

MM/DD/YYYY needs to go away. Same with DD/MM/YYYY. At one time, our IT dept wrong a custom application. I asked to change the date format so when we sort chronologically, it would actually be in chronologic order. They said it can't be done because the Oracle-based software wouldn't let them.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Why? It reflects the way I speak dates, and works just fine for my purposes.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

But sunrise changes throughout the year

by Anonymous 1 day ago

It's just a me thing but I always say tomorrow doesn't start until I go to sleep and wake up. It doesn't matter if I'm up until 7:00, Ill still be saying see you tomorrow to whoever I'm with.

by Kitchen-Birthday-277 1 day ago

this

by Leading-Club 1 day ago

And OP is effectively just saying to formalise that

by Financial_Banana_915 1 day ago

Definitely just a you thing since it's not true

by Anonymous 1 day ago

At midnight where you are on the planet the sun is directly beneath you. The local "day" starts at that time as a result of being able to precisely measure the movement of the sun and planets. What you're describing is geocentrism.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

So... During the winter in the north of Norway we don't get days at all during winter? That doesn't seem fair.

by Superb_Camel750 1 day ago

That's an idiotic opinion, not an unpopular one. That Jewish idea works for Israel as it's near the equator and dawn/dusk are pretty consistent. Now think how well it works in Norway.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

You're conflating your personal experience of time with a set point in which the date rolls over to the next on a calendar. The date changing at midnight has absolutely no bearing on how you perceive time. The "next day" for you is still when you wake up. So what about people who work night shifts and sleep through the day? It's an arbitrary argument because it's literally just a measurement.

by Reynoldsrigober 1 day ago

Generally people start their day when the sun rises, and end their day after it sets.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

You still need a set time to say the day "started" and "ended". You couldn't standardize basing it on sunrise/sunset because it's different. However, rolling the time to AM at 6 instead of 12 would make 100% more sense. 6AM-5:59AM, 6P-5:59P would be a better standardization of time IMO though. Midnight being 12 in the morning makes absolutely 0 sense.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Midnight was set as the standard because its the nightmost point of the day, where that's the last point of the day that will actually remain sunless before you cross the point where you are in a region and time that has 24 hours of sun a day (give or take a bit based on rounding to the hour of the timezone you are in). Some people also get up well before sunrise for a variety of reasons, having the day change for them as the sun rises would be unnecessarily confusing.

by ashlynnbaumbach 1 day ago

Sunrises and sunsets change every single day no matter where on Earth you are. Not so noticeable near the equator, but at the poles sometimes there are no sunsets or sunrises.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

So, how does that work at extremely latitudes when the sun doesn't rise at all in the winter?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

That sounds like a logistical nightmare, since sunrise is different every day not to mention different in different places. Are all days different lengths now? And start at different times? Does midnight align with sunrise now? If not, in what way is the day "starting" at sunrise?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

sunrise / sunset changes a lot throughout the year away from the equator which is why the standards were set at midday and midnight since those don't change dramatically

by Anonymous 1 day ago

What fixed point in a 24 hours period would be 00:00 in your proposal?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

"Yes we will not refund your ticket. Wdym the midnight flight is still yesterday?"

by Mental-Activity-5299 1 day ago