Daylight Savings Time is an outmoded policy, which incurs real costs every time our clocks are changed. With the computerization of commodities trading and the invention of headlights, there is no longer any compelling reason to cater a time policy to the agriculture sector.
I call my plan the "Split the Difference Plan." The next time we are supposed to change our clocks, we should only change them by 30 minutes, rather than an hour. Then leave it that way, forever. At the expense of 30 minutes of daylight in the summer, we gain a half-hour of daylight in the winter. Computer systems will no longer have clock change policy to blame for transaction issues. Society will benefit greatly, and operate more efficiently, with negligible cost.