I prefer Standard Time rather than Daylight Saving Time

Did you turn back the clock this weekend?

Did you turn the clock back to standard time? I know many of you don't like that, it seems as if the majority of the country prefers Daylight Saving Time (DST). I don't. I like standard time. DST sounds like a disease.

I get up early, so I don't like the pitch black mornings, I like it light out. I don't mind it getting dark at 5:30 or 6:00 pm. When I'm in New York it gets dark earlier, sometimes it seems like 4:30 or 5:00 pm.

DST started in the U.S. with the Standard Time Act of 1918, a wartime measure for seven months during World War I in the interest of adding more daylight hours to conserve energy resources. It was implemented again during World War II all year round. In 1966 it was set as it is now, basically half the year.

There is always an outcry about stopping the time change and keeping it at DST. There is legislation in Congress to keep DST But scientists say that Standard Time is healthier for the body.

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine advises permanent Standard Time. They say it is more in line with a person's natural bio-rhymes and produces less negative health outcomes. Experts say Standard Time is important because it aligns the earth with the sun.

These days I'm in for the night at dinner time, not too long ago I was out all night, but even going out all night entailed going out after dark, so I never really cared about this stuff about having those extra hours of daylight for whatever people need it for.

Here are 10 reasons it is better to have Standard Time rather than DST. I posted it in today's 10 With Tom column.