Being an “evening person”, a golfer and a Canadian — I’ve always liked Daylight Savings Time.

(For 10 years I lived in Saskatchewan where we did not have DST and suffered some confusion because everyone else in the country was.)

On the internet, however, the consensus seems to be that the benefits are not worth the bother.

For example:

… assuming you use the same amount of lighting in the morning that you normally do, how much can you expect to save thanks to an extra hour of evening daylight for four weeks? Not much. Let’s do the math, assuming you have five 60-watt light bulbs you regularly use every evening:

28 days * 1 hour * 5 light bulbs * 60 watts = 8.4 kilowatt-hours (kWh)

Using the average residential cost per kilowatt-hour of 10.22 cents from November 2006, here’s how much you’d save:

8.4 kWh * $0.1022/kWh = $0.86

So after an act of Congress, millions spent in computer reprogramming and schedule adjusting, and kids waiting for buses in pitch dark, you can expect to save 86 cents a year thanks to the extension of Daylight Saving Time. And if your house already made the switch to energy-saving CFL bulbs like we did, cut that savings to 19 cents.

How Much Will You Save With the Longer Daylight Saving Time? About 86 Cents. | Punny Money