Once again, it's time to take your clocks off the wall and turn them forward an hour for daylight saving time. While a lot of people were recovering from one less hour of sleep, dozens of folks stopped by Idlewild Park for the weekly farmers market, including Frankie Patteta.
“During the winter when it's just, like dark at 4:30, it's not fun,” Patetta said.
Patetta, who lives in Midtown, said the one-hour shift opens up his evenings.
“I do door-to-door sales,” he said. “It's actually more ideal to walk up to somebody, you know, in the light than going at their house in the evening when it's dark."
Patetta helps his friend with his window cleaning company and runs his own marketing business. Another neighbor said more time in the sun means more time hiking the trails.
“I usually go up, like Peavine [Peak] or out to Hunter Valley. Sometimes out towards, like, Hidden Valley and down toward Carson,” said Curtis Krommenhoek.
Krommenhoek, a Northwest Reno resident, said the extra hour means he can enjoy an evening hike during the week without feeling rushed.
“It definitely opens up [time] after work, you know,” he said. “I can go on hikes and not feel like I'm chasing the daylight.”
As great as extra time in the sun can be, Crommenhoek said the United States should end the clock change.
“I think a lot of other countries don't really do it, so i think we should probably be following suit,” he said.
Nearly 150 countries have used daylight saving at some point. Around 70 of them still do.
“If we just stick to one time that would be ideal. I think the change is kind of odd,” Patetta said.
“I've always been in the camp that the farmers should adapt their schedules, you know. Us normies shouldn't need to,” Krommenhoek said.
Almost 20 states have approved a law to make daylight saving time permanent. So far, Nevada has not.
Alin Beane talked to locals about how they're dealing with the time change.
