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Originally Posted by ballaratdragons
You're not a farmer are you? 
They don't work that way.
Farmers do NOT alter schedules to suit public change.
Cows get milked at the same time (real time) with or without DST. Which is probably good that dairy farmers refuse to work on DST.
Dairies are compliant with this and pick up accordingly, implementing ISO 9001 ( ISO 9001 purchasing, product specification, manufacturing processes, job descriptions, training, operating instructions, calibration and maintenance, hygiene and sanitation and occupational health and safety.)
Some of them may be backwards in believing the truth, but good on them for not budging 
But beside the fact that they don't Milk at the wrong time, the point is that some still believe the Sun is made to stay up an hour longer. |
Cool, thanks for the clarification. It was my understanding that the trucking schedule was fixed (not suiting public change, but rather a corporate one) when they arrive at the same "clock time" every morning (at least that it what I was told when I visited a dairy farm). Their explanation seems sound and logical, based on the facts stated to me... 4am is 4am, but in "real time" they are obviously not the same. Oddly enough, the USA uses DST and milk always seems available in the store...
I completely agree that people are silly for thinking that the sun stays up an hour longer... or that the curtains fade faster because the sun shines "longer on them"... complete idiocy.
And no, I'm an engineer, not a farmer... can't stand to get up too early in the morning (I'm a night owl
).