Almost nowhere do you see the sun directly overhead at noon, even during Standard Time. The differences can be quite stark: https://24timezones.com/cms-static/images/uploads/solartimev...

BC (and PST) is actually quite reasonable in this regard, with Vancouver and LA being fairly close to "on the money." Contrast that with China and Russia, where clock time can be 2h+ off from solar time.

As a further note, this is one reason it's miserable to be in Boston/Maine during the winter if you're an SAD sufferer: sunset times of 4pm or sooner feel like "insult to injury."

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MoonWalk 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Maybe, but Standard time is still closer to "correct."

"Daylight Savings" time never made sense. Why are we "saving daylight" when there's more of it?

	▲	crazygringo 19 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> Why are we "saving daylight" when there's more of it? We're saving it from the morning in the summer, when there's way too much of it while we're asleep, to use it in the evening, when we want to enjoy the outdoors with our families and friends after dinner. The point is to increase the enjoyment of summer sunlight after the work day is over.
	▲	PieTime 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Save it in the evening, it was always dark in the morning. Historically we were saving daylight for the morning