Fixing day light savings

Day light savings... loose an hour for half a year. Some optimists say we gain an hour for half a year, but it doesn't feel like it. I can see some decent arguments for it. But I think there's a better solution: Split the difference. Adjust all the clocks by half an hour, and never ever have to set it forward or backward again. I mean, who cares if it's dark only half an hour earlier or later as opposed to a whole hour? At least then we won't have to deal with triffling annoyances like adjusting all of our clocks, forgetting which day the switch happens on, remembering that other countries don't switch on the same day, and some countries and even one or two US states don't even switch at all. Australia extended daylight savings a week to accomodate the possible confusion over some Commonwealth Games which only caused more confusion and prompted many to download patches for their computers to accomodate the change. Personally, it has mucked with my TV recording schedule, made me late for work, and meant that I have at least one or two time pieces (like my microwave oven or VCR) that give the wrong time for months. Ben Franklin didn't go far enough when he proposed the bloody thing. It seems to create more needless hassle.