That was sort of the parent's point: the sun is down for everyone leaving work in the winter. Moreover, it's surely been down for almost all of us for at least an hour, so an extra hour wouldn't really help.

It only wouldn't help for the two weeks before and after the winter solstice.

For me, it's dark by 5:30pm from about mid October (even with daylight savings) to the end of February. It's way more than two weeks.

And that's if you get out of work at 5 every day. Lots of us get out later (say, 6 or 6:30) and then have at least a half hour commute.

The only time I see the sun in winter is in the morning. With daylight savings in effect I lose that too. Those extra few weeks they tacked onto daylight savings at the end of October are dark and brutal.

Exactly.

Me too, which is why I'm asking. In fact, it's usually down by 4, and I typically get out at 6.