Daylight Saving Time

[DoggyDaddy]

What would have to be changed to facilitate that?

Nothing but personal habits.

 

[chipbennett]

This is the weekend I hate.. the whole week afterwards I am screwed up in the morning.

I'm following my habit of fixing that issue by flying three time zones away the day after DST change. Just get all of the circadian rhythm issues taken care of in one, fell swoop.

 

[chipbennett]

Got it, not looking for a practical solution…

The most, and only, practical solution: stop changing the clocks twice a year.

The advent of electric lights obviated any need to "save" daylight. All of the societal benefits come from... not changing clocks.

 

[Ingomike]

Nothing but personal habits.

And all of societies institutions…

 

[chipbennett]

And all of societies institutions…

...all require change, due to the stupid practice of changing clocks twice a year.

 

[Ingomike]

The most, and only, practical solution: stop changing the clocks twice a year.

The advent of electric lights obviated any need to "save" daylight. All of the societal benefits come from... not changing clocks.

No one ever can “save” daylight. However the master schedule can be shifted to allow more daylight in the evening, a thing people love as much as they love complaining about changing clocks…

 

[DoggyDaddy]

And all of societies institutions…

In society, do you suppose there are more institutions, or more people?

 

[Ingomike]

...all require change, due to the stupid practice of changing clocks twice a year.

What changes do societies institutions make due to changing clocks? Maybe increase staff at lowes because more gardeners start coming in?

 

[chipbennett]

No one ever can “save” daylight. However the master schedule can be shifted to allow more daylight in the evening, a thing people love as much as they love complaining about changing clocks…

...because that doesn't sound at all intrusive, either to institutions or to the members of society impacted by the change.

 

[Quiet Observer]

This is the weekend I hate.. the whole week afterwards I am screwed up in the morning.

If you stay up late or get up early any other day or night of the year, are you screwed for the next week? Have you ever gone on a vacation to an area in another time zone?

 

[Ingomike]

In society, do you suppose there are more institutions, or more people?

My point may not be interpreted as intended. The simple changing of the clocks, no matter how much people bitch about it, changes everything in society relative to daylight with no further effort on the part of people or institutions.

If everyone did their own thing it would be chaos…

 

[Ingomike]

...because that doesn't sound at all intrusive, either to institutions or to the members of society impacted by the change.

It doesn’t affect anyone that doesn’t participate in organized society, the ”intrusion” is completely voluntary…

 

[CindyE]

I hate it, and probably will as long as i have a job to be at.

 

[BigMoose]

If you stay up late or get up early any other day or night of the year, are you screwed for the next week? Have you ever gone on a vacation to an area in another time zone?

Its just not me that gets screwed up the rest of the week..

Daylight Saving Time and Your Health

Northwestern Medicine chief of Sleep Medicine discusses the health impacts of switching to daylight saving time.

www.nm.org

 

[Ingomike]

Its just not me that gets screwed up the rest of the week..

Daylight Saving Time and Your Health

Northwestern Medicine chief of Sleep Medicine discusses the health impacts of switching to daylight saving time.

www.nm.org

The one thing certain in this DST debate is there is no shortage of links, studies, and articles that say whatever it is that the debaters want them to say for all positions.

 

[Ingomike]

I hate it, and probably will as long as i have a job to be at.

I probably asked before but do not remember, how does DST affect your job?

 

[AndreusMaximus]

If you stay up late or get up early any other day or night of the year, are you screwed for the next week? Have you ever gone on a vacation to an area in another time zone?

I'm sure it varies from person to person, but for me, I've always been amazed at how firmly my regular sleep/wake up cycle is cemented. I can be up in the middle of the night, even for a few hours, and I still tend to wake up on my own not much later than I otherwise would. If I get up an hour early or go to bed an hour late on any random day, my body still wants to fall back into my normal sleeping/waking up times, even when I would expect my normal rhythm to be thrown off. When I travel to a different time zone for a week or so, my sleep schedule usually feels "off" the whole time I'm gone, and then when I come back it feels perfectly natural to go back to the original sleep/wake up schedule.

Whenever I change my normal sleeping times, it takes somewhere in the ballpark of a month before the new schedule feels natural.

 

[BigMoose]

I probably asked before but do not remember, how does DST affect your job?

It makes me burn an hour of PTO for Monday... that is usually enough to get me back in sync. Still annoying.

 

[CindyE]

I probably asked before but do not remember, how does DST affect your job?

i'll be getting up an hour earlier than i used to, and it will be light when i go to bed. I am guessing it takes some people longer to adjust than others, but it really is a thing.

 

[Ingomike]

I'm sure it varies from person to person, but for me, I've always been amazed at how firmly my regular sleep/wake up cycle is cemented. I can be up in the middle of the night, even for a few hours, and I still tend to wake up on my own not much later than I otherwise would. If I get up an hour early or go to bed an hour late on any random day, my body still wants to fall back into my normal sleeping/waking up times, even when I would expect my normal rhythm to be thrown off. When I travel to a different time zone for a week or so, my sleep schedule usually feels "off" the whole time I'm gone, and then when I come back it feels perfectly natural to go back to the original sleep/wake up schedule.

Whenever I change my normal sleeping times, it takes somewhere in the ballpark of a month before the new schedule feels natural.

If people that are very sensitive to this change just adjusted to it incrementally over a week or two it shouldn’t be that bad?