#daylightsavingstime — Public Fediverse posts

So the House just passed a bill to make Daylight Savings Time permanent in the US. If it passes the Senate, it will happen. I'll be interested to see how happy people are the first winter as they send their children off to school in the dark before going to work in the dark each morning.

I'm old enough to remember the last time the US did this (in the 1970s). It was supposed to be for two years to save energy, but people hated it so much they ended it early.

I guess those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. (George Santayana was pretty clever.)

#Today #DaylightSavingsTime

I say go for it. I don’t really care if it’s daylight savings or standard, just don’t switch.

#endtheswitch #daylightsavingstime #standardtime

https://www.ms.now/news/house-passes-bill-ditch-switch-make-daylight-saving-time-permanent

@david_megginson From best to worst, I rank the options:
1. Permanent standard time
2. Permanent daylight savings time
3. Switching the clock between standard and DST

That's because I think switching is the biggest problem.

Why do you rank permanent DST as the worst option?

#DaylightSavingsTime #DST #NoDST

(#Saskatchewan doesn't use #DaylightSavingsTime either, but so far as I know they didn't stop because they never used it in the first place. Would be happy to be corrected if I'm wrong.)

Somehow I missed that #Alberta , #BC, and the #NorthwestTerritories are joining the #Yukon to stop switching their clocks back and forth: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/daylight-saving-time-clock-change-time-zone-alberta-9.7171054

"Cows, notorious for their inability to read clocks, are hungry when the sun rises, he said." (Infants too are not governed by the clock.)

Apparently Alberta and BC are adopting permanent daylight time; I'd have preferred standard, but the most important thing is to stop switching.

#DaylightSavingsTime
#abpoli #bcpoli

Reminder that many #Disabled people have trouble getting up earlier in the morning, as determined by sunrise and not arbitrary numbers. #DaylightSavingsTime further excludes us from public life by making everything close an hour earlier, on top of further disconnecting everyone from the natural cycles of the world.

#DitchDaylightSaving

https://globalnews.ca/news/11860370/daylight-saving-time-us-bill-trump/

Huh, interesting, states have the option of opting out/keeping Daylight Savings time if'n I read this right? Honestly I think that's a better idea, by default no more DST.

Alberta :flagab: plans to abandon time changes, stay on Mountain Daylight saving Time.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/daylight-saving-time-clock-change-time-zone-alberta-9.7171054
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L’Alberta :flagab: planifie abandonner les changements d’heure et rester sur l’heure avancée des Rocheuses.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2247569/alberta-changement-heure-fin-ete

#Alberta #ABpoli #DST #DaylightSavingsTime #HeureAvancée

i don't recall ever really being affected by the daylight savings time change. this year it's kicking me around the room

i assume that it is just age

#aging #daylightSavingsTime

The ‘hoax’ of the Nazi time zone in Spain that still robs us of sleep.

Much has been written about the fact that Spain adheres to CET, rather than being on Greenwich Mean Time, the same zone as the United Kingdom and Portugal.

It’s widely believed to be the result of a gesture from Franco to Hitler.

Although not true, Spain is still torn between history and health.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260329-the-hoax-of-the-nazi-time-zone-in-spain-that-still-robs-us-of-sleep?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Spain #DaylightSavingsTime #Health #Timezones #DST #History

Some assholes tried to steal an hour of my night, but I thwarted their attempts like a pro 🥱

If you want to take an hour of my time, it sure as hell is going to be a work hour, thank you very much.

#DaylightSavingsTime

"Remember: Spring back, fall forward"

A friend of mine on Facebook used to say that every time the clocks changed and see how many fish he reeled in.

It's honestly one of the only things I miss about Facebook.

#DaylightSavingsTime

⚠️ Daylight Savings Time (DST) is tonight. Clock 1h → forwards ⚠️

#tech #dst #daylightsavingstime #clock #ohItsThatTimeOfTheYearAgain

My body is actually looking forward to shifting to Daylight Saving for once. (I hate the concept)

But I've started (well for a while) waking up in the middle of the night around 3-4 AM.

So with DST it would be 4-5 AM which is much closer to when my alarm goes off on weekdays - so it would be nice to feel like I am not waking early.

#daylightsavingstime

Daylight Saving Time implies the existence of Daylight Spending Time.

#DaylightSavingTime #DaylightSavings #DaylightSavingsTime #DST #StandardTime

#DaylightSavingsTime again! Are we early or late?

I can't help but wonder if Daylight Savings Time is just as miserable for my fellow autistics as it is for me. It's going to take me probably a week to adjust and I'm already losing sleep this first night afterwards because I needed a later sleep and now I don't feel remotely tired "earlier". #daylightsavingstime #actuallyautistic

‘In the giant encyclopedia of incredibly stupid things humans have inflicted on themselves and the planet, which boasts such notable feats Congressperson Lauren Boebert and cappuccino-flavored potato chips, daylight saving time rises to the top of the list of heinous gaffes’

https://sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/perry-trump-regrettment-syndrome-gets-a-1-hour-reprieve-with-daylight-savings-time/

#DaylightSavingsTime #LockTheClock #COleg #COpolitics

‘In the giant encyclopedia of incredibly stupid things humans have inflicted on themselves and the planet, which boasts such notable feats Congressperson Lauren Boebert and cappuccino-flavored potato chips, daylight saving time rises to the top of the list of heinous gaffes’

https://sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/perry-trump-regrettment-syndrome-gets-a-1-hour-reprieve-with-daylight-savings-time/

#DaylightSavingsTime #LockTheClock #COleg #COpolitics

What time is it?

#WhatTimeIsIt #DST #daylightSavingsTime

Well, Daylight Savings Time has now been abolished where I live.

About damn time.

Here's a parting gift, Daylight Savings Time: 🖕

#DaylightSavingsTime

Time travel isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

#daylightsavingstime

👇 #DaylightSavingsTime

Time changes aren't fun for us.
But they're not so great for your pets either...

for those of you participating, "set your clocks an hour forward and in the process realize that half of them need new batteries" day is tonight!

#DST #DaylightSavings #DaylightSavingsTime #SpringForward

Feel like maybe I'll be productive tomorrow and wake up an hour early.

Too soon?

#DaylightSavingsTime

I have another toot I was working on, but then I was reminded that the government in the US is mandating that people wake up an hour earlier.

We don't lose an hour. We are just coerced into waking up earlier. I am picking my battles and this is not one I will fight. So going to bed now!

#daylightSavingsTime

@the_etrain Except in #Hawaii where the clocks have always been in their final form and we know better than to bother with #DaylightSavingsTime

#daylightsavingstime

There are health benefits to ditching the time change. A study, which the government cites, found that changing the clocks disrupts circadian rhythms, leading to higher rates of stroke and obesity. But the study found sticking with Standard Time, not Daylight Saving Time, is more beneficial. It’s not buried in the fine print, either. The headline is literally: “Study suggests most Americans would be healthier without daylight saving time.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/lloydalter/p/study-confirms-that-switching-to?r=1imbog&utm_medium=ios