Anybody like Daylight Savings Time?
11-12-18, 07:34 PM
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Daylight Saving Time is great! Standard Time - not so much. And the changeover is a PITA!
11-12-18, 09:02 PM
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The reason that we go back to standard time is that in some states if we stay on DST, children would be forced to walk to school in the dark. It is about the safety of children.
11-13-18, 03:14 PM
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I don't hate Daylight Saving time or standard time. I just hate the transition. It gets harder every year.
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11-13-18, 04:52 PM
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11-13-18, 06:37 PM
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I am pretty lucky in that the vast majority of my travel is in the eastern time zone so I don't often cross time zones. But, I am used to being tired when I travel because I don't sleep well in hotel rooms. It takes me a few days to sleep well.
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11-13-18, 06:51 PM
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https://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst...ng-health.html
I can clearly mitigate some of the effect on me as a cyclist by avoiding the bike for a few days after the changes. Not everybody has that luxury. They still need to go to work, and most people have just one (perceived) option: the car. It's more of a problem in the aggregate. It might not mean a huge increase in risk to any one individual, but the changes in the population as a whole appear to be measurable. It's not clear to me the change is worth it.
11-13-18, 08:26 PM
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In California voters just approved a ballot proposition that would enable the state to go on year-round PDT (Pacific Daylight TIme), subject to federal approval. I prefer the current system, under which the PST-PDT time change partly compensates for the seasonal change in the time of sunrise. I would also be OK w/ year-round PST.
Many parents and educators claim that schools should start after 0830, to make sure kiddies get enough sleep. (When I was growing up, there was no question that it was lights-out at 9 pm (middle school) or 10 pm (high school).) With year-round PST, I suppose they will now say school should start at 0930 ... .
Many parents and educators claim that schools should start after 0830, to make sure kiddies get enough sleep. (When I was growing up, there was no question that it was lights-out at 9 pm (middle school) or 10 pm (high school).) With year-round PST, I suppose they will now say school should start at 0930 ... .
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11-14-18, 02:00 PM
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It now gets dark before 4:30pm and will further descend. I mostly grew up in Saskatchewan where they do not change the clocks so it is always a gradual change as it should be. I never suffered from SAD before I moved to Vancouver. The jump is always physically, mentally and emotionally difficult. One day its like I have x amount of time before sunset and suddenly within a day it's an hour earlier. I am so happy when the clocks change in the spring and I suddenly have light after work. I know people who will not ride after dark and I do not like it anymore after a bad crash this spring. I just started riding again and I have found it more scary after dark. For me I'd rather have light later in the day and have some time after work and stuff do be outside a little bit. I'm not a morning person and am not currently having to go out so early in the morning that it is still dark. The European Union is moving to end the stupid practice. Here in British Columbia we had a petition, Alberta had a petition but the governments grumbled about not being in sync with other places, countries etc. BC is particularly tied to LA with the film industry but you just have to remember the difference like I did growing up.
11-14-18, 02:04 PM
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Oh there is a sleep disruption and I always notice the car issue. The sudden change means drivers are just as unprepared for driving in the dar at that busy rush hour time. Other cyclists stop riding at all.
11-14-18, 02:25 PM
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11-14-18, 02:28 PM
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Yeah, a little off topic for C and V, but its gonna be dark here before 5 pm, so grumbling abounds in my house today.
It feels like having to switch from 27" to 700c twice a year: yeah, I can do it, takes a little adjustment, but seems like a lot of work for little return.
Can't we just stop?
Opinions from residents in certain countries in Indiana that have their own time zones are especially welcomed.
It feels like having to switch from 27" to 700c twice a year: yeah, I can do it, takes a little adjustment, but seems like a lot of work for little return.
Can't we just stop?
Opinions from residents in certain countries in Indiana that have their own time zones are especially welcomed.
11-14-18, 03:34 PM
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It now gets dark before 4:30pm and will further descend. I mostly grew up in Saskatchewan where they do not change the clocks so it is always a gradual change as it should be. I never suffered from SAD before I moved to Vancouver. The jump is always physically, mentally and emotionally difficult. One day its like I have x amount of time before sunset and suddenly within a day it's an hour earlier. I am so happy when the clocks change in the spring and I suddenly have light after work. I know people who will not ride after dark and I do not like it anymore after a bad crash this spring. I just started riding again and I have found it more scary after dark. For me I'd rather have light later in the day and have some time after work and stuff do be outside a little bit. I'm not a morning person and am not currently having to go out so early in the morning that it is still dark. The European Union is moving to end the stupid practice. Here in British Columbia we had a petition, Alberta had a petition but the governments grumbled about not being in sync with other places, countries etc. BC is particularly tied to LA with the film industry but you just have to remember the difference like I did growing up.
11-14-18, 04:55 PM
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One other comment from this peanut in the gallery. My brain has still not adjusted. I set my alarm for 5:20. It's routine for me to wake before my alarm goes off. Since the changeover, I keep waking up around 4am. I would like to sleep a bit more, but that seems not to be happening.
11-15-18, 08:42 AM
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I work rotating shifts, so a one hour adjustment twice a year is pretty insignificant, unless I am working the night shift in the fall when the clocks are set back. No matter what the clock says, the days are shorter in the winter, and it's too damn cold anyway.
When I was in the Navy, crossing the Pacific, we would sometimes go through 2 or 3 times zones in a day. The ship didn't reset the clocks based a line on the map, they spread the burden across the day. Basically they took the difference in time zones between where we started and where we were going and split them up across the number of transit days.
When I was in the Navy, crossing the Pacific, we would sometimes go through 2 or 3 times zones in a day. The ship didn't reset the clocks based a line on the map, they spread the burden across the day. Basically they took the difference in time zones between where we started and where we were going and split them up across the number of transit days.
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12-04-20, 06:20 PM
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One other comment from this peanut in the gallery. My brain has still not adjusted. I set my alarm for 5:20. It's routine for me to wake before my alarm goes off. Since the changeover, I keep waking up around 4am. I would like to sleep a bit more, but that seems not to be happening.
12-04-20, 06:31 PM
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12-04-20, 06:52 PM
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The time is gone, the song is over,
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The time is gone, the song is over,
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