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Now I’m waiting for Australia to stick to one; then there won’t be a two hour staggered swing in time difference twice a year.
Nice! The world has been so shit for years now, I didn’t expect this kind of bottom-of-the-list legislation to pass until like 2056. Glad someone cares enough to sweat the small stuff. I hope the other provinces follow suit. Last I heard, Ontario was in a deadlock because NY State didn’t want to budge on it, but you know, elbows up!
This makes me so happy!
What if there was a standard time to move to? Wouldn’t that be the standard?
Daylight Savings Time, or Summer Time, is in use for 9 months of the year, and is thus the de facto standard. Daylight Wasting Time, or Winter Time, is only in use for 3 months of the year, which makes it the exception.
Whyyyyy
I remember voting against the Daylight Savings removal here in Alberta when it came up because I don’t understand why the only option when it comes to removing the swap is to make it permanent rather than not have it at all.
Like congrats, we’re basically changing timezones.
Because one gives more light into the evenings and the other doesn’t… Can confirm you’re from Alberta 🤦♂️
Because it’s better than changing timezones twice a year
I’m partly with you. The sleep research is pretty clear, from my understanding, that, in winter, daylight time is worse for sleep and mental health than standard time.
But the research is also pretty clear that changing time zones is even worse, afaik.
So, according to the science on sleep and mental health, the ranking of the options is:
- Permanent Standard Time
- Permanent Daylight Time
- Changing to/from Daylight Time
But, on the other hand, there are also arguments for the social and economic benefits of having light to “do things” after work. I’m more inclined to think the sleep and mental health benefits of morning sunlight for resetting our collective circadian rhythms is more important, but I also accept that others disagree.
Regardless, this is better for almost everyone. Some businesses, airlines especially, will face some complications, but it won’t be a big deal in the long run. Saskatchewan has been like this forever. It’ll be fine.
I’m so excited for this. Even working from home I hate changing time cause it still messes with my sleep schedule and my cats feeding schedule.
My cats also get confused, and then they get pushy about it.
About damn time!
…or is it about an hour from damn time? I can never remember.
oh no, an update to tzdata coming
Servers that don’t update = minor Y2K. But only for small websites/businesses/servers and that won’t affect anything important. Who doesn’t update their server for months, knowing this change is coming, right?
It should be fun!
We are indeed living in interesting times…
This Saskatchewan resident welcomes BC to the more sane way of life!
Come on, Oregon, do the thing.
Finally!
Not a fan.
Daylight savings was/is my “whiner” test.
If someone can’t handle DST then they can’t handle the smallest thing in the world - I have no time for them because literally everything else in the world is bigger and more complex so they’re incapable of dealing with anything.
I worked on cruise ships and had multiple time changes every week. For one contract, the time changed almost daily, for months. I always found people complaining about DST to be hilarious.
Would you like me to piss in your Cheerios? You know just to make you more hardened to difficult events.
I’m already hardened. Others need to be as well or STFU.
Lol, you just a troll. Ciao
You qualify for the STFU. Blocked. Enjoy.
Congrats, along side Sprocketfree you also win your very own STFU, you have now been blocked. Enjoy.
You too huh? Bye forever.
Aww muffinnnn. Would you like a bag of dicks? Or some shit in your mouth perhaps to lighten your sour mood? Quit your bitching. Now you’ll be the one being judged as the little weenie who can’t handle a small change. Bye forever.
Not liking something doesn’t mean they can’t handle it
I actually heard an argument against permanent DST that I still haven’t really been able to refute. The reasoning was that darker conditions in the mornings during winter could make things more hazardous for kids walking to school. In places with properly pedestrian-friendly infrastructure, it probably wouldn’t be an issue, but at least in more suburban areas, I can’t say I disagree. Changing back and forth twice a year is still silly, but I feel like I might prefer permanent standard time over permanent DST in a lot of places.
Schools can choose to start later in the day if they find it helpful, without needing everyone else to change their clocks and schedules too
School hours could change. And if you’re far north enough, standard or daylight ain’t gonna matter, there will be times when kids are walking in the dark.
BC winter is dark and gloomy in the morning and dark again by 3:30. So this won’t mean much for us, other than some actually usable daylight
The main reason it still exists is not a good one.
People are used to it happening and are scared of change.
You’re either walking to or from school in the dark in more northern places, it’s an irrelevant argument.
Shortest day of the year in my city is only 8 hours long.
Or going to work in the dark, and going home in the dark. Daylight? Never heard of it.
When I quit smoking I actually had to start taking my short break and just stand outside just to get some vitamin d from the sun.
Working in factories, condos or high rises during construction, forget it.
That’s caused (at least in part) by assigning timezones according to politics rather than longitude. Some places have gotten really skewed.
Anyway, most of us just want the government to pick one thing and stick with it. We don’t care whether they pick DST, ST, or create a new half-hour timezone to split the difference so long as the changing back and forth stops.
Very good! Changing the clock twice a year is an insanity people accept as normal, and that shouldn’t be the case. Please let Ontario be next (I know of weak sauce Bill 214).
Cool, maybe the rest of Canada will follow?
Yukon and Saskatchewan already don’t change their clocks.
I work in BC and Yukon and I always have to check if we are on the same time or and hour difference because I can never remember.
Going forward BC and Yukon will always be on the same time.
Ontario also has this law in place just waiting for Quebec and New York to make the move too.
Please yes.
Holy crap YES!!!
