Daylight Savings Time Sunday, March 13

[deena]

No way! Already? With the sun back, we can live again!

[heartofjoy]

Originally Posted by JoannaV

They should stick with one time and instead change the schedule of things as needed/wanted. It's not as if everyone works 9-5, and even schools have vastly different start/end times within the same region.

This is my opinion as well!

I enjoy light in the evenings, but I also struggle to wake up when it's dark so I like regular time in the winter. I tend to wake up easily and go to bed easily.

I also live in the south and we have longer days than people up north. I could never live where it gets dark at 4! 5:30 is bad enough!

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[ViolaMum]

Originally Posted by JoannaV

They should stick with one time and instead change the schedule of things as needed/wanted. It's not as if everyone works 9-5, and even schools have vastly different start/end times within the same region.

Yes! The time change is so disruptive. But adjusting the time during the day that I have to be somewhere? So much easier. (And I'm not even really sure why.)

[HomeWithMyBabies]

I would much rather keep the same time all year. It's the transition that messes me up. I really don't care how light or dark it is without the time changing, it's nature's rhythm.

Kids go to school too early anyway, and everything else can be adjusted as needed.

[Soliloquy]

Absolutely. Just pick something and leave it alone. The change is horrible.

[tempus vernum]

I had zero clue people felt this strongly abt DST. I don’t like the time change on a professional level because the time change really makes a few things confusing during the shift. BUT I’m so excited I’m on a 7a-3p schedule and don’t have to deal w that anymore

Fall behind is so much harder as the same hour happens twice in one shift. Spring ahead is odd but it is what it is and if you focus on using digital time keepers that automatically change I do ok. The new hospital I work in has smart boards and smart clocks everywhere so there won’t be the annoying part of not being able to use a wall clock until everything is reset that comes along w DST

I’d definitely have to move south if they ever eliminated DST. I guess I’ve tried to be grateful for portions of Both time changes. As it’s not something within my control I don’t think much abt it.

But I do love spring when the darkness of winter recedes. And I adore spring ahead in a mental health way. It feels like the time that the world is bright again. I feel like I’m coming out of hibernation and I feel a lot like a butterfly. I strongly dislike most aspects of winter

[Aerynne]

Originally Posted by tempus vernum

I had zero clue people felt this strongly abt DST. I don’t like the time change on a professional level because the time change really makes a few things confusing during the shift. BUT I’m so excited I’m on a 7a-3p schedule and don’t have to deal w that anymore

Fall behind is so much harder as the same hour happens twice in one shift. Spring ahead is odd but it is what it is and if you focus on using digital time keepers that automatically change I do ok. The new hospital I work in has smart boards and smart clocks everywhere so there won’t be the annoying part of not being able to use a wall clock until everything is reset that comes along w DST

I was in labor with ds1 during the DST hour. He was born at 6 am. Would have been 5 am otherwise.

The same hour happening twice would make it super confusing in a hospital- I didn’t think of that!

[Peaceful Meadows]

Originally Posted by Soliloquy

Blah. I wish they'd just leave it alone!

Same here! I have them messing with Old Father Time. Just leave the poor old man alone. He's been around this long and totally deserves our respect!

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Originally Posted by derdsgirl

The changes back and forth are what is far more jarring than what time it is actually light or dark.

Yep, the adjustment *always* bothers me — in the spring and in the fall!

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Originally Posted by JoannaV

They should stick with one time and instead change the schedule of things as needed/wanted. It's not as if everyone works 9-5, and even schools have vastly different start/end times within the same region.

Here children are waiting for the bus in the dark anyway. Many are getting on the bus at 6:00 AM depending on how far their ride is to school and where they are on the route.

[Sparrow]

Originally Posted by knitlove

Oh it is definitely the wrong thing to say in my area. I have been told that it is classest and racist to not support day light savings time year round. Because 'real' people have to 'actually' work and they deserve day light and that means daylights savings time.

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I'm in BC

we want to change it and the government wants to, but they won't because Washington and Oregon and California won't. I personally think that it is stupid to change the clocks.

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Originally Posted by Aerynne

I was in labor with ds1 during the DST hour. He was born at 6 am. Would have been 5 am otherwise.

The same hour happening twice would make it super confusing in a hospital- I didn’t think of that!

Me too! They actually asked if I was OK that they came behind my bed to change the clock.

He was born at 5:47 in the AM, it would have been been 4:47 which is the exact time DH was born!

[RealLifeMama]

Apparently, the US Senate passed a bill that would make Daylight Savings Time permanent.
I personally hate spring forward, but I love fall back. I don't like waking up in the dark. I guess I could deal with Daylight Savings Time all the time, but I do not like it staying light outside until 9pm. I am constantly fighting the battle of trying to get my night owl family to shift their schedule earlier.
But, whatever.

[domesticzookeeper]

Originally Posted by RealLifeMama

Apparently, the US Senate passed a bill that would make Daylight Savings Time permanent.

We've tried this before and it didn't stick, partly because of the negative feelings toward (and potential safety consequences of) the extended dark mornings: https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/0...ople-hated-it/

[RealLifeMama]

Well, then, why not standard time always? Or split the difference with 1/2 an hour, lol.

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Well, then, why not standard time always? Or split the difference with 1/2 an hour, lol.
Just kidding. But it is baffling that the change that would be permanent is the unnatural one.

[deena]

WOW, I am so excited at the prospect of this becoming permanent. I never thought I'd see the day. This is huge. I mean, sooooo many of my peers and I deal with seasonal affective disorder. This would put a dent in that.

[Aerynne]

Originally Posted by RealLifeMama

Well, then, why not standard time always? Or split the difference with 1/2 an hour, lol.

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Well, then, why not standard time always? Or split the difference with 1/2 an hour, lol.
Just kidding. But it is baffling that the change that would be permanent is the unnatural one.

Mental health. Dark evenings are very hard. I would hate standard time permanently except maybe in July.

[domesticzookeeper]

Originally Posted by deena

WOW, I am so excited at the prospect of this becoming permanent. I never thought I'd see the day. This is huge. I mean, sooooo many of my peers and I deal with seasonal affective disorder. This would put a dent in that.

While being not as great those of us who rely on early morning sunshine to feel awake and to break through the S.A.D. fog. Dark mornings are rough for my mental health All the same, I'd rather pick one than continue to switch back and forth, which seems like the worst of the possible options. If the sampling of this thread is any indication, there won't be one choice that is 100% great for everyone.

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has long advocated for eliminating DST as it disrupts our circadian rhythms (not just the switching to DST, but the ongoing shifted hours themselves): https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8780