Clocks set to ‘fall back’ Sunday as daylight time ends for most Canadians
Clocks set to ‘fall back’ Sunday as daylight time ends for most Canadians
TORONTO – Most Canadians will be turning their clocks back by an hour early Sunday morning. Daylight time, which allows people to enjoy an extra hour of daylight at the end of the day, ends tomo...
Why are we still doing this? Stupid and unnecessary. Just get rid of it already.
The short answer is: Because the Northern states that we share a land border with currently observe Daylight Saving Time and we've been waiting literally years for the States to figure their shit out.
Of all the stupid reasons, of course it's because we have to copy america.
Well, getting rid of it would mean that it would get dark earlier during the summer months, which would honestly suck a lot more than having it be dark during the most miserable months of the year (when most people spend their time indoors anyway).
I would personally hate for it to get dark soon after dinner during the summer, since it leaves little time to be active outdoors. Maybe if we had 4 day workweeks it would be different...
I prefer having it lighter in the morning, much easier to wake up naturally instead of relying on an alarm. I don't really give a shit if it's dark at 3pm though because I spend most of my time indoors anyways 🤣
I agree with not keeping standard time, I already get 0430 sunrise, I don't need 0330 sunrise. However year long savings time would work for me; 08-1700 daylight instead of 07-1600 at the solstice. (Times based on Montréal civil twilight)
I also acknowledge I'm on an east edge of a timezone, so the west edge (like Thunder Bay) may disagree. With the advances in automated timekeeping technology, this shouldn't be an issue, we can adjust where that line in the sand is.
I'm so ready for this to end. Stop the madness already!
It's the best part of Saskatchewan.
To be fair, though, we just went to DST and never went back. At my longitude, solar noon is about 1:25 "pm". The people of SK aren't early risers, we just set our clocks so late that it looks that way.
There are people around me who think we should do DST, thinking we'll use our current time as the base, thus being double-DST. Madness.
If someone wants to get up earlier, I'm fine with that. But don't do it by trying to trick yourself by resetting the clocks.
We are about to complete our dark bargain.
I'm not ready 😔
This is the only DST shit I can get behind. I get I'm not really getting a bonus hour of sleep (or hobby time), but dammit, it sure feels like it! And my body adjusts do much better to this.
It's that stupid shit in the spring when we lose an hour that fucks me over for MONTHS. It's not worth the "bonus" hour I get back later.