The Waste of Daylight
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The Waste of Daylight
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#2> The country follows the same DST schedule as most of Europe, setting the clocks forward one hour on the last Sunday in March and back again one hour on the last Sunday in October.
Didn't EU plan to cancel DST? It's long overdue to cancel this erratic switch everywhere.
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#3I try to keep my sleep schedule so I wake up shortly after daybreak for exactly this reason. I love natural light and loath sleeping through it. I've considered writing an app that sets an alarm to sunset and a reminder 9 hours prior to sunset so I can always wake with the sun and have plenty of sleep. Should be pretty simple I just haven't gotten around to it.
(Though personally, I'd prefer it were a personal choice and not the random, sleep disrupting change that DST ends up being)
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#4> The country follows the same DST schedule as most of Europe, setting the clocks forward one hour on the last Sunday in March and back again one hour on the last Sunday in October. Didn't EU plan to cancel DST? It's long overdue to cancel this erratic switch everywhere.
EU and US: They have both been talking about it in spurts, and they do wake up every ~6 months when the time changes, but no serious action anywhere.
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#5I try to keep my sleep schedule so I wake up shortly after daybreak for exactly this reason. I love natural light and loath sleeping through it. I've considered writing an app that sets an alarm to sunset and a reminder 9 hours prior to sunset so I can always wake with the sun and have plenty of sleep. Should be pretty simple I just haven't gotten around to it. (Though personally, I'd prefer it were a personal choice…
I was gifted some Philips Hue lights a few years ago. I set one up on my nightstand to turn on at sunrise (actually earlier in the winter, sunrise is the latest I want it set to). It's a much more pleasant way to wake up (with it fading in over 10 minutes or so) than an actual alarm clock. Of course, it can't travel with you but it's not a bad option for the home.
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#6> The country follows the same DST schedule as most of Europe, setting the clocks forward one hour on the last Sunday in March and back again one hour on the last Sunday in October. Didn't EU plan to cancel DST? It's long overdue to cancel this erratic switch everywhere.
EU and US: They have both been talking about it in spurts, and they do wake up every ~6 months when the time changes, but no serious action anywhere.
The US has been talking about making DST permanent, which is very different from cancelling it.
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#7For those that want to make a permanent change, let's stop talking about "DST". That's too confusing for a lot of people, and results in many favoring the wrong outcome.
We should instead ask people if they want "summertime" or "wintertime" sunrise and sunset.
Wintertime proponents use the animosity against the time change to argue against DST, but they seldom mention this means an earlier sunset.
This comes down to whether you want to enjoy your time before work or after work. Early risers might prefer early sunrise, but business and leisure activities after work benefit from a later sunset.
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#8I try to keep my sleep schedule so I wake up shortly after daybreak for exactly this reason. I love natural light and loath sleeping through it. I've considered writing an app that sets an alarm to sunset and a reminder 9 hours prior to sunset so I can always wake with the sun and have plenty of sleep. Should be pretty simple I just haven't gotten around to it. (Though personally, I'd prefer it were a personal choice…
I was gifted some Philips Hue lights a few years ago. I set one up on my nightstand to turn on at sunrise (actually earlier in the winter, sunrise is the latest I want it set to). It's a much more pleasant way to wake up (with it fading in over 10 minutes or so) than an actual alarm clock. Of course, it can't travel with you but it's not a bad option for the home.
I actually do something very similar. The light doesn't fade in, but I have some strip lighting which turns on before my alarm. It's a great way to get moving in the morning without a jarring alarm.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
EU and US: They have both been talking about it in spurts, and they do wake up every ~6 months when the time changes, but no serious action anywhere.
The US has been talking about making DST permanent , which is very different from cancelling it.
As long as the switch itself is dropped. Which one to drop is probably moot and benefits could depend on the region.
It's easier to adjust local schedule than to switch the clock back and forth.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
EU and US: They have both been talking about it in spurts, and they do wake up every ~6 months when the time changes, but no serious action anywhere.
The US has been talking about making DST permanent , which is very different from cancelling it.
the clock is effectively a human construct. It would make little difference one way or another if there was no twice-a-year time change. You can not change the number of hours a point on the earth receives daylight over a 24 hour period, and you can not change the fact that axial tilt means the amount of time you do receive daylight changes over the course of the year.