Study suggests most Americans would be healthier without daylight saving time (2025)

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Post by andsoitis » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 3:47 AM UTC

Study suggests most Americans would be healthier without daylight saving time (2025)
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Post by kgwxd » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 5:26 AM UTC

Assuming they don't get hit by a car walking to school.

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Post by _ZeD_ » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC

And the rest of the world people? would it be healthier? the doubt is striking me

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Post by mikestorrent » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 5:34 AM UTC

Are you Yanks seriously not going to get this sorted out before winter? BC has moved - can at least the rest of Cascadia get their asses in gear? Come on, California, I do not want to be dealing with a north-south time zone difference with my coworkers

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Post by kuboble » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 5:36 AM UTC

I really wonder about the methodology. The article didn't mention it.

Did they get several cities to participate?

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Post by sixothree » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 5:39 AM UTC

I really don't want the sunrise time to be 5:00 in the morning and still not have any daylight to do errands after work. I don't care what the reasons are, but if seasons change the sunset time, what's so wrong with changing it a bit more?

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Post by kubb » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 5:47 AM UTC

This isn’t going to get fixed in my lifetime, and that’s sad. Countries have lost the ability to act.

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Post by keiferski » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 5:48 AM UTC

Of all the things that cause obesity and sleep loss, is an hour change twice a year really a major issue?

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Post by JauntyHatAngle » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 5:49 AM UTC

kubb wrote: post #7

This isn’t going to get fixed in my lifetime, and that’s sad. Countries have lost the ability to act.

Plenty of countries have moved away from DST. Over half who previously used it IIRC.

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Post by b112 » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 5:54 AM UTC

"Study by people who hate daylight savings time and have great bias against it, suggests that..."