Residents of #canada, would you be in favour of your province or territory abolishing annual clock changes and moving to a consistent, year round time? (thecanadian.social)

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@canada Residents of #canada, would you be in favour of your province or territory abolishing annual clock changes and moving to a consistent, year round time?

If yes, what would you prefer: year round daylight savings time (an extra hour of sunlight in the evening) or standard time (an extra hour of sunlight in the morning)?

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[-] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Quebec here, I am still a bit hesitant and nuanced about this, the reason being that our winters are quite dark and really rough on our bodies, and I wonder how whatever amount of sunlight we receive would be impacted, and to our circadian rhythms.

Personally I prefer one hour sunlight in the evening, but that’s me, and I am not getting up early (7-8am).

I would rely on actual scientists versed in the matter here.

[-] kahnclusions@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

If you care about the sunlight then you don’t care what the clock says, you wake up with the sun.

Scientists are pretty consistent that changing the clocks is an idiotic idea, but Canadians (like many others) are just stubborn and resist change, and seek out excuses to continue resisting change.

I live in Asia now where they do not change clocks and it is so much better this way.

[-] maplesaga@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Wake up earlier, or petition business or whatever it is to wake up an hour earlier/later. The time change isnt doing anything technically. It does mess with a lot of logistics and software however, so is a blight on businesses and record keeping.