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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[-] No_Maines_Land@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Where in a time zone do you lock the solar noon/nadir too? That's a (usually) 30 to 60 minute variation depending on the size of the zone.

The entire reason standardixed time began to exists, was the extreme difficulty in time deferences between cities that could now be travelled between in short order by train (specifically Ozford and London, which were 5 minutes apart).

Any longitudinal travel would quickly change your time! Talk about scheduling nightmares. Late for a meeting in Toronto because you called from Ottawa. A 10 minute train ride is 9 minutes in one direction and 11 the other!