The single hour shift in spring makes such a negative difference in effectiveness and energy levels, and I'm a circadian night owl. If a congenital late riser can recognize the benefit of standard time's sunlight, it should be obvious to everyone, I would think.
As a current Arizonan that was raised in OK, I can wholeheartedly say Standard Time is better! I love not having to deal with the time change. As a parent it is a huge blessing as well. Plus when it starts to get darker earlier in the fall we can adjust to it gradually and not have a disorienting and depressing few weeks after an abrupt change when DST ends. You don't miss the longer daylight evenings in the summer once you get used to it either. I think all of MAHA needs to get on board with permanent standard time!
I would say Daylight time is better for being able to have light later and having it better for hunting and fishing. I like having more daylight when I finish my work day. Most of the year, I drive in the dark in morning.
My vote is Standard Time so that children aren’t going to school in the dark when we change to DST in the spring and then again in the fall before we change back. Besides, changing back and forth is such a useless nuisance.
As an avid organic farmer, I can say from experience that DST wreaks havoc with nature. It upsets everything from bee foraging to normal nocturnal activity among barn kitties, who keep rodents controlled. The kitties go totally crazy when I fed them according to DTD so I could get to work on time. Now retired, we have all settled in to a pleasant circadian rhythm and I do not need my c-pap any more. I suspect that DST has contributed to the ubiquitous diagnosis of dementia in the elderly.
Nature doesn't know what your clock says, Farmer. Clock shifts are irrelevant, beyond the brief temporary change in say ... Feeding schedules for livestock.
I think you have made my point. Nature doesn't know (or care) what my clock says. You seem to think the cascade of confusion resulting in a "brief temporary change" is trivial. You're free think that, though it flies in the face of the scientific evidence to the contrary. Friend, why would you do that?
Please have the "experts" please address this and please do so in a way that it is not a "one sized fits all" because we all reside in geographically different locations and this is relevant - Seasonal affective disorder (SAD, colloquially referred to as seasonal depression) is a mood disorder subset in which people who typically have normal mental health throughout most of the year exhibit depressive symptoms at the same time each year.[1][2] It is commonly, but not always, associated with the reductions or increases in total daily sunlight hours that occur during the winter or summer.
Exactly. There are several major cities in central Texas where during the winter months it would not get light until at least 8:30am. I can’t imagine anyone who lives there would be happy with that.
Personally, I think the biggest problem is not merely gaining or losing the hour of daylight in the beginning or end of the day, but rather the change itself twice a year that forces people to readjust their daily schedules. (And not just children, but adults too. Compare to experiencing forced jet lag twice a year!)
Frankly, each schedule has its pros and cons (and not just related to energy consumption). Relative to children going to school in the dark - more due to transportation/bussing issues that require many to meet their buses hours before their school day even begins. Changing to standard time only changes the time they spend waiting in the dark for buses or walks to school to being in the dark after school - also effecting after school activities like sports, etc. In the late fall & winter months, darkness by around 4pm. Seems to me that part of the real problem is bussing children to schools outside the neighborhoods where they live - especially at the elementary school age.
Please save Standard time, sun time, as God made it, over daylight savings time
God invented the hourglass - Not "hours in a day"
So glad that somebody's actually talking about this...
Standard time is the only way to go. Thanks for posting this article.
The conspiracist in me says the more they meddle with our connection to natural cycles the easier we are to manipulate.
Another vote for standard time.
We already tried all-year Daylight Saving Time, and it wasn't a success.
If we're going to be changing to another year-round time, it should be STANDARD TIME, not DST, and thanks for asking!.
The single hour shift in spring makes such a negative difference in effectiveness and energy levels, and I'm a circadian night owl. If a congenital late riser can recognize the benefit of standard time's sunlight, it should be obvious to everyone, I would think.
As a current Arizonan that was raised in OK, I can wholeheartedly say Standard Time is better! I love not having to deal with the time change. As a parent it is a huge blessing as well. Plus when it starts to get darker earlier in the fall we can adjust to it gradually and not have a disorienting and depressing few weeks after an abrupt change when DST ends. You don't miss the longer daylight evenings in the summer once you get used to it either. I think all of MAHA needs to get on board with permanent standard time!
I would say Daylight time is better for being able to have light later and having it better for hunting and fishing. I like having more daylight when I finish my work day. Most of the year, I drive in the dark in morning.
My vote is Standard Time so that children aren’t going to school in the dark when we change to DST in the spring and then again in the fall before we change back. Besides, changing back and forth is such a useless nuisance.
It should be whatever it was before Mr. Franklin had his bright idea
As an avid organic farmer, I can say from experience that DST wreaks havoc with nature. It upsets everything from bee foraging to normal nocturnal activity among barn kitties, who keep rodents controlled. The kitties go totally crazy when I fed them according to DTD so I could get to work on time. Now retired, we have all settled in to a pleasant circadian rhythm and I do not need my c-pap any more. I suspect that DST has contributed to the ubiquitous diagnosis of dementia in the elderly.
Nature doesn't know what your clock says, Farmer. Clock shifts are irrelevant, beyond the brief temporary change in say ... Feeding schedules for livestock.
I think you have made my point. Nature doesn't know (or care) what my clock says. You seem to think the cascade of confusion resulting in a "brief temporary change" is trivial. You're free think that, though it flies in the face of the scientific evidence to the contrary. Friend, why would you do that?
Science me more, logic lady. Your argument is incoherent -
"You seem to think the cascade of confusion resulting in a 'brief temporary change' is ..."
You were going for -
"You seem to think the 'brief temporary change' RESULTING IN a cascade of confusion .."
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Corrections: DST, not DTD. Also kitties went crazy when I fed...
Standard time, please. Enough nonsense.
Please stay with Standard Time year round. My body and mental health needs it
Please have the "experts" please address this and please do so in a way that it is not a "one sized fits all" because we all reside in geographically different locations and this is relevant - Seasonal affective disorder (SAD, colloquially referred to as seasonal depression) is a mood disorder subset in which people who typically have normal mental health throughout most of the year exhibit depressive symptoms at the same time each year.[1][2] It is commonly, but not always, associated with the reductions or increases in total daily sunlight hours that occur during the winter or summer.
Exactly. There are several major cities in central Texas where during the winter months it would not get light until at least 8:30am. I can’t imagine anyone who lives there would be happy with that.
Personally, I think the biggest problem is not merely gaining or losing the hour of daylight in the beginning or end of the day, but rather the change itself twice a year that forces people to readjust their daily schedules. (And not just children, but adults too. Compare to experiencing forced jet lag twice a year!)
Frankly, each schedule has its pros and cons (and not just related to energy consumption). Relative to children going to school in the dark - more due to transportation/bussing issues that require many to meet their buses hours before their school day even begins. Changing to standard time only changes the time they spend waiting in the dark for buses or walks to school to being in the dark after school - also effecting after school activities like sports, etc. In the late fall & winter months, darkness by around 4pm. Seems to me that part of the real problem is bussing children to schools outside the neighborhoods where they live - especially at the elementary school age.