Year-round daylight time will cause ‘permanent jet lag,’ sleep experts warn

Re:Year-round daylight time will cause ‘permanent jet lag,’ ... by kstenerud on Saturday November 02, 2019 @08:14AM (#21427209)

Hang on... Right now the sun comes up at 8 am and goes down at 4:30 pm in the dead of winter at the 49th parallel. So it's dark when you get up and dark before you get home from work. And it will still be dark after the change. So what's the problem?

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Re:Year-round daylight time will cause ‘permanent jet lag,’ ... by JohnStrangeII on Saturday November 02, 2019 @08:18AM (#21427225)

You're absolutely right. It's going to be dark in winter anyway. The problem is that "sleep experts" have personal opinions and preferences, too, and use their expert status to push their personal agendas.

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Re:Year-round daylight time will cause ‘permanent jet lag,’ ... by taffer on Saturday November 02, 2019 @08:58AM (#21427404)

This does not explain why the opinions of sleep researchers are not in line with the general population.

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Re:Year-round daylight time will cause ‘permanent jet lag,’ ... by lonelappde on Saturday November 02, 2019 @06:42PM (#21430626)

It certainly does. Sleep experts and anyone whose opinions are in like with gen pop don't get quoted in clickbait news articles.

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Re:Year-round daylight time will cause ‘permanent jet lag,’ ... by taffer on Monday November 04, 2019 @04:03PM (#21446488)

So you think a majority of sleep researchers think we should have DST all year?

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Re:Year-round daylight time will cause ‘permanent jet lag,’ ... by kokx on Saturday November 02, 2019 @09:32AM (#21427605)

The problem is that if permanent DST becomes the norm, the sun will come up at 9 am instead of 8 am. This means that if you take a 'normal' 9 to 5 schedule, you won't see daylight in the morning.

The researchers here are pointing out the problem that if you do not see any sunlight for the first few hours you are active, that will have negative consequences for your sleep.

I see lots of anecdotal 'evidence' given in the comments that you won't see daylight in the morning anyway. But most people will get to see some daylight during their morning commute, unless they get in before 8. Yes, there will be some days where that still isn't true, around the winter solstice. But outside of the middle of the winter, the researchers point out that it is better to have some sunlight in the morning over having none at all.

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Re:Year-round daylight time will cause ‘permanent jet lag,’ ... by watwut on Saturday November 02, 2019 @04:18PM (#21429793)

In the winter, I don't see daylight neither in the morning nor evening. One hour sooner would mean there is at least a bit more sun after work, when I can actually spend that hour outside.

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