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A comment on American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination of daylight saving time.

Re:American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination ... by kylecordes on Friday August 28, 2020 @10:22PM (#24312781)
Like many others, I agree with summer time year-round; but oppose staying on wintertime year-round. This is a trade-off between time at work/school versus free time, socialization time, outdoor leisure activities, etc., and how the two categories split the limited resource of daylight.
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Re:American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination ... by Ericson2314 on Friday August 28, 2020 @10:27PM (#24312810)
What if we did winter time but switched to 8-4 workday? :O :O :O

Once we stop switching, the numbers are arbitrary.

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Re:American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination ... by geofft on Friday August 28, 2020 @11:24PM (#24313129)
What if we did winter time but switched to a 1-5 workday? The 9-5 schedule came from an era when roughly half as many people (per capita) were in the workforce. :)
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Re:American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination ... by Ericson2314 on Saturday August 29, 2020 @10:27AM (#24316334)
Hahaha, easy there, can't propose too many good idea at once or the argumentative experiment looses it's controls. :)
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Re:American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination ... by fnenrjfkdke on Friday August 28, 2020 @10:45PM (#24312914)
Who's "we"?
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Re:American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination ... by coronadisaster on Friday August 28, 2020 @11:13PM (#24313063)
Every one who agrees
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Re:American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination ... by bonzini on Saturday August 29, 2020 @08:06AM (#24315526)
Where I live, winter time year round means the sun has risen at 4.30 in the summer (and not being able to have dinner without artificial illumination). Summer time year round means total darkness until 8.30 in the winter. Either way it sucks. There are places where DST is indeed the best of both worlds.
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