American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination of daylight saving time

Re:American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination ... by outtatime on Saturday August 29, 2020 @12:19AM (#24313479)

We used to have that, and it was dreadful. Every municipality had its own local time. Railroads made that untenable, and led to the creation of timezones.

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Re:American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination ... by baddox on Saturday August 29, 2020 @03:10AM (#24314296)

Is it possible that such a system would be more tenable now with cheaper and more ubiquitous devices that can measure or calculate local solar time?

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Re:American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination ... by pseudalopex on Saturday August 29, 2020 @04:02AM (#24314512)

https://qntm.org/continuous

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Re:American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination ... by amptorn on Saturday August 29, 2020 @07:50AM (#24315439)

Well, railroads still exist.

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