US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time permanent

Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by Wowfunhappy on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @06:45PM (#30692946)

I think the problem is that people don't understand what "permanent Daylights Savings Time" really means.

If you ask "Would you like the sun to set later in the evening?" most people will say yes. Who doesn't like more sunlight?

If you ask "Would you rather go to bed early and wake up early, or go to bed later and wake up later?" most people will choose to stay up late and sleep in the next day. There might be some disagreement from early risers, but consider when most people choose to sleep during the weekend.

Everyone thinks of Daylights Savings Time as "yay, more sunlight," without realizing it also requires them to wake up earlier, relative to their circadian rhythms.

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by teaearlgraycold on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @08:59PM (#30694001)

Circadian rhythms can adjust once you’ve been on a schedule for a couple of weeks.

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by Wowfunhappy on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @09:02PM (#30694019)

Only partially! They're heavily influenced by the time the sun rises. Your body's internal clock is actually 24 hours 11 minutes long on average. The only reason it doesn't drift hopelessly out of sync is that the sunrise "resets" it each day! (https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/1999/07/human-biologi...)

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by mushyhammer on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @12:48AM (#30695438)

> Your body's internal clock is actually 24 hours 11 minutes long on average

Wasn't that debunked? Just look at what happened to people who slept in a cave for a few days, they came out of it having no idea of how long they were in there, even if they were somehow conditioned by others who guessed their own time. If the body had an internal clock, their estimation would not be off by 17 days out of 40. That's some serious mismatch.

https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/science/french-cave-d...

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by Wowfunhappy on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @08:07AM (#30697750)

Wasn’t aware of that study, but I do think it’s still pretty widely accepted science we have some internal timekeeping facilities. But if we indeed do not, that speaks even more to the importance of sunrise time in regulating our bodies!

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by zekrioca on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @09:37PM (#30694247)

What about countries with short sun lights during the winter, and large sunlight during summer?

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by Wowfunhappy on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @09:41PM (#30694266)

What about them? (Sorry, not being coy, I genuinely don't understand where you're going with the question.)

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by zekrioca on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @01:55PM (#30701913)

These people's Circadian rhythm get messed, and may not follow the same patterns as those who live in more balanced geographical areas, don't they?

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by Wowfunhappy on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @03:13PM (#30702760)

Yes, they do! This is also why we have timezones, they help somewhat even when they can't be perfect.

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by loonster on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @09:23PM (#30694157)

Given enough time, work schedules will adjust to account for the time being an hour off. Considering this, it would make the most sense to have clocks adjusted to have 12pm as Noon.

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