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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by caddemon on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @10:46PM (#30694742)
The sun sets where I am at ~430pm during the winter in standard time. I don't really see how having the sun set at 530pm instead would have a substantial effect on bedtime. There is so little sunlight in the winter that work/social life are what drive wakeup and bedtime. I imagine this isn't as true in India. Is there any research that accounts for the actual length of daylight available?
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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by ilovesunlight on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @11:35PM (#30695045)
Talking about the whole year, not just the winter. In Summer later sunset affects bedtime. In winter later sunrise affects rise time.
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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by caddemon on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @12:50AM (#30695449)
The proposal will only change the winter though, we are already only on standard time for 4 months of the year.
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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by ilovesunlight on Monday March 21, 2022 @08:09PM (#30761373)
We're talking about whether permanent ST is better than permanent DST, not DST switching vs not switching.
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