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Re:Daylight saving time can seriously affect your health by Al-Khwarizmi on Saturday November 04, 2023 @10:13PM (#38147362)
Where I live, we are extremely privileged in this respect - being at the western edge of a timezone that stretches further than its "natural" length, we even get sunsets past 22 in June. And you know what, it rocks. I see no significant drawbacks. During much of the year it's dark when we go to work, so what? For most people work is in offices with artificial lighting, leisure time is when you need the sun. Some people also talk about problems for kids but mine (4 year old) has no discernable problems to get up (given regular routine enforcement) and he loves being in the playground until dinner time, for which evening sun helps.

The funny thing is that some people strongly advocate changing timezone to advance the clock 1 hour, saying that we are in the "wrong" one, it's not "natural", etc. But then you talk with them and many of them are confused about how it would work and think that the timezone change would give more evening sun in the winter. Explaining that it would do the opposite brings looks of terror.

Of course there is a minority of people who do support that change knowing the practical consequences, but it seems to be a rather small minority.

Re:Daylight saving time can seriously affect your health by wackget on Saturday November 04, 2023 @11:39PM (#38147882)
Whereabouts are you?
Re:Daylight saving time can seriously affect your health by Al-Khwarizmi on Saturday November 04, 2023 @11:50PM (#38147958)
In the region of Galicia, northwestern Spain.
Re:Daylight saving time can seriously affect your health by jghn on Sunday November 05, 2023 @01:30AM (#38148854)
Meanwhile I'm on the eastern edge of a timzeone that arguably stretches further than its "natural" length. I remember moving here as a kid and being pissed off when it'd be dark at 16h.

I'd be all for us being permanent DST but as that's not allowed it'd be great if we could shift a timezone and stay standard time

Re:Daylight saving time can seriously affect your health by torstenvl on Monday November 06, 2023 @07:54PM (#38171610)
I think your math is wrong on this. Advancing the clock one hour (e.g., by making DST permanent) would indeed give more evening sun in the winter.