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Re:British Columbia to end time changes, adopt year-round da... by singpolyma3 on Monday March 02, 2026 @06:11PM (#47225604)
Can't you just get up at a different time if you prefer different sunlight?
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Re:British Columbia to end time changes, adopt year-round da... by ImJamal on Monday March 02, 2026 @06:31PM (#47225805)
Will all jobs, schools, stores, etc also change their working hours?
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Re:British Columbia to end time changes, adopt year-round da... by singpolyma3 on Monday March 02, 2026 @06:55PM (#47226025)
Usually there are several hours of reasonable buffer in the morning. We're only talking about moving wakeup time by one hour here.
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Re:British Columbia to end time changes, adopt year-round da... by ImJamal on Monday March 02, 2026 @07:53PM (#47226470)
That massively depends on where you live. The northern most city of British Columbia is Atlin and during some parts of the year the sun doesn't rise until 9:54 AM.

If you take into account places further north than British Columbia it gets even more extreme. Barrows Alaska has the sunrise after 1 PM some days. Do you think businesses, schools, etc are going to start at 1 PM on those days?

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Re:British Columbia to end time changes, adopt year-round da... by singpolyma3 on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @06:15PM (#47240485)
I think if you live where the sun doesn't rise until after noon (or never rises, etc) the DST change wasn't helping or hurting you either way here.
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Re:British Columbia to end time changes, adopt year-round da... by duskdozer on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @12:52AM (#47228647)
Unless the required morning start time is already too early for you on either ST/DST
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