One of life’s unavoidable inconveniences is the act of adjusting our clocks either forward or backward in November and March. It is called Daylight Savings Time or DST. The goal of DST is to make better use of daylight by prolonging the amount of time we can spend outside during daylight hours. The argument for … More Daylight Saving Time: Why It’s Time To End This Unpopular Inconvenience
One of life’s unavoidable inconveniences is the act of adjusting our clocks either forward or backward in November and March. It is called Daylight Savings Time or DST. The goal of DST is to make better use of daylight by prolonging the amount of time we can spend outside during daylight hours. The argument for … More Set your clocks ahead this weekend
Here are three commonly cited reasons for eliminating the cursed Daylight Savings Time convention: One of the main arguments against daylight saving time is its impact on human health. The abrupt shift in the clock can disrupt people’s sleep patterns, leading to sleep deprivation and increased stress. Studies have shown a rise in heart attacks, … More Three arguments for eliminating Daylight Savings Time
When Daylight Saving Time (DST) begins, we lose an hour. When it ends, we gain an hour. There are several reasons why some people advocate for ending daylight saving time (DST): Disruption of sleep patterns: Changing the clocks forward or backward by an hour can disrupt people’s sleep patterns, leading to fatigue and other health problems. … More Let’s end Daylight Savings Time
Daylight Savings Time in Canada begins on March 13th and ends on Nov. 6, 2022. But, do we really need it! Daylight Savings Time has no place in our modern world. Of 195 countries in the world, approximately 70 countries observe Daylight Saving Time in at least a portion of the country. Japan, India, and … More Daylight Savings Time – time to say goodbye to the Dark Ages
On March 15, 2022 British Columbia (Canada) announced that the province is ready to spring forward with permanent daylight savings time (DST) as soon as the United States signs off on national legislation. Now approved by the senate the U.S. House of Representatives must take the time to review the bill. If it passes, the … More Seasonal changes in DST may be a thing of the past
One week before the time change in Canada there were many reports of people waking up late because their phone switched to Eastern time – Quebec and Ontario, so if your phone told you it was 5am, it was really 6am. Bell Canada blamed this on a software glitch but it is a further reminder … More Daylight savings time – a scourge on us all
Daylight savings Time; let’s follow the province of British Columbia’s (BC) lead and get rid of DST. In the meantime set your clocks back one hour if still you live in an area where the convention is still followed. Typically, regions that use daylight saving time adjust clocks forward one hour close to the start … More Daylight savings Time – let’s end this nonsense
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