Please, stop changing the clocks!

https://www.boston.com/community/tell-us/2026/03/13/should-massachusetts-stop-changing-its-clocks/

I personally enjoy more sun in the evening. I'd be happy with permanent DST.

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Ibisalt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 152d

I like DST. Thats it. no study, I just like it.

Tenthrow@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 152d (13 replies)

Daylight savings time needs to end. Permanent standard time. Permanent DST is a bad idea.

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 152d (2 replies)

We're not an agrarian society any more. We can choose a better time standard.

anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 151d (1 reply)

Why can’t we split the difference and move it 30 minutes one last time?

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 151d

Fuck it, let's do it

Natanael@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 152d (9 replies)

Health researchers agree. Morning sun is much more important for our health

mj_marathon@programming.dev · 6 pts · 152d

The US already bends over backwards to accommodate morning people

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 152d (7 replies)

I don't see how it impacts my health if I never interact with it.

Natanael@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 152d (6 replies)

You don't get to choose how your body responds to light

https://link.springer.com/article/10.5664/jcsm.10898

RePsyche@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 152d (1 reply)

Hmm, would love to read the full paper!

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 152d (3 replies)

Correct, and my body responds best to a DST schedule.

Natanael@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 152d (2 replies)
mj_marathon@programming.dev · 3 pts · 151d (1 reply)

This link discusses a survey, not scientific research.

Natanael@slrpnk.net · 0 pts · 151d

There's also named experts in that article, in addition to my first link above

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/bc-daylight-saving-health-concerns-9.7114947

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-025-24618-8

Morning light is simply more important for our sleep quality (sets our circadian rhythm right)

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6814154/

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/daylight-saving-time-sleep-health-science

user_name@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 151d

We tried permenant DLS already under Nixon and didn’t like. Let’s learn from experience and science andnadopt permenant standard time.