I personally enjoy more sun in the evening. I'd be happy with permanent DST.
Please, stop changing the clocks!
https://www.boston.com/community/tell-us/2026/03/13/should-massachusetts-stop-changing-its-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.
16 Comments
Ibisalt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 152d
I like DST. Thats it. no study, I just like it.
Tenthrow@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 152d
Daylight savings time needs to end. Permanent standard time. Permanent DST is a bad idea.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 152d
We're not an agrarian society any more. We can choose a better time standard.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 151d
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
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
I don't see how it impacts my health if I never interact with it.
Natanael@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 152d
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
Hmm, would love to read the full paper!
chicken@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 151d
https://files.catbox.moe/v366b0.pdf
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 152d
Correct, and my body responds best to a DST schedule.
Natanael@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 152d
You're in the minority then.
https://aasm.org/sleep-experts-prescribe-year-round-standard-time-for-brighter-mornings-safer-streets-and-better-sleep/
mj_marathon@programming.dev · 3 pts · 151d
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.