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The shift in sleeping pattern indeed is a disruption and a negative factor well studied. However it's something you're only affected by a few days or weeks at m

The shift in sleeping pattern indeed is a disruption and a negative factor well studied. However it's something you're only affected by a few days or weeks at most. The positive effects are more stretched and last over 6 months. They're harder to study and I haven't seen much studies (except about the non existing energy saving effect). I enjoy having one more hour sun in the evening in the summer. Adopting the summer time timezone in winter also doesn't make much sense, as it's already hard enough in winter to get up in the dark.

3pt14159 10y ago
I live in Toronto, far from being the most northern city. It sometimes surprises people to learn that we're at the same latitude as Rome. Anyway, I _detest_ not just the switch from DST to Standard Time, but I also hate how we move the clock for the winter. If you wake up for work it is going to be dark, or _barely_ light out if you're lucky. But by shifting the time backwards I can't play outside when I'm done work because it is dark out. I have to bring lights with me for my bicycle. Wtf is with this? Why are we making all of the light hours during the time I'm at the office? This isn't the 1800s we don't need to milk the cows. We have the opposite problem now. We need light to play outside and we need fun exercise far more than we need a little extra light between opening our eyes in the morning and that first shower.
IshKebab 10y ago
Actually there are fairly easily measurable benefits, e.g. to tourism due to extra light in the evenings. Staying on BST all year would be the best thing IMO. In the winter, yes it's hard to get up in the dark, but most of the time it's dark an hour after I get up anyway too. There's not much natural light in my office so in the winter I rarely see the sun because of the idiotic timezone. Google 'lighter later'.

3pt14159 10y ago

I live in Toronto, far from being the most northern city. It sometimes surprises people to learn that we're at the same latitude as Rome. Anyway, I _detest_ not just the switch from DST to Standard Time, but I also hate how we move the clock for the winter. If you wake up for work it is going to be dark, or _barely_ light out if you're lucky. But by shifting the time backwards I can't play outside when I'm done work because it is dark out. I have to bring lights with me for my bicycle. Wtf is with this? Why are we making all of the light hours during the time I'm at the office? This isn't the 1800s we don't need to milk the cows. We have the opposite problem now. We need light to play outside and we need fun exercise far more than we need a little extra light between opening our eyes in the morning and that first shower.

IshKebab 10y ago

Actually there are fairly easily measurable benefits, e.g. to tourism due to extra light in the evenings. Staying on BST all year would be the best thing IMO. In the winter, yes it's hard to get up in the dark, but most of the time it's dark an hour after I get up anyway too. There's not much natural light in my office so in the winter I rarely see the sun because of the idiotic timezone. Google 'lighter later'.