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It will be funny to see what happens with Alaska, they might have just forgotten about the state Same thing happened in Chile a while back, the entire country

It will be funny to see what happens with Alaska, they might have just forgotten about the state Same thing happened in Chile a while back, the entire country was left on "summer time" which then meant that the southern tip of Chile had very, very little sun during the winter during the mornings, the "proper day time" was notoriously "shifted"

ghaff 5y ago
I remember a guide on a trip a number of years back telling that she rather liked the northern latitude (Alaska). In winter you're screwed anyway and in summer you have more light than you know what to do with. I'm sure an hour shift doesn't make things much different. Most of the people arguing are arguing around states where there is sort of enough light most of the year but some people like it earlier and some later.
tshaddox 5y ago
It's odd that most places seem very used to longitudinal time zones, but no one seems to be suggesting latitudinal time zones.
henrikschroder 5y ago
When you're as far north as Alaska, daylight savings stops making sense, because the difference in daylight hours over the year is huge. At Anchorage's latitude, two weeks after changing back to standard time, sunrise is back at the same time it was before the change, and mornings will get a lot darker until you reach midwinter. In California, the effect of the change is noticeable, because the difference in daylight hours is small over the year, so people who have only ever lived in California or similar are the ones complaining about "having to go to school in the dark" as if that was some weird anomaly or tragedy.
- manmal 5y ago
  There’s a growing body of research on the circadian clock, and, yes, going to school in the dark could turn out to be a tragedy eventually.
  - henrikschroder 5y ago
    What you're saying is completely irrelevant for people living closer to and above the arctic circle, because Daylight Savings does nothing at those latitudes anyway.
    - manmal 5y ago
      I agree. Most of the world's population don't live there though.

ghaff 5y ago

I remember a guide on a trip a number of years back telling that she rather liked the northern latitude (Alaska). In winter you're screwed anyway and in summer you have more light than you know what to do with. I'm sure an hour shift doesn't make things much different. Most of the people arguing are arguing around states where there is sort of enough light most of the year but some people like it earlier and some later.

tshaddox 5y ago

It's odd that most places seem very used to longitudinal time zones, but no one seems to be suggesting latitudinal time zones.

henrikschroder 5y ago

When you're as far north as Alaska, daylight savings stops making sense, because the difference in daylight hours over the year is huge. At Anchorage's latitude, two weeks after changing back to standard time, sunrise is back at the same time it was before the change, and mornings will get a lot darker until you reach midwinter. In California, the effect of the change is noticeable, because the difference in daylight hours is small over the year, so people who have only ever lived in California or similar are the ones complaining about "having to go to school in the dark" as if that was some weird anomaly or tragedy.

manmal 5y ago
There’s a growing body of research on the circadian clock, and, yes, going to school in the dark could turn out to be a tragedy eventually.
- henrikschroder 5y ago
  What you're saying is completely irrelevant for people living closer to and above the arctic circle, because Daylight Savings does nothing at those latitudes anyway.
  - manmal 5y ago
    I agree. Most of the world's population don't live there though.