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BC got rid of Daylight Savings
- WalterGR 7mo agoPreviously, 561 comments: "British Columbia is permanently adopting daylight time" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47223620 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47223620 Related, with 45 comments: "19 [US] States approved permanent daylight saving time" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47290037 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47290037
- tobadzistsini 7mo agoBC didn't get rid of it. Now it's permanent.
- cwillu 7mo agoThey got rid of the biannual clock change, which is obviously what they're talking about.
- kixiQu 7mo ago"Daylight Saving Time" refers to adjusting the time in a way that noon does not try to track solar noon for a timezone in order to shift daylight later in the clock-day.
- gonzalohm 7mo agoIf we were trying to adjust the time to track the solar time, wouldn't we need to adjust the clocks every day as days get shorter/longer? I keep seeing this in every post discussing Daylight Savings. What's the obsession with tracking solar noon?
- hn_throwaway_99 7mo ago> If we were trying to adjust the time to track the solar time, wouldn't we need to adjust the clocks every day as days get shorter/longer? No (not within a min or two). When days get shorter, it's not like they just lose daylight in the evening.
- 1718627440 7mo ago> If we were trying to adjust the time to track the solar time, No, but > wouldn't we need to adjust the clocks every day as days get shorter/longer This is how hours used to work at least in Roman times, but I think also into the Medieval Ages.
- verall 7mo agoTracking solar time would mean it's equivalently light out at 5AM and at 7PM. Nearly noone is awake at 5AM. Nearly everyone is awake at 7PM. You can wave your arms around and say "well then why don't people wake up earlier", but they have jobs and stuff. The "scientific evidence" for standard time is flimsy.
- 1718627440 7mo agoPeople did wake up at way earlier. Working hours have shifted past by a few hours during the last century, so it seems like people actually prefer that.
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- dghlsakjg 7mo agoThat’s what the actual news release and title say if you read the article you are commenting on. Not sure why the title got changed for this post.
- nicwolff 7mo agoIt's "Daylight Saving", not "Savings".
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- jahnu 7mo ago“‘Daylight saving time’ is also sometimes called ‘daylight saving,’ ‘daylight savings,’ ‘daylight savings time,’ or ‘daylight time.’ So, listen to your heart.” https://bsky.app/profile/merriam-webster.com/post/3mgkh6eycs22n https://bsky.app/profile/merriam-webster.com/post/3mgkh6eycs...
- iberator 7mo agoWhat's BC ?!
- cbsks 7mo agoBritish Columbia, Canada
- dghlsakjg 7mo agoClick through to the article you are commenting on, it’s very clear. It is a link to the official government site for British Columbia, a large province encompassing the entire pacific coast of Canada.
- vincent-manis 7mo agoIn the 1970s, I temporarily relocated from Vancouver to Boston. A few days after I arrived, someone said, “After work, I'm going to take the T [subway] to BC.” I was awed by the concept of a continental mass-transit system, but puzzled. It turns out that in the Massachusetts Bay area, BC is Boston College. Context is king.
- ThrownOffGame 7mo ago[dead]
- nitroedge 7mo agoIts where it rains all the time and we are north of Seattle (our fellow grey weather neighbors)
- schrectacular 7mo agoLong, long ago when humans rode dinosaurs to work.
- mmmlinux 7mo agoMy understanding is that most people want to stop switching, but its split on which side to stay on.
- zadikian 7mo agoI'd rather have it switch than do permanent DST. It's not good to wake up in total darkness if you can avoid it. Best would just be permanent standard time.
- verall 7mo agoI'd rather have it switch than do permanent standard time. It's not good to end your workday in total darkness if you can avoid it. It's nice to wake up in early darkness and see the sun rise. Best would be permanent daylight time.
- Auracle 7mo agoIt’s always this argument with people, all totaled up against people’s overall health - as pretty much every sleep scientist agrees, kids actually being able to get to school because it’s not too cold (not to mention safety as far as light goes), and making night owl’s lives hell. But yeah, you definitely need to drive home in the light instead of the dark for those two months out of the year or whatever. Definitely worth it.
- verall 7mo agoI'm a night owl and daylight time does not make my life hell, kids don't walk to school in the US anymore, and yes, experiencing the daylight for 2 more months of the year is worth it.
- Auracle 7mo agoOk, well, I'm a night owl and it makes things significantly harder for me, and pretty much every single teenager in the US to boot. Kids don't walk to school, but they do wait for school buses. Late starts are already common in northern states due to cold, and some kids do in fact still walk to school in the morning, and that's way more dangerous in the dark.
- _spduchamp 7mo agoHere is the petition for Canada to standardise on standard time. https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7155 https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Peti... Health research supports staying with standard time. Staying with daylight savings may be good for business, but businesses can adjust, while our bodies can't.
- madcaptenor 7mo agoI predict this will end at 9 AM Pacific Daylight Time one morning next December, when the sun still hasn't risen in Vancouver.