Fall Back: Extra Hour of Sleep!

[killer_carlson]

I think my dogs and children need some lessons on this concept

[normtwofinger]

Originally Posted by ken0042

If we stayed on MST all year round the sun would rise at 4:20 am in the summer. That hour of daylight serves no purpose to most people; and might even make it harder for some to sleep in.

If we stayed on MDT all year the sun would rise at 9:40 am in the winter; which would mean it would be pitch dark out when kids are going to school. I don't think that is a good idea.

I can see why Costa Rica doesn't observe DST. In summer their sunrise is at 5:20 am and in the winter it is at 5:45 am. The changes in sunrise and sunset are so subtle in equitorial countries that many people there are not aware that sunrise and sunset times change throughout the year; as things like cloud cover can make more of a difference.

Ken you're right. Sunrise really doesn't change all year, which is awesome in December. Although I do notice a bit of difference with sunset. Seems to go down now about 5:30pm and in June not until 6:30pm.

My comment was more a complaint of inconvenience, having to remember and messing with my sleep schedule. But I do miss the long summer evenings in Calgary, which I guess I would have to thank DST for.

[Anduril]

Originally Posted by First Lady

And puppies/dogs.

Mine just needs to understand that sleeping for 3 hours and then waking me up is not cool

Sent from my GT-I9100

[Cowperson]

I got up an hour earlier and it was a beautiful, warm, star-filled, half-moon morning with elk bugling in the darkness near our home southwest of the city.

Then I turned the clocks back.

Cowperson

[Flashpoint]

Daylight saving time did indeed begin in the United States during World War I, primarily to save fuel by reducing the need to use artificial lighting. Although some states and communities observed daylight saving time between the wars, it was not observed nationally again until World War II.

Of course, World War II is long over. So why do we still observe daylight saving time?

Over the years, supporters have advanced new reasons in support of DST, even though they were not the original reasons behind enacting DST.

One is safety. Some people believe that if we have more daylight at the end of the day, we will have fewer accidents.

In fact, this "benefit" comes only at the cost of less daylight in the morning. When year-round daylight time was tried in 1973, one reason it was repealed was because of an increased number of school bus accidents in the morning. Further, a study of traffic accidents throughout Canada in 1991 and 1992 by Stanley Coren of the University of British Columbia before, during, and immediately after the so-called "spring forward" when DST begins in April. Alarmingly, he found an eight percent jump in traffic accidents on the Monday after clocks are moved ahead. He attributes the jump to the lost hour of sleep. In a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine, Coren explained, "These data show that small changes in the amount of sleep that people get can have major consequences in everyday activities." He undertook the study as a follow up to research showing that even an hour's change can disrupt sleep patterns and "persist for up to five days after each time shift."

Other observers attribute the huge spike in accidents on the first Monday of DST to the sudden change in the amount of light during driving times. Regardless of the reason, there is no denying that changing our clocks has a significant cost in human lives.

While some people claim that they would miss the late evening light, a presumably similar number of people love the morning light..

Link

[troutman]

I lived in Quito near the equator for one month. Sunrise and Sunset are pretty much always the same time every day.

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldcloc...omy.html?n=190

[The Yen Man]

I love DST, look foward to it every year. Waking up and realizing you get an extra hour is pretty sweet.

And although the spring one results in the loss of an hour, I also look forward to that one as it makes me realize summer is just around the corner, and the evenings are going to stay brighter for longer periods. I think it'd be sad if they ever eliminated it.

[I-Hate-Hulse]

Blech - I hate going home from work in pure darkness. Makes me feel like I've just been at work the entire day.

[REDVAN]

Am I the only one that seems to adjust fine in spring, and have a tough time in the fall?

Had a brutal night last night. Could not sleep one wink!

[The Yen Man]

I'm a guy who usually gets 6 hours of sleep a night during the weekdays and 10 hours of sleep a night during the weekends. I can wake up at 5 or 6 am if needed, or sleep till noon if I like. So DST really doesn't affect me either way and I've never been able to understand why people complain about such a small deal. But then, I don't suffer from insomnia, so I wouldn't know how they feel.