Hear me out. It is time we end daylight savings, but the issue stands at where to set the clocks. I think that’s where some people disagree. Time zones are made up anyway. There’s nothing stopping a state from splitting the difference. We should move the clocks back in the opposite direction 30 minutes from where it was previously moved, then just leave it alone. Forever. Stop disturbing our sleep cycles. Stop making us change offline clocks. I want to set my clock once, then ignore it until the battery dies.
We just stopped flipping our clocks this year in parts of Canada. There’s been a bit of confusion because some automatic stuff changed anyway but overall it’s been fine so far.
BC gave up waiting for our southern neighbours this year, and it significantly reduced the number of dead deer on the highway the past few weeks (the death count usually skyrockets for a few weeks during the changeover).
We ended up settling for a permanent gmt-7, where we were previously gmt-8.
Agreed that daylight savings is dumb and should end. That said, time zones are typically in 1 hour offsets because it’s a reasonable increment and makes that make between time zones easier. The time we end up in should line up with the existing international time zones instead of making up more shit to replace it.
I want to set my clock once, then ignore it until the battery dies.
I feel the same way, so that’s why all our clocks are radio controlled. Even the old analog clock got its mechanism replaced by a radio controlled one.
Hear me out. It is time we end daylight savings, but the issue stands at where to set the clocks. I think that’s where some people disagree. Time zones are made up anyway. There’s nothing stopping a state from splitting the difference. We should move the clocks back in the opposite direction 30 minutes from where it was previously moved, then just leave it alone. Forever. Stop disturbing our sleep cycles. Stop making us change offline clocks. I want to set my clock once, then ignore it until the battery dies.
We just stopped flipping our clocks this year in parts of Canada. There’s been a bit of confusion because some automatic stuff changed anyway but overall it’s been fine so far.
Microsoft has been my biggest headache, so many meetings got permanently shifted by an hour because they vibecoded that timezone change.
BC gave up waiting for our southern neighbours this year, and it significantly reduced the number of dead deer on the highway the past few weeks (the death count usually skyrockets for a few weeks during the changeover).
We ended up settling for a permanent gmt-7, where we were previously gmt-8.
i am so envious
We actually signed it into law years ago, and then Trump happened which delayed us actually doing it.
Agreed that daylight savings is dumb and should end. That said, time zones are typically in 1 hour offsets because it’s a reasonable increment and makes that make between time zones easier. The time we end up in should line up with the existing international time zones instead of making up more shit to replace it.
I feel the same way, so that’s why all our clocks are radio controlled. Even the old analog clock got its mechanism replaced by a radio controlled one.