My understanding is that most people want to stop switching, but its split on which side to stay on.
zadikian 44 minutes ago [-]
I'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 40 minutes ago [-]
I'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.
tobadzistsini 4 hours ago [-]
BC didn't get rid of it. Now it's permanent.
cwillu 3 hours ago [-]
They got rid of the biannual clock change, which is obviously what they're talking about.
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kixiQu 3 hours 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.
verall 37 minutes ago [-]
Tracking 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.
gonzalohm 3 hours 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?
I keep seeing this in every post discussing Daylight Savings. What's the obsession with tracking solar noon?
hn_throwaway_99 2 hours 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.
dghlsakjg 1 hours ago [-]
That’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.
iberator 2 hours ago [-]
What's BC ?!
vincent-manis 46 minutes ago [-]
In 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.
dghlsakjg 1 hours ago [-]
Click 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.
cbsks 2 hours ago [-]
British Columbia, Canada
nicwolff 3 hours ago [-]
It's "Daylight Saving", not "Savings".
jahnu 2 hours ago [-]
“‘Daylight saving time’ is also sometimes called ‘daylight saving,’ ‘daylight savings,’ ‘daylight savings time,’ or ‘daylight time.’
Related, with 45 comments: "19 [US] States approved permanent daylight saving time" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47290037
No (not within a min or two). When days get shorter, it's not like they just lose daylight in the evening.
Not sure why the title got changed for this post.
Context is king.
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