Dealing with the time change is difficult. What is one hour? Seemingly, it should be no trouble at all. But, what should be a minor adjustment is not so easy.
I wondered if it is even necessary. So, I asked Google. Why daylight savings time?
It turns out the original reason it was implemented, more than 100 years ago, was to save energy, and to use daylight more efficiently. It is always a good thing to burn less coal.
But, it messes with my internal clock. And, although the haziness only lasts a couple of days, its not a bad idea to consider whether the disruption is worth it.
My colleague, B.C. Liberal MLA Linda Larson (Boundary-Similkameen), has tabled a private members’ bill three times in the legislature to keep our clocks at daylight savings time. All three have died on the order papers. It appears the most recent attempt has caught the attention of the government.
Personally, I think it’s time we consider it.
What do you think?
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Agreed!
I believe Terry O`Reilley, of CBC’s Under The Influence program about advertising, said that, while claiming DST was ostensibly established to save energy, it was really pushed by merchants, who wanted people to shop later and later. I think he noted that it worked, with sales revenues going up after DST was established.
Or perhaps the poor consumers were just in a time-change fog, and went to the stores to relieve the confusion. Buying useless stuff you don’t need always feels good… for a while.
I would prefer standard time year-round, but I think I am in the minority. Let’s just please stop changing twice a year. It’s like a bizarre ritual.
Agreed. Time to let it go.
Ask the minister for ICBC about the costs, twice a year, of increased carnage and mayhem on the roads as the disruption to our schedules works itself out. Disorientation caused by shift changes is a widely studied medical effect. It is why shift workers get premiums in pay. Not helpful.
Please leave the clocks alone, stop changing them twice a year. It is a real bother when a person is phoning a neighbouring province, or traveling .
From the Saskatchewan perspective it is bliss not to have to change the time. I lived for a while in Northern BC in Dawson Creek and in that part of BC they do not change the time either. In a global context, time is the same every where. If I were to call you on the phone you would say Hello right away not an hour later.
It looks like Washington State approves of this too.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/permanent-daylight-saving-time-passes-washington-state-house-90-6-heads-to-inslees-desk/