Silliness It's Daylight Saving Time! - Page 4

issybird · 03-15-2018, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

* as in wrong.

Of course it is!

Temporary idiocy due to sleep deprivation? I really am numerate, all evidence to the contrary.

Sweetpea · 03-15-2018, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by issybird

For a while I thought I was a voice crying in the wilderness, but leaving out the "don't cares," about a third like DST. Ironically, that's the flip side of how much of the year is on DST, which is close to two-thirds.

Most of the world it's about 5 months real time and 7 months summer time. We go back earlier to real time and go to summer time later (last sunday of October and last sunday of March)

wodin · 03-15-2018, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by FizzyWater

I've been saying for years that I'm convinced I have a 25 hour body clock. When I take vacation, I tend to be up an extra hour each night until I'm not going to bed until 7AM and I'm brain-dead the first day I'm back at work.

You're not alone, I read a study some years ago that the natural circadian rhythm of most humans is some amount greater than 24 hours, usually between 24 and 25 hours. Some years ago I had about a three year period of "retirement" (read unemployed) during which my wake sleep cycle migrated around the clock until I was awake most of the night and asleep until early afternoon. I can faithfully report that TV sux at four in the morning.

badgoodDeb · 03-15-2018, 04:10 PM

I've seen studies of people who lived in totally dark caves for some time period -- they report the same non-24-hour circadian rhythms. (That might be the study you refer to.)

BetterRed · 03-15-2018, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Most of the world it's about 5 months real time and 7 months summer time. We go back earlier to real time and go to summer time later (last sunday of October and last sunday of March)

Most of the world never had, or no longer has DST ==>> Daylight saving time by country

BR

Barbara1955 · 03-15-2018, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by 4691mls

How about this fall we split the difference, set our clocks back 30 minutes and just keep it that way year round!

Wont work! In my Area they did the 1st in Fall it was 1 Hour Fall back. ALL they need to do is NOT Fall Back!!

ShellShock · 03-16-2018, 04:57 AM

I would hate DST all year round—in mid-winter it would mean getting up and going to work in the dark, and I much prefer lighter mornings than evenings. So I say get rid of DST altogether.

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03-15-2018, 04:10 PM	#49
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,538 Karma: 64201357 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	I've seen studies of people who lived in totally dark caves for some time period -- they report the same non-24-hour circadian rhythms. (That might be the study you refer to.)

03-16-2018, 04:57 AM	#52
ShellShock Wizard Posts: 1,178 Karma: 2431850 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: IPad Mini 2 Retina	I would hate DST all year round—in mid-winter it would mean getting up and going to work in the dark, and I much prefer lighter mornings than evenings. So I say get rid of DST altogether.