Daylight Saving Time

[Mgderf]

I'm in Chicago. It's like 25 or 6 to four.

Are you sitting cross-legged on the floor?

 

[Mgderf]

Wlfi news just reported the time as being 7:11 instead of 8:11.
Guess no-one told the news desk that DST was here.

 

[cg21]

Made it through the night, that was close.

 

[DCR]

HAHAHA My car now has the correct time ! ( For another 8 months)

 

[KLB]

HAHAHA My car now has the correct time ! ( For another 8 months)

Same with my wife's car.

 

[jamil]

Dammit. I missed it. Does that mean I don’t have to change my clocks?

 

[Mgderf]

Dammit. I missed it. Does that mean I don’t have to change my clocks?

So you'll be an hour behind the rest of us until November.

 

[femurphy77]

So you'll be an hour behind the rest of us until November.

Nah, he just loses out on the "extra" hour of daylight the rest of us received!

 

[chipbennett]

Who cares?

I know you're kind of trolling here, but it does actually matter. Circadian rhythm is a thing. The impact of sunlight/full-spectrum overhead light on the body's serotonin production is real. Producing serotonin earlier in the day leads to proper production of melatonin later in the day. Proper production of melatonin leads to proper sleep hygiene.

As a corollary, sunlight/full-spectrum overhead light (whether from a later sunset or from indoor and/or device screen blue light) suppresses melatonin production.

Not seeing sunlight until 8:30AM is bad for your health.
Seeing sunlight at 9:00PM is bad for your health.

So, those of us who understand the body's Circadian rhythm and try to align our lifestyle accordingly do care.

 

[jamil]

I know you're kind of trolling here, but it does actually matter. Circadian rhythm is a thing. The impact of sunlight/full-spectrum overhead light on the body's serotonin production is real. Producing serotonin earlier in the day leads to proper production of melatonin later in the day. Proper production of melatonin leads to proper sleep hygiene.

As a corollary, sunlight/full-spectrum overhead light (whether from a later sunset or from indoor and/or device screen blue light) suppresses melatonin production.

Not seeing sunlight until 8:30AM is bad for your health.
Seeing sunlight at 9:00PM is bad for your health.

So, those of us who understand the body's Circadian rhythm and try to align our lifestyle accordingly do care.

You’re welcome to keep your clocks where you prefer. But in terms of real health impact, you need a study to drtect the infinitesimal difference an hour makes?

 

[nonobaddog]

I know you're kind of trolling here, but it does actually matter. Circadian rhythm is a thing. The impact of sunlight/full-spectrum overhead light on the body's serotonin production is real. Producing serotonin earlier in the day leads to proper production of melatonin later in the day. Proper production of melatonin leads to proper sleep hygiene.

As a corollary, sunlight/full-spectrum overhead light (whether from a later sunset or from indoor and/or device screen blue light) suppresses melatonin production.

Not seeing sunlight until 8:30AM is bad for your health.
Seeing sunlight at 9:00PM is bad for your health.

So, those of us who understand the body's Circadian rhythm and try to align our lifestyle accordingly do care.

I hope all the buttercups survive this trauma.

 

[Ingomike]

Not seeing sunlight until 8:30AM is bad for your health.

Which is a reason to move back in the fall.

Seeing sunlight at 9:00PM is bad for your health.

Happens a few day at peak summer sunlight.

Circadian rhythm is a thing.

It is real, but so is the fact that humans adapt very quickly and live in highly varied areas of natural light.

 

[Ballstater98]

 

[chipbennett]

Which is a reason to move back in the fall.



Happens a few day at peak summer sunlight.



It is real, but so is the fact that humans adapt very quickly and live in highly varied areas of natural light.

I never claimed that there weren't other mitigation strategies. Rather, I was responding to the dismissive "who cares?" comment to the reference to sunrise today being an hour later than it was yesterday.

 

[chipbennett]

You’re welcome to keep your clocks where you prefer. But in terms of real health impact, you need a study to drtect the infinitesimal difference an hour makes?

"Infinitesimal"? How is an hour of sunlight, at a time of year in which there are just shy of 12 hours of sunlight - i.e. 8.3% of the total daily sunlight - "infinitesimal"?

An hour can make the difference between receiving, or not receiving, sunlight before work at all, when sunrise shifts from 7:00 to 8:00.

And, yes: that has real, observable health impact.

 

[jamil]

I think the health angle of sleep rhythm is overstated.

I never claimed that there weren't other mitigation strategies. Rather, I was responding to the dismissive "who cares?" comment to the reference to sunrise today being an hour later than it was yesterday.

Science has shown that not giving a **** about trivial matters improves health infinitesimally. Everyone is allotted a finite number of ****s they can give in a lifetime. Spend them wisely.

 

[chipbennett]

I think the health angle of sleep rhythm is overstated.

Science has shown that not giving a **** about trivial matters improves health infinitesimally. Everyone is allotted a finite number of ****s they can give in a lifetime. Spend them wisely.

You're being awfully presumptuous, perhaps condescendingly so, regarding what constitutes a "trivial" matter.

 

[foszoe]

Where did the time go?

 

[jamil]

You're being awfully presumptuous, perhaps condescendingly so, regarding what constitutes a "trivial" matter.

I would expect something nontrivial to be more noticeable.

 

[jamil]

Where did the time go?

It got slid over to the dark side. Bwahahahahahaha