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by patmcc 38 days ago
No the OP, but I'm also in BC and dislike this change.

The change was made (partly) based on a bullshit poll of residents, that asked basically "Hey which would you rather do, use year-round Daylight Savings Time or keep switching every six months?" - notably not including the option a lot of people wanted (and which is well-supported by a lot of research as the best option), which was "use year-round Standard Time".

And then in a bunch of press conferences and answers to the public, they would say "oh, this is what people chose" from the poll.
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empressplay 38 days ago
If we did that the sun would be coming up at 4am right now in Revelstoke. What's the point of the sun being up at 4am?

On the other hand, I don't like it getting dark at 3:30 in the afternoon in Vancouver around Christmas. I know it means it will be darker later in the morning but you wake up in the dark that time of year already anyways.

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KyleSanderson 38 days ago
Go for a run, hit the ski hill, all before you start work. The sun runs your health (circadian rhythm). I'm in Vancouver and this is the dumbest change. We're going to pay for this for a decade in premature deaths, and we'll end up on standard time anyway.
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fouc 38 days ago
I always get up with the light so I think 4am would be too unreasonable. Especially if most cafes remain closed for hours still. 5am is tolerable.

As for winter, an extra hour of dark doesn't feel like a huge deal. When I commuted in the winter it was often happening around 6am while still dark anyways.

I have a feeling people's morning habits will change a bit to compensate for the darker mornings though. So I think it'll work out in the end.

Where do you expect the premature deaths to come from? Rush hour traffic in the dark?

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StayTrue 38 days ago
Correct and complete explanation.
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subarctic 38 days ago
Sounds like Brexit #2
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netsharc 37 days ago
That reminds me about a nitpicky argument around Brexit, they were set to leave at midnight February 1, 2020, but... in which timezone? Brussels time, or UK time?

The EU won and the UK left at 2020-01-31, 23:00 GMT (local time)...

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patmcc 37 days ago
Thankfully much smaller potatoes, but yah, I'm annoyed by it
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