Stockholm gains 5 minutes 19 seconds of daylight today, but we lost 60 minutes of sleep because DST went into effect last night.

Sure, I prefer the sun setting later, but the sun would set at the same time today in a month from now anyway if we stayed on standard time.

And does anyone have a strong preference for sunrise at 3 am over 2 am in June? No. This change ritual is silly. Finish the job, EU Council!

06:18 (13h 9m 48s) 19:28

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/seasonal-time-changes/?ref=activitypub

I've been waking early of late. Part of the cause is likely the mornings getting lighter.

Now, whilst the UK's shift to DST (30th March) will partially reverse that, this will not be a good thing, because it just means I'll go through the same thing *again* when morning light levels have shifted by another hour.

And I know I'll struggle for a few days to a week with the "one hour less sleep" due to the change.

Abolish DST ! The switching is more of a problem than any benefit from, in effect, shifting business hours!

Timely reminder when communicating time zones:

The US east coast is now on EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)—not EST (Eastern Standard Time).

Use EDT when you mean NYC time—until it falls back to EST on November 2.

Several countries (Jamaica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) and parts of countries (Mexico, Brasil) are always on EST because they do not observe daylight saving time.

Let's end time zones along with DST.

https://around.com/time-for-earth-time/

Thanks for making a good case! @gleick

The fact that DST occurs on a Sunday in the US, robbing us of a whole hour of our "fun day", and not on a Monday (thereby giving us one less hour that we have to be at work, from a certain point of view) should tell you all you need to know about why it exists and why it is stupid.

#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2024-10-28

Welcome to another MetaBrainz Monday Meeting!
It’s a weird time today for all of you who don’t change to winter time! If it makes you feel better, time feels weird for us who did too
#abolishdst

Agenda: Reviews
https://community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from-metabrainz-meeting-2024-10-28/721684

I am not the biggest fan of autumn and winter. But one thing I love about this time of year is the changing back to normal or standard time.
Don't you dare call it winter time.

#AbolishDST
#SommerzeitAbschaffen