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Mar 09, 2025, 04:58 AM
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I woke up at 4:15. Did I actually wake up at 5:15 if we didn't set the clocks? I always get so confused. I just know I'm tired
Should they get rid of DLS? I've heard reasons of why its not as easy as it seems.
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#2
Mar 09, 2025, 06:04 AM
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Yes. Think “spring forward” and “fall back” when dst begins and ends.
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#3
Yesterday, 09:58 AM
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It’s been proven harmful yet we keep doing it. It exacerbates existing sleep problems. Arizona and Hawaii don’t do this.
I already banged my head in the sleep thread and will here too.  We need to stop this pointless ritual. I’m not even saving energy since I turn on all the lights in the morning now.——— Sent from my iPhone 📱
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#4
Yesterday, 10:17 AM
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 I mean 4:15 is “really” 3:15. If we left the clocks alone it’s 4:15. Everything is an hour ahead now. Eating early, to bed early so you may not be hungry or sleepy yet.  And no it’s not easy for many people yet some think it’s no big deal. My favorite checker at the grocery store says it doesn’t affect her or she doesn’t notice. Lucky! ——— Sent from my iPhone 📱
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#5
Yesterday, 10:26 AM
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I agree it’s stupid. Luckily right now the only “scheduled” thing I have is taking meds at 9am every day and I usually wake up around 5 so now getting up at 6 is actually good for me because I have less time to be waiting, and I can slowly adjust myself to the new time, but with a more rigorous schedule I’d be thrown way out of whack.
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Yesterday, 10:40 AM
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I used to hate this week when i was working. I never slept well, and losing the hour made it soooo much worse. Whereas when the time switches back in the fall, i would celebrate for a month or more like its my effin birthday.
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Yesterday, 10:48 AM
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#8
Yesterday, 10:54 AM
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There have been debates about this in the UK and the EU. I dislike the process, both in Spring and Autumn - it’s just a pain.
Has the time come to stop changing the clocks? This is what the science tells us | Kit Yates | The Guardian. Jeff. |
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#9
Yesterday, 11:33 AM
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If you didn’t adjust the clocks 4:15 would be 4:15, the “natural” time. Adjusted yes Muddy is right that it would show 5:15. But I’m just saying we’re all getting up earlier than the clock says now. That’s why we’re all so tired and the day goes by faster.
Okay Mountain 🏔️ you’re up too early either way. 4:15 is 3:15, 5:15 is 4:15.  ——— Sent from my iPhone 📱
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#10
Yesterday, 11:42 AM
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 My world clock shows we’re now just 7 hours behind instead of 8. My body seems to sigh in relief when it’s time to go back. It takes me less time to adjust to that, 2-3 days instead of a week. I’m glad I don’t have to be somewhere but I still don’t like feeling this way. When I was a teenager and in my 20’s to 50’s it didn’t bother me much or hardly. Now I’m too old for this. It has strong feelings on both sides and has been controversial for decades. And it depends on where one lives and what schedule one has, whether they wake up or commute in the dark. Or go to school. Or an early bird/nightowl. We’re all different but I’m for Standard Time, what I call nature’s time. Thousands of years of evolution has humans waking up with the sun and sleeping when it’s dark. Some countries don’t change the clocks. ——— Sent from my iPhone 📱
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Yesterday, 12:15 PM
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It feels a bit archaic really. I think it will take some momentum to bring about a change though. Maybe one day. Jeff. |
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Yesterday, 12:57 PM
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I have a slightly broken world clock that worked correctly for a while, but now doesnt show my eastern zone. So yeah right now it is 2 hours behind. Its anybodys guess when it will move to one hour!
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Yesterday, 01:30 PM
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#14
Yesterday, 01:42 PM
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There will always be one clock I forget to change, no matter how methodical I think I’m being. I should make a checklist, really. I like checklists. I think I have a checklist of checklists somewhere. Jeff. |
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Yesterday, 03:30 PM
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At my moms she has oven clocks, microwave clocks, alarm clocks, etc and I’m not going to be surprised if I see all of them off still.
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Yesterday, 03:39 PM
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It always throws me a little, I work early on Sundays so it matters if I screw it up somehow! Some of my devices update instantly and some don’t, it’s remembering which is which and adjusting my alarms accordingly.
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#17
Yesterday, 04:00 PM
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I hate the time change. Though it is weird if you are driving through Arizona when DST is in effect because while Arizona does not observe DST the Navajo Indian does observe it, so you will drive in and out of DST at least driving the I-10 across Arizona which we do when we go to visit my in-laws in Los Angelos.
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Yesterday, 09:17 PM
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My clocks are set to DST year round, except for those in the computer, cell phones and cordless phones. And I get up and go to bed at the same time (according to this clock) year round. And yet I still feel depressed about losing an hour, because eventually I attend a gathering that, to me, is an hour earlier.
Just want to clarify that I'm not an advocate of staying on DST; I do think we should stay on Standard Time. Yet the folks in the US Senate passed a bipartisan vote to switch to DST permanently. They finally agree on one thing, and they get it wrong!
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#19
Today, 05:55 AM
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I think it’s dumb and I wish we stopped doing it but I try not to think about it. I get up very early and commute very far and don’t particularly sleep well at night. So for me it’s business as usual regardless if it’s an hour ahead or backwards. Tired and not enough sleep no matter what
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