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Lol of we stay on DST all year how will all of the certain types of people remember to change batteries in their smoke detectors. Lol change your clocks change your batteries

Civil twilight is consider the time when lighting is not needed for most outdoor activities.  
Nautical twilight is the earliest you can walk around with good vision.  
 
Add 1 hour to these times to see DST equivalents.  
 
https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/canada/brandon?month=:12&year=:2020  
 
Edited by loeog, 2020-03-08 11:48:50

it has to do with the Sun angle. In the Summer it's a shallow angle so the Sun looks like it slides along the horizon and gives longer light after it sets or before it rises. In the winter it's the opposite, the Sun is at a steep angle when it rises or sets and we don't have that long lingering light.

The bill was to stay on daylight savings time all year round I suspect there would have been more yay votes. I would vote in favor of that. I am not concerned if it stays dark walm into the morning In december, but no matter how much time there is between sunset time and actual dark, if we stay on standard time all year the fact is that dark comes an hour earlier every night through summer and fall than it will this year-and I am not in favor of that.  
 
So, let's get our politicians to propose a bill to not change back the clocks this fall-vote on staying on daylight time all year, and see how that vote turns out.

It is no problem, you know that you have to adjust and you just do it

If you have no problems with the time change, that is fine. Let others that do, participate in this thread, and you learn why others do.

It will literally take my body 2 or more weeks to get adjusted.  
 
No I rarely stay up late and don’t sleep in a lot either.  
 
What I am getting at is for some of you it’s not an issue but some of us to very much feel the effects of changing the clock. Now that we are ahead we should just leave it imo

To me it's interesting to hear that a persons whole body is messed up from a 1 hour difference... I'm curious to know if it's the physical act of changing a clock, or if it's our bodies reacting to light vs dark internal clocks. Would the extended sunlight hours that summer brings disturb our natural sleep and wake cycle? And does the physical act of switching a clock 1 hour just play with our minds? What if someone changed all the clocks and wouldn't tell us, would we really even realize? Questions without answers I suppose.

All the people who say "it's no big deal to switch clocks" clearly don't have children. One hour is a big deal to a little body that thrives on a consistent schedule.  
 
Honestly, I never wanted to abolish this clock-switching until I became a parent.  
 
Other parents would speak up to support me on this issue but they're all too tired right now.

we are not all made the same way. I don't like the change as it does affect me. We are all entitled to our own opinions too and shouldn't be subjected to ridicule.

Totally agree with Johnbisonbear. I personally am pretty messed up by it since I have insomnia and get minimal sleep as it is. Not by choice. So that 4 hours I’m used to getting suddenly gets cut and it hits a lot worse than you’d think it does

Yes I do.

As have kids and the time change hardly affects them. Yes they were up early this morning. We had a quiet at home day, watched movies and relaxed. 2/3 had naps on the couch. Played a few games, walked the dog and had a good play in the yard. Everyone in bed at normal time. We don’t make as issue of it so it doesn’t become an issue with the kids. A few days and they’re all adjusted.

Glamping said it perfectly. If you make it a big deal your kids will make it a big deal. But if you just go about a normal day yesterday. Today is a lot easier. I have a five year old and she will get up for daycare normally in a hour and life will go on

I've got a number of kids, all pretty young (6and under) and they honestly didn't even notice a difference, and we have a pretty routined house.  
 
I once knew this lady who set all the clocks ahead a couple hours 1 Friday every month (without the kids knowing) so that all the kids would go to bed early and her and her husband could have a "date night" lol apparently nobody knew the difference till they got a lot older ha! Brilliant!  
 
1 hour change should not throw our lives into confusion...

If we didn't change can you imagine the panic of kids sports in the evenings.  
They would start a hour earlier in the evening, meaning a lot of parents would have to leave work earlier to take the children to the games.  
I enjoy that extra hour in the evening.  
If we didn't change i feel we would lose a hour of sunlight as that hour is in the morning.  
How many would be out tending to yard work before they go to their jobs.  
None i feel.

so all you people who say time change should not affect your body do you have set times for your meals of the day? Or do you eat whenever? Because bodies get used to eating at the same time everyday, same for sleeping.

Yeah, we eat at lunch and at supper. That doesn’t change because of time change. Lunch is always at the same time because of school. Supper is always at 5:30 give or take a few minutes. Sure, we might get hungry a bit earlier for a few days but we aren’t going to starve because we are eating an hour later. That’s ridiculous.

Please? Can I?....I'm totally going to say it....  
 
This is totally a first world problem. I'm sorry but we as humans are resilient and kids are no exception. I'm so very thankful that our greatest issue is this 1 hour problem. We must all live some very privileged put together lives for this to such a dramatic issue! Could you image the chaos if we faced an actual problem? Goodness gracious...

I don't see a benefit to changing the clocks twice a year, and it is a problem for some people. There are several research papers that indicate that car crashes increase in the week after a clock change.

You must be a joy to be around. Nobody around you is allowed an opinion...  
 
We get it... you agree with the time change. At the same time, most people do not, and are entitled to their opinion. So let people voice their opinion. Thank you, next!

There are increased auto accidents, work accidents, etc. People mention kids sports and how they would be so rushed. For soccer sunset when they start playing is at 8:05pm and when done the league it is 9:51 pm. If you can't manage to play around those hours and would be rushed I think there are other issues going on. Our bodies have natural clocks. I wake up without an alarm every day 5am give or take 15 minutes. On the weekend thought I was doing good woke up at usual time, now it is 6am. It will take me about a week to tune the clock. We went on vacation with 2hr change. Was brutal. Took me over a week to get back on schedule. When we visit southern areas I am amazed how early hours 6am bright as day, 6pm total blackness. Somehow they survive.

what I am reading, it looks like there are many benefits to setting the clocks ahead. Here is just one of the articles I found, there are many more with the same message. https://bestlifeonline.com/daylight-saving-time-benefits/ Another article I read supports the idea of increase in traffic crashes, heart attacks etc for the first 3 days in the spring, but tells of an initial reduction of traffic crashes, heart attacks etc when time changes back in the fall.  
 
The often look at "Saskatchewan, they don't change" argument comes out. Well look at how the time zone line between central and mountain time comes north to just about the Canada/USA border then heads west to the west side of SK to the NWT where it heads east again to where MB, SK , NU and NWT all meet. In reality SK is always on DST.  
 
It was mentioned on here that farther south, people make out ok with it being dark early in the evening. Well they do not have any where to steal any extra hours of useful daylight. Also many of the outdoor workers start very early in the morning to escape the heat and are done by noon or earlier. Therefore they have an extended evening of light. Some schools in Arizona start at 7:20 and out at 2:20 giving then more hours of daylight after school.  
I hope MB never does away with DST time as I enjoy the longer evenings in the summer. Giving me a chance to go walking, bike riding, golfing, etc after work. All these outdoor activities that have health benefits.