Seeing reports Alberta is going to switch to permanent DST.
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@EllenInEdmonton Well, my preference would be to give away the extra hour of late-evening sun in summer in order to standardize without switching twice a year.
More generally, I think all of temperate North America would probably be happier sticking with a time zone such that "solar noon" is between 12:00 and 13:00, regardless of whether that is standard time or daylight time based on current time zones. But people seem so stuck on whether daylight or standard is better that they don't consider that the actual sunrise & sunset times depend on where you live!
But I care less about the time on the clocks than about actual schedules that people are forced to follow.
@AmeliasBrain @EllenInEdmonton @Chigaze I'd rather have more sun after work. Don't care where the sin is at noon as most of the time I'm inside. And the cycadia rhythm bs is just that electric lights have done more to screw that up then any time zone.
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Seeing reports Alberta is going to switch to permanent DST.
Better than switching but worse than MST. <sigh>
As an example: Marmot Basin (ski area in Jasper) won't be able to open until 10am in midwinter.
On the other hand it will sync the clocks in Alberta and Saskatchewan all year round.
@Chigaze
Those of us who suffer from seasonal affective disorder (winter blues) are going to have a hard go of winter when morning sunlight comes so late in the day.I'm going to make noise. Make noise with me and tell your MLA why this sucks (decreased safety for kids going to school in dark mornings is a real measurable reality for example).
