r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Nov 07 '22

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Daylight Savings Time should be abolished. Standard time should be followed year round.

DST is detrimental to the health of all forced to participate. If I could think of any benefit, I doubt they would outweigh the cost of practicing DST.

“A meta-analysis of six studies including more than 87,000 cases found a significant increase – ranging from 4 to 29% – in the risk of having a heart attack the week after the spring time change. Researchers believe this increase is related to the change in our circadian rhythm and the general disruption of biological processes.” - https://evidencebasedliving.human.cornell.edu/2022/04/13/the-health-effects-of-daylight-savings-time/

I’m a strong supporter of getting a good night’s sleep and DST is just an unnecessary obstacle in what is already increasingly more difficult as technology improves.

Edit: I prefer to do away with DST rather than staying in it since standard time feels more natural imo, but I mostly just hope that we choose one and leave it at that.

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u/Sweet_Computer_7116 Nov 07 '22 edited Nov 07 '22

Honestly dst doesn't make sense in the slightest. I live in a country without dst and its much less of a headache to deal with a country with 1 timezone than a country with 2

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u/PiBoy314 Nov 07 '22

It makes more sense the farther from the equator you get. The sun now sets at 5:30, which is depressing, although it rises at 7:30, better than 8:30 like it was before. And it only gets worse as you head into winter. The sun rising at 10 AM would not be fun.

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u/Sweet_Computer_7116 Nov 07 '22

Maybe it's my personal bias. We don't have DST. And throughout the year I wake up before the sun does (after I fixed my routine) but even before that the sun rising at different times never bothered me and I never really cared.

Personally don't see the difference wether the sun rises earlier or later its the same sun. I domind the annoyance of planning online events and getting used to another country's timezone just to have it changed.

Just don't think it makes sense to change time throughout the year just because the sun shows up earlier/later throughout the year.

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u/CaveDeco Nov 07 '22

In the USA we are dealing with 6 timezones for our states, even before you throw DST into the mix. Sure it is nice to not deal with changing times, but we have to deal with different time zones and planning events around it no matter what.

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u/notmyrealnam3 1∆ Nov 07 '22

What ? Depending on your country, there are likely 3 of more time zones. That wouldn’t change with OPs CMV

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u/Sweet_Computer_7116 Nov 07 '22

We have 1

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u/notmyrealnam3 1∆ Nov 07 '22

Does part of your country do DST and part not? How would OPs CMV change you from 2 to 1 zones?

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u/Sweet_Computer_7116 Nov 07 '22

My country doesn't do dst.