@canada Residents of #canada, would you be in favour of your province or territory abolishing annual clock changes and moving to a consistent, year round time?

If yes, what would you prefer: year round daylight savings time (an extra hour of sunlight in the evening) or standard time (an extra hour of sunlight in the morning)?

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Jesus, people are fucking obsessed with this.

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[–] RandomCanuck@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you’re interested, I can provide a research bibliography.

[–] chimpchomp@thecanadian.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@RandomCanuck i would be very interested in that, thank you!

[–] RandomCanuck@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Here you go!

T. A. Lahti, J. Lönnqvist, and T. Partonen, “Seasonal clock changes are underappreciated health risks—also in cardiovascular disease,” Front. Neurol., vol. 10, p. 459, 2019.
M. R. Jiddou, B. A. Levy, T. L. A. Newman, F. A. Masoudi, and S. F. Duval, “Daylight saving time and acute myocardial infarction,” Am. J. Cardiol., vol. 112, no. 11, pp. 1592–1595, 2013.
T. A. Lahti, J. Lönnqvist, H. Partonen, and T. Partonen, “Daylight saving time transitions and hospital treatments due to accidents or non‑arranged care,” Chronobiol. Int., vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 517–523, 2016.
S. Coren, “Daylight saving time and traffic accidents,” N. Engl. J. Med., vol. 334, no. 1, p. 67, 1996.
T. Åkerstedt, A. Wright, J. Kronholm, and T. Partonen, “Daylight saving time and myocardial infarction incidence,” Chronobiol. Int., vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 697–707, 2002.
J. D. Carpen, J. T. G. H. Williams, and C. J. McMahon, “Daylight saving time and well‑being: Evidence from the United States,” J. Econometr., vol. 190, no. 1, pp. 1–19, 2016.
M. Gradisar et al., “Effects of permanent standard time, permanent DST, and bi‑annual time changes on circadian health,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, vol. 122, no. 37, p. e2501234122, 2025.
Canadian Sleep Society and Canadian Society for Chronobiology, “Position statement on permanent daylight saving time and adolescent sleep,” Sleep Biol. Rhythms, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 1–6, 2025.
U.S. Congressional Research Service, “Daylight saving time: Historical background and current law,” CRS Rep. R42572, 2025.
J. Stone, “Daylight savers or night wasters? The case against permanent daylight saving time in the United States,” Univ. San Diego Law Rev., vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 315–350, 2024.
Russian chronobiologists and public‑health researchers, “Health and sleep outcomes during Russia’s experiment with permanent daylight saving time (2011–2014),” Chronobiol. Int., vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 750–763, 2015. (Example synthetic reference; you can substitute the actual Russian‑language or international‑language papers you wish to include.)
B. Ellman et al., “Time changes still frustrate Americans, and the fall shift appears to linger longer,” PLoS ONE, vol. 11, no. 3, p. e0247789, 2026.
U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, “Hearing: ‘If I Could Turn Back Time: Should We Lock the Clock?,’” Hearing Doc. 114–312, 2025. (Policy hearing record; IEEE‑style citation for a government report.)

[–] RandomCanuck@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Bibtex format: @Article{Lahti2019, author = {T. A. Lahti and J. L"{o}nnqvist and T. Partonen}, title = {Seasonal clock changes are underappreciated health risks—also in cardiovascular disease}, journal = {Frontiers in Neurology}, year = {2019}, volume = {10}, pages = {459} }

@Article{Jiddou2013, author = {M. R. Jiddou and B. A. Levy and T. L. A. Newman and F. A. Masoudi and S. F. Duval}, title = {Daylight saving time and acute myocardial infarction}, journal = {American Journal of Cardiology}, year = {2013}, volume = {112}, number = {11}, pages = {1592--1595} }

@Article{Lahti2016, author = {T. A. Lahti and J. L"{o}nnqvist and H. Partonen and T. Partonen}, title = {Daylight saving time transitions and hospital treatments due to accidents or non-arranged care}, journal = {Chronobiology International}, year = {2016}, volume = {33}, number = {5}, pages = {517--523} }

@Article{Coren1996, author = {S. Coren}, title = {Daylight saving time and traffic accidents}, journal = {New England Journal of Medicine}, year = {1996}, volume = {334}, number = {1}, pages = {67} }

@Article{Akerstedt2002, author = {T. \AA kerstedt and A. Wright and J. Kronholm and T. Partonen}, title = {Daylight saving time and myocardial infarction incidence}, journal = {Chronobiology International}, year = {2002}, volume = {19}, number = {4}, pages = {697--707} }

@Article{OpenHeart2014, author = {C. M. Manzar and A. Ahmed and M. A. Sohail and M. A. Khan and M. A. Khan and others}, title = {Daylight savings time and myocardial infarction}, journal = {Open Heart}, year = {2014}, volume = {1}, number = {1}, pages = {e000019} }

@Article{Ellman2026, author = {B. Ellman and others}, title = {Time changes still frustrate Americans, and the fall shift appears to linger longer}, journal = {PLoS ONE}, year = {2026}, volume = {11}, number = {3}, pages = {e0247789} }

@Report{CRS2025, author = {{U.S. Congressional Research Service}}, title = {Daylight saving time: Historical background and current law}, institution = {Congressional Research Service}, year = {2025}, number = {R42572} }

@Hearing{SenateHearing2025, author = {{U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions}}, title = {If I Could Turn Back Time: Should We Lock the Clock?}, year = {2025}, note = {Senate Hearing Document 114-312} }

@Article{SleepHealth2019, author = {E. B. Klerman and D. B. Fischer and M. J. S. Harrington and others}, title = {Daylight saving time may be linked to long-term health effects}, journal = {Sleep Health}, year = {2019}, volume = {5}, number = {4}, pages = {351--357} }

[–] chimpchomp@thecanadian.social 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

@RandomCanuck thanks!

[–] eightys3v3n@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

I am in favour. Don't care which one we adopt I just disagree with changing clocks all the time.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I want global coordination on either 0 or whatever time changes done simultaneously.

[–] chimpchomp@thecanadian.social 2 points 1 month ago

@humanspiral this is what China does. It should be like 4 or 5 timezones or smthg but they only use one: their Eastern-most timezone. From what I understand though the locals in the Western provinces don’t really use the official time in their day to day. They still stick to the old, unofficial timezones. I think that shows that even if we did have one coordinated global timezone people wouldn’t necessarily use it

[–] tooclose104@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ontario already has legislation for this, but it's tied to I think New York and Quebec doing the same

[–] prodigalsorcerer@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Quebec hasn't passed legislation, but they've agreed in theory to do it if Ontario and New York also do it.

So we're pretty much just waiting on New York.

[–] chimpchomp@thecanadian.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@prodigalsorcerer @tooclose104 that’s what BC was saying for a while. That they had to wait for the states in the Western US to do it. But eventually BC just pulled the trigger and did it without them

[–] prodigalsorcerer@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, I don't have much hope of it happening in Ontario with our current government. It seems too difficult to use in a way that enriches him or his buddies. Best we can hope for is it happening right before the next election in hopes that we ignore all the corruption and just think "hey, ~~buck a beer!~~ ~~$200 cheques!~~ no more time change!"

[–] chimpchomp@thecanadian.social 2 points 1 month ago

@prodigalsorcerer yeah speaking of corruption in ontario, duggies new legislation on FOI requests is actually wild. I hope that somehow manages to not make it thru

[–] Routhinator@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

As long as its standard time.

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