Re: Time for Alberta to go Permanent mountain Standard Time
Alan <[email protected]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:14:04 -0700
| Newsgroups | edm.general,edm.politics,ab.general,ab.politics,can.general,can.politics |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 2026-03-25 19:36, The Doctor wrote: > In article <[email protected]>, Alan <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 2026-03-25 16:45, The Doctor wrote: >>> In article <[email protected]>, Alan <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On 2026-03-03 08:24, The Doctor wrote: >>>>> SO BC and the Yukon wants their populations to be jetlagged zombies. >>>>> >>>>> We said no to permanent DST in Alberta >>>>> and that referendum must be honoured. >>>>> >>>>> Sign >>>>> >>>> >> https://www.change.org/p/the-voters-of-alberta-make-the-alberta-canada-time-zone-permanent-mountain-standard-time-zone?recruiter=5018939&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&recruited_by_id=8c88060d-1250-4636-951a-2606169a41e1 >>>>> >>>>> And tell the premier to honour the refendum >>>>> that said no to permanent DST in Alberta! >>>> >>>> There's no magic that makes DST deleterious to health, doofus. >>>> >>>> They are just numbers and changing the number we use to represent a time >>>> of day does NOTHING. >>> >>> WRong you are. >> >> Really? >> >> Why? >> >> Does my body know if the clock reads 8am or 9am? > > Your body follows the sun. high noon is no 1 p.m. ! Your body doesn't KNOW how to read a clock. And given that the natural variability of daylight hours in different latitudes of the world is FAR greater than the one hour shift imposed by DST, the body is clearly capable of adjusting to waking up while it is darker than the clock would suggest.