Medical reasons to not make DST permanent?

[BobbyV]

It'll be a nightmare for older digital devices that are no longer supported. Last time the rules change I remember having to edit a bunch of timezone files for Linux, others just were broken or set to UT.

Y2K all over again . . .

 

[swampratt]

I worked many shifts at FAA and even pulled in 3 shifts without rest.
I will take their money if they want to give it to me .
Daylight saving time or shift changes never bother me in the least.
I can sleep when I wish to.

Probably the odd duck out so I will go back under my rock.

 

[SoonerP226]

Lots of things he said that I don't agree with. He talks about the photo period that is the same. It's not. As the sun and the earth rotate during the seasons the days get naturally longer and shorter depending on what part of the planet you live on.

I think you’ve misunderstood him. He’s not talking about the natural changes in the number of hours of daylight, he’s just talking about where those hours fall on our arbitrary societal construct of daily time.

 

[yukonjack]

Lots of things he said that I don't agree with. He talks about the photo period that is the same. It's not. As the sun and the earth rotate during the seasons the days get naturally longer and shorter depending on what part of the planet you live on.
In Alaska, there are periods in the summer where there is only one hour of darkness.
I do agree with him that it can affect the sleep cycles. Wife has been having serious issues getting adjusted to this new time as she has for years, but every day after the change she is adjusting.
Me, after one day it doesn't make any difference. Traveled so much crossing so many time zones that after one day or two I'm good.
Actually prefer the daylight longer in the evening.

In Barrow Alaska the sun does not set below the horizon for 82 days straight in the summer. It was such a shock moving up there. Imagine working midnight shift at the police department there. I never got used to seeing the young children playing outside at 2:00 in the morning with no parents in sight.

The only way I found to get any sleep was putting aluminum foil over the bedroom windows and a rolled up towel blocking the light from coming in under the door. The winters were just the opposite. Dark all the time.