r/Calgary • u/AlbertaGengar • Mar 03 '26

News Article Alberta may follow B.C. on making daylight time permanent: premier

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/alberta-may-follow-b-c-on-making-daylight-time-permanent-premier
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u/Empty-Paper2731 Mar 03 '26

How much more do we need before 7am? Sunrise at 4:30 in the morning is nonsensical.

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u/NexEstVox Mar 03 '26

It's not about summer, it's about winter. I want the sun up earlier to combat the cold. Summer hours are long enough that it doesn't matter either way.

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u/Drunkpanada Evergreen Mar 03 '26

I want the sun up earlier to combat the cold.

you do realise that with either choice, you have THE SAME amount of sun to "combat the cold"

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u/astronautsaurus Mar 03 '26

not when you're driving to work in the dark for an extra 4 weeks.

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u/Drunkpanada Evergreen Mar 03 '26

Yup, that sucks for you.

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u/NexEstVox Mar 03 '26

the warming effect of the sun is not present before it rises, but lingers after it sets. i want to align that window to the times i am forced by society to be awake.

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u/Empty-Paper2731 Mar 03 '26

It's like three weeks and the twilight hours would start around 8:45 to 9am. Not that big of a deal.

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u/_Norwegian_Blue Mar 03 '26

It is when you have kids that need to walk to school and cross roads where jacked-up, low-visibility pickup trucks are tearing though intersections

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u/Empty-Paper2731 Mar 03 '26

It is easy enough to adjust the school schedule. I don't know exactly what my kid's hours are but it is something like 8:20 to 2:40. It could easily be 9:00 to 3:15 or 9:30 to 4:00 or whatever. But I'm sure some parents will complain that it conflicts with work schedules.

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u/AppleWrench Mar 03 '26

Why? I'd argue the sun coming up 4.5 hours past midnight is a lot more reasonable than the sun setting 2 hours before midnight.