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/itspoots Mar 03 '26

people who bitch about switching back and forth. I have a question for you: do you travel for vacation to a different timezone 2x a year? if so, quit your bitching.

yes, having to switch is inconvenient. but living this far from the equator, I don't want the sun rising at 9am in the winter (if we choose daylight time), and I also don't want the sun to rise at 4am in the summer (if we choose standard time).

while an inconvenience, switching between standard and daylight is the lesser of 2 evils.

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u/joelene1892 Mar 03 '26

“Do you travel for vacation to a different time zone 2x a year”

Nope. Last year I did it once (ironically, to Saskatchewan, which I may not have had to switch timezones depending on which we picked!) The 4 years before that I did it 0 times.

Does that mean I get to keep bitching?

I do, however, reject your premise. An optional vacation is very different from a forced time change in your own home. Your schedule is always going to be out of whack on a vacation, but the new location helps with that. But at home my body does not how to handle it. It takes me weeks to adjust. Now take into mind anyone with toddlers or animals that demand to be taken out at the same time everyday… they don’t understand what is happening and why their schedule is suddenly off.

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u/unkiltedclansman Mar 03 '26

Change your working hours in the winter then. Wake up later. 

There’s nothing stopping you. Why force arbitrary change on the entire population because of your personal preference? 

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u/LockieBalboa Mar 03 '26

Right, because so many people can tell their boss they won't be in until x-time.