Thread by @anduh_, PSA: US and Europe changes #DaylightSavingTime one week apart!

PSA: US and Europe changes #DaylightSavingTime one week apart!

– Europe: change it Sunday(Oct. 25th)
– US+Americas: next Sunday(Nov. 1st)

Any Cross-continent meetings/events will be "out-of-sync" by 1h next week. Just one more reason to #AbolishDST
https://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/2020.html

I know that #DaylightSavingTime is currently a very low priority in comparison to all the bigger problems in the world, pandemic or not.

But keeping #DST isn't a good idea, neither on a local, or global scale.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/sleep-daylight-saving-time-end/2020/08/28/213d3a0c-e8b8-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time#Dispute_over_benefits_and_drawbacks

Stop springing forward, say sleep experts pushing standard over daylight saving time

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine released its first position statement on the issue, saying public health and safety would benefit from eliminating the switching.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/sleep-daylight-saving-time-end/2020/08/28/213d3a0c-e8b8-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html

The temporary benefits of #DaylightSavingTime does not outweigh the disruptions and sleep/health problems it causes.
Now that more people are staying at home around the globe, it would be slightly easier to #EndDST, and some countries are considering it. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/daylight-saving-time-could-stay-during-the-pandemic/ar-BB198qSX

Daylight Saving Time could stay during the pandemic

You may not have to adjust your clocks back an hour in November because U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott introduced a bill to keep the United Sates on daylight saving time during the pandemic.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/daylight-saving-time-could-stay-during-the-pandemic/ar-BB198qSX

The disruption caused by a change in one hour of sleep is felt though the whole society, causing negative effects from the forced change in sleep pattern.

In the week after #DST is changed in the spring, there is an 6% increase in fatal traffic accidents: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-accidents-daylight-saving-idUSKBN1ZT2W3

Fatal traffic crashes spike after switch to Daylight Saving Time

Fatal traffic accidents are more common right after clocks spring ahead for Daylight Saving Time than at other times of the year, a U.S. study suggests.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-accidents-daylight-saving-idUSKBN1ZT2W3

This thread was mostly directed to the US, as the European Union already have decided to #EndDST in 2021.

But it's not clear for me if EU/Finland is on schedule to #AblishDST or not, as I haven't found any news regarding it recently. @sjoholm any idea? https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20190321IPR32107/parliament-backs-proposal-to-end-switch-between-summer-and-winter-time-in-2021

Parliament backs proposal to end switch between summer and winter time in 2021 | News | European...

MEPs voted to end the practice of adjusting clocks by an hour in spring and autumn from 2021.

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20190321IPR32107/parliament-backs-proposal-to-end-switch-between-summer-and-winter-time-in-2021

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