Daylight Savings Time

[jimtranr]

I've been listening critically this morning to determine if the fallback has affected the playback quality of any of my systems, but thus far I've discerned no timing errors. So I guess it's safe to say that everything's up to standard.

[Puma Cat]

So....here's a funny story about watches.

Just recently, I got a new piece for the collection, the (relatively new) and "hot" Seiko 1965 Prospex Diver, aka the SPB143. This watch has gotten considerable positive press over the last year as one of the nicest mechanical dive watches from Seiko since the legendary "62 MAS" (the SPB143 is also rather affectionately referred to as the "63 MAS" )

Anyhoo...this watch is just flat-out gorgeous with a slim, 40mm case with drilled lugs (yay!) and a beautiful, brushed anthracite gray dial and polished indices. The neutral colorway makes it a strap monster for many different types and colors of straps.

Here's a photo I took of mine last week..


One of the issues, though, with this particular reference is it's accuracy, with many folks complaing of the watch running really fast or, alternatively really slow (e.g. running ± >40 sec/day.). I was having the same issues, so I took it to my local watchmaker to have it regulated. Keeping an eye on it the last couple days, it seemed to be running about -3 sec/day seconds slow. My watchmaker also gave me a tip for my specific watch to take it off at night and place it face down overnight, as in that orientation it runs a few seconds fast, and thus, it would help keep more accurate time through the day.

So, I imagine my surprise today when I came out of the bedroom wearing my automatically-time corrected G-Shock Mudmaster GG-B100-1A (GREAT watch, BTW) on to find out that the SPB was now...1 hour fast! What the hey?

Then, I remembered today was the start of Standard Time (aka "fall back"), and that the Mudmaster had re-set itself, but the SPB had not.

Doh!

[FreddieFerric]

I would be perfectly happy staying on DST permanently. While I have a dozen watches that I don't wear anymore I'm not concerned about setting time. I'm happy with my Garmin Instinct Solar Surf and it changed time automatically.

[Puma Cat]

Originally Posted by FreddieFerric

I would be perfectly happy staying on DST permanently. While I have a dozen watches that I don't wear anymore I'm not concerned about setting time. I'm happy with my Garmin Instinct Solar Surf and it changed time automatically.

Staying on DST would permanently would create problems; there are sound reasons why we go back to ST during the winter.

Here are some reasons from an article in the NY Times

"While extending summer hours into the winter may sound appealing, many scientific organizations, including the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, say Standard Time is actually better overall for people’s health.

That’s because Standard Time — once called “God’s Time” by farmers who objected to the 20th-century adoption of Daylight Time — allows for closer alignment of the sun’s light-dark cycle, which governs our circadian rhythms, and our social clocks, which dictate, among other things, when people need to wake up for work and for school.

When social clocks are out of alignment with the solar clock, people experience what’s called “social jet lag.” As Erin Flynn-Evans and Cassie Hilditch wrote for the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms last year, there is mounting evidence that social jet lag has serious health effects, including short sleep duration, increased metabolic disorders, cardiovascular problems, mood disorders and even reduced life expectancy and increased risk of cancer.

The effect of social jet lag is so pronounced, the two researchers noted, that even “Individuals who live on the western side of a time zone, where there is more sunlight in the evening, have a higher risk of poor health and shorter life expectancy compared to those who live on the eastern side, where the sun rises and sets earlier relative to the clock time.”

So...that's why.

[Cohibaman]

Originally Posted by Masterlu

Likewise, resetting my entire watch collection is a nuisance.

Hahaha. I’ll volunteer just to see your collection.

[Antonmb]

Originally Posted by jimtranr

i've been listening critically this morning to determine if the fallback has affected the playback quality of any of my systems, but thus far i've discerned no timing errors. So i guess it's safe to say that everything's up to standard.

🤣

[piolaxo]

I enjoyed the extra hour. I managed to do so much in the morning. Can we do this
every Saturday?

[Masterlu]

Originally Posted by piolaxo

I enjoyed the extra hour. I managed to do so much in the morning. Can we do this
every Saturday?

Gain a day every month.

[Still-One]

Originally Posted by Puma Cat

Staying on DST would permanently would create problems; there are sound reasons why we go back to ST during the winter.

Here are some reasons from an article in the NY Times

"While extending summer hours into the winter may sound appealing, many scientific organizations, including the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, say Standard Time is actually better overall for people’s health.

That’s because Standard Time — once called “God’s Time” by farmers who objected to the 20th-century adoption of Daylight Time — allows for closer alignment of the sun’s light-dark cycle, which governs our circadian rhythms, and our social clocks, which dictate, among other things, when people need to wake up for work and for school.

When social clocks are out of alignment with the solar clock, people experience what’s called “social jet lag.” As Erin Flynn-Evans and Cassie Hilditch wrote for the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms last year, there is mounting evidence that social jet lag has serious health effects, including short sleep duration, increased metabolic disorders, cardiovascular problems, mood disorders and even reduced life expectancy and increased risk of cancer.

The effect of social jet lag is so pronounced, the two researchers noted, that even “Individuals who live on the western side of a time zone, where there is more sunlight in the evening, have a higher risk of poor health and shorter life expectancy compared to those who live on the eastern side, where the sun rises and sets earlier relative to the clock time.”

So...that's why.

I disagree. It all depends on where you live. For me staying on Daylight Saving Time would be the better of the two options. There would be way too much wasted sunlight in the summer am.

it is also quite possible that the US would benefit from only two time zones across mainland US. Move the east to permanent Central time and the West to Mountain time. Business and financial operations would not have to worry about the three hour time difference for the stock markets, or staffing phone for early or late calls. For those who travel(ed) jet lag would not be as bog an issue. There would be many other benefits too.