BC adopts permanent daylight savings time

Shaquille Oatmeal · Mar 2, 2026

Ontario should do this.

B.C. is (finally) adopting permanent daylight saving time

The clocks change for the last time.

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OntGuy2010 · Mar 2, 2026

Not even sure why the jump forward is really a good idea - just leave the clock be, and that's it!

xmontrealer · Mar 2, 2026

I much prefer DST for the extra hour of light at night, and the extra hour of dark in the early morning.

I vote for permanent DST!

My son, who works in the trades, and goes to bed at 8pm cuz he has to wake up at 4:30am to get ready for work might not agree...

shadeau · Mar 3, 2026

Is there anyone who favours going back and forth between Standard Time and Daylight Savings Time? There must be one or two, but it does seem that the vast majority of us hate it. We should pick one and stick with it.

Ahri · Mar 3, 2026

shadeau said:
Is there anyone who favours going back and forth between Standard Time and Daylight Savings Time? There must be one or two, but it does seem that the vast majority of us hate it. We should pick one and stick with it.

I agree Ontario should do the same… let’s just stick to one and call it a day

xmontrealer · Mar 3, 2026

Bundleoftits said:
What would happen if we didn’t move the clock forward?

If we stayed on Eastern Standard Time all year long:

Compared to previous years' DST months, the sun would set one hour earlier in the evening, and would rise one hour earlier in the morning.

For that same period, if we stay on EST all- year-round we will be one hour "out-of-sync" with Quebec DST time and the U. S. states that switch to DST every year.

I believe the original concept of DST was to give the farmers an extra hour in the fields in the summer, and going back to Standard Time was so that kids wouldn't have to walk in the dark to school in the winter.

AGchoi · Mar 3, 2026

Didn't Ontario actually pass legislation to do this a few years ago but only if Quebec and New York also agreed to make the change?

homestuck42 · Mar 3, 2026

AGchoi said:
Didn't Ontario actually pass legislation to do this a few years ago but only if Quebec and New York also agreed to make the change?

i do think i remember reading something about that back in 2020ish

Ponderling · Mar 3, 2026

I lived in Queensland Australia for 4 years. Near the equator, no dst.
So summer sun would come up at 3:30am set 7:30pm

Brown Nose Bear · Mar 3, 2026

AGchoi said:
Didn't Ontario actually pass legislation to do this a few years ago but only if Quebec and New York also agreed to make the change?

I believe Quebec also passed a similar law, and now they're both waiting on NY to do it.

Jami77 · Mar 3, 2026

Did the farmer really need to a change in the time to stay in his fields? Would he not just farm as much as possible in daylight hours - getting up with sunrise and if it was still dark and fields need finishing he could turn on his headlights.

Or would he be like "dang its so annoying getting out of bed at 7am and not being able to finish getting the crops in!"

I never understood the farmer argument. I think someone made it up.

AGchoi · Mar 3, 2026

homestuck42 said:
i do think i remember reading something about that back in 2020ish

Yeah, I believe that's the one.

Brown Nose Bear said:
I believe Quebec also passed a similar law, and now they're both waiting on NY to do it.

I had no idea about Quebec finally passing it, wonder what's keeping New York from accepting it.

SaturnFan · Mar 4, 2026

Apparently Ontario passed a law in November 2020 to make DST permanent all year round, but it’s dependent on Quebec and New York State doing do as well.

Keeping DST all year means that it will be dark for a long time in the morning during the winter months. People will be going to work/school in the dark.

opieshuffle · Mar 4, 2026

Jami77 said:
Did the farmer really need to a change in the time to stay in his fields? Would he not just farm as much as possible in daylight hours - getting up with sunrise and if it was still dark and fields need finishing he could turn on his headlights.

Or would he be like "dang its so annoying getting out of bed at 7am and not being able to finish getting the crops in!"

I never understood the farmer argument. I think someone made it up.

Exactly... it's be debunked over and over. It dates back to WW1 and coal use. Or read history and see how every culture manipulated their "clocks" for various reasons.

Andy Bernard · Mar 4, 2026

xmontrealer said:
I much prefer DST for the extra hour of light at night, and the extra hour of dark in the early morning.

I vote for permanent DST!

My son, who works in the trades, and goes to bed at 8pm cuz he has to wake up at 4:30am to get ready for work might not agree...

Permanent DST is a problem all year round. The sun is never directly overhead at midday like it should be. We should keep standard time all year round it’s better for circadian rhythms.

Andy Bernard · Mar 4, 2026

AGchoi said:
Yeah, I believe that's the one.

I had no idea about Quebec finally passing it, wonder what's keeping New York from accepting it.

Because it’s a stupid idea. Northern cities have little benefit except for a couple months in the summer. Places like Florida and Texas benefits because people can golf until almost 9pm. That reason is the main one as to why it’s even still a thing. Farmers don’t care and actually prefer standard time as do the animals.

shrek71 · Mar 4, 2026

xmontrealer said:
I much prefer DST for the extra hour of light at night, and the extra hour of dark in the early morning.

I vote for permanent DST!

My son, who works in the trades, and goes to bed at 8pm cuz he has to wake up at 4:30am to get ready for work might not agree...

Do recall, that leaving the clocks on DST makes it much darker in the mornings when the kids are going to school. I've always suggested that moving the clocks my 30 minutes one more time to split the difference would be a good way to end this twice annual changing of the clocks.

Andy Bernard · Mar 4, 2026

shrek71 said:
Do recall, that leaving the clocks on DST makes it much darker in the mornings when the kids are going to school. I've always suggested that moving the clocks my 30 minutes one more time to split the difference would be a good way to end this twice annual changing of the clocks.

Everyone asking for permanent DST will complain the first day their precious kids have to walk to school at 8am in the dark. Then the government will change it back.

Giselle Montreal · Mar 4, 2026

I believe Standard Time would be better, as more light in the morning is essential during the winter (at least, for me). Everything seems easier during the summer as the weather is favorable, and the larger amount of sunlight during the day gives us more energy already.

Shaquille Oatmeal · Mar 4, 2026

Andy Bernard said:
Permanent DST is a problem all year round. The sun is never directly overhead at midday like it should be. We should keep standard time all year round it’s better for circadian rhythms.

I also think it should just be standard time.
But at this point, I would settle for one time the entire year. Whatever that time is lol.

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