Quebec should adopt standard time (and so should the rest of Canada) - eviltoast
  • alsimoneau@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 day ago

    Standard time is better for the health of the population, especially in teens. There’s a ton of research on the subject.

    • BCsven@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      19 hours ago

      But standard time gives different hours based on your lat/long position. Eastern has about 45 min later daylight, western has 45 min earlier sunrise. So one standard doesn’t give all provinces the same daylight range, it is shifted

        • BCsven@lemmy.ca
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          16 hours ago

          I mean in Vancuver BC longest summer, official daylight is 5:05am, but twilight is 4:23am. Toronto daylight in longest summer day starts about 5:35 (twilight at 5am) The twilight here is super bright. East coast gets more daylight in winter I think

          • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            16 hours ago

            The eastern part of a time zone has earlier sunrise/sunset than the western part of that same time zone. A little past Detroit would have Vancouver times.

            • BCsven@lemmy.ca
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              edit-2
              2 hours ago

              Maybe winter, but if you check longest Sumner day as a common point, Vancouver has earlier sunrise by 25-30 minutes, and earlier twilight by 40…compared to detroit. I have lived in both areas . It is also not just about the time zone positions laterally because the sun shadow is at an angle compared to longitude due to precession angle I assume. If you lookup sunshadow animations you will see what I mean.