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Daylight saving has 80% support in Australia and a majority in every state (theconversation.com)
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[–] exocrinous@startrek.website 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Because without sunlight it's harder to wake up, and because I run an international D&D game. Also, DST is a nightmare for programmers.

Why do you want to get up in the wee hours of the morning in winter? Winter is already miserable enough with enough cold to make the world outside the covers terrifying and no sun at 6AM. You're just making winter more unbearable.

[–] SituationCake@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think you misunderstand daylight savings? Setting the clock back means daylight happens earlier in winter. For example, in Melbourne tomorrow sunrise will be at 6:40am. If we were still on daylight savings time, it would be at 7:40am, so still dark when a lot of people are getting up to go to work and commuting. And due to the way the earths orbit works, sunrise will get progressively later until the winter solstice. I definitely prefer having the winter sunrise earlier, so am happy the clocks go back to regular time. And in Summer, it’s nice to have the extra daylight in the evening instead of crazy early.

[–] exocrinous@startrek.website 1 points 7 months ago

Well, that makes daylight savings sound nicer, but a consistent time is still more important to me. My partners live in places with daylight savings and the adjustment always causes misery for everyone.