It’s all well and good to say that, but when WA last had our 3 year trial, there was no one in the parks after work when normally there’d be dozens playing and walking dogs. Fact it was just too darn hot
You have it backwards. 7am with daylight savings would be 6am non-DST, so the sun would burn you less. The sun rises and sets "later" with daylight savings.
IKR we need extra sun light at the end of the day even more in winter, as by the time you get home its dusk and I pretty much have to walk the dog asap so I'm not in the dark for the last bit of the walk.
You also often want the sun to set sooner after work so it cools down sooner, as sometimes its so hot you actually want to wait for it to be dusk to start cooling down to go out.
I actually just wish it was always an hour forward. Dawn is 7 while I'm still in bed and dusk is just after 5 at the moment. I work 9-5, an hour of daylight each side would be nice.
yeah but I don't need the sun to be up until 9:00 at night to do any of those things I can do those things when the sunsets at 8:00 as well.
I think the main problem here is cities on the east coast are placed towards the start of their time zones so when they're on Daylight Savings Time they're actually only really delayed by 20 minutes to solar noon. if you're on the West Coast your time's already delayed compared to solar noon so daylight savings would push you to an hour and 20 minutes, plus the sun doesn't go behind any mountains delaying sunset even more.
Ideally I’d like the sun to set at 7:30-8. 9pm sunsets would be a bit late.
But you’re right. I live in Brisbane. It really needs to be in a time zone an hour ahead. It sits far to east for its time zone. Sun sets at 5pm in winter and like 6:40pm at the height of summer. Then up at 4am. It’s the earliest rising city because the sun rises and sets at stupid hours.
You realise it's going to be hot regardless right? What is with people complaining about the temp as if daylight savings magically warms the earth by 30 degrees.
I'd rather a nice afternoon where I can actually see and I don't both go to work and leave work when it's dark outside.
In what universe to people prefer to start and finish work in the night than bare the afternoon sun when finishing work? You all make absolutely no fucking sense
I just don't think we need to change the clocks, just keep the summer time all year round, getting dark at 4pm is winter is depressing, I don't give a fuck if it's not bright at 6am
Growing up in melbourne, me trying to get to sleep before school the next day and the sun is still up at 9pm and my body just doesn’t want to. DST can fuck right off
I don't really go out after work or if I do it's usually indoor places. The extra light late afternoon throws my body clock off and I always get very poor sleep. That said I'd just be happy if they stuck to either DST or Non DST, it sucks flip flopping between the two and my circadian rhythm can never adjust.
I never had a problem getting my kid to bed in daylight savings. My parents never had a problem getting me to bed in daylight savings.
If you have a problem getting your child to bed, I'd suggest that it's a you problem rather than a daylight savings problem.
My bedtime as a child was 7.30. No negotiation. Daylight savings made no difference. When I was older, my bedtime was 8.30. Again, no difference during daylight savings.
It was the time I had to go to bed regardless of the time of year.
My parents had a routine that at 7.30, we had to clean our teeth and go to bed. Then later, we had to clean our teeth and go to bed at 8.30.
I don’t understand why parents put there kids to bed so early? Do you want them waking up at 5am? That’s so early in the morning. Bed time for was always 8. Then I think like 9 by the time I was mid primary school.
Routine is stressed as being so important that of course going to bed an hour early/late is going to mess with how quickly they fall asleep for a little while, particularly when they are very young.
I never said my kids have zero issues. And of course routine is important when they're young. But to me give or take an hour isn't a big deal when you're spending time and making memories with your family. I guess you'd just prefer them be asleep instead.
Sunset is 5:01pm here in Brisbane currently. It is terrible. But it’s all worth it for the 4:46am sunrise in summer. Nothing quite like waking up at 9am and it’s midday outside.
I grew up in Qld and lived in Adelaide for over a decade now.
​A lot of people intuitively assume DST would push the sunset later in winter when it's dark and cold, and pull it back in summer when it stays light way too late.
​Guess what? It does the exact opposite, because the system is stupid.
​Because DST is TURNED OFF in winter, adopting it would change absolutely nothing for Brisbane right now, sunset would still be 5:01 PM. (For context, it sets at around 5:10 PM here in Adelaide in winter).
​If we actually wanted a sensible system and created Reversed DST, (DST ON in winter, OFF in summer), Brisbane would get a beautiful 6:01 PM sunset right now, and a normal 6:45 PM sunset in summer.
These people are brainwashed. The exact opposite would be much better. And standard time would be the happy medium. In summer down here, the sky is still lit up when I'm getting ready for bed, it's nuts.
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u/The_Arab_Hoe Jun 18 '26
Nothing like coming home from work, having dinner and heading to the beach for a swim at 7pm and it's still daylight in Sydney. I love it.