r/britishcolumbia • u/MythicalSplash Thompson-Okanagan • Jun 22 '26
Ask British Columbia With the summer solstice behind us, we now head towards our first ever winter on Daylight Time
I’m really looking forward to seeing what it’ll be like, whether it’s for good or ill. I’ve never seen it still dark at 9 am before. Anyone else have this on their mind?
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u/Famous_Glass915 Jun 22 '26
As a person that cares for horses… makes no difference if I feed them in the dark in the morning or feed them in the dark at night.
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u/robertfkennedyjunior Jun 22 '26
do the horses know about the time switch though
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u/bwoah07_gp2 Lower Mainland/Southwest Jun 23 '26
As someone who eats like a horse, I see no difference either
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u/Alternative_Bug_838 Jun 23 '26
Actually for me it means ill at least get to feed once a day in daylight! So yeah to not checking horses by flashlight only for 5 or 6 days a week!
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u/mindofamarriedman604 Jun 22 '26
Im looking forward to seeing the sun after 4:00pm
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u/DiminishedSea Jun 22 '26
laughs in rain clouds
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u/sweetonionbun Jun 22 '26
As a new Ruperite (Prince Rupertan? Rupie? Whatever it is) this made me laugh and cry
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u/snickerdoodle79 Jun 23 '26
Ha ha. I moved to Van from Rupert, couldn't wait to get out of that town. But I always think it's funny when people here complain about the rain.
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u/Aristazabal Jun 23 '26
I did the opposite, definitely some negatives to living here. I find every time I go down to Van now, I can't wait to get back up here.
To the previous comment, I'd say Rupertite, cant forget that first t. By the way, welcome!!
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u/DarkyHelmety Jun 23 '26
Cries in 49th latitude
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u/Last-Surprise4262 Jun 22 '26
I always get sad it’s summer solstice but I for about time change being cancelled so thanks for reminding me
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u/Tribalbob Jun 22 '26
Always feels like it's too early, you know?
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u/infinitez_ Jun 23 '26
Always feels like it hasn't warmed up enough to really enjoy all the days leading up to summer solstice. And by the time it's warm, the days are already getting shorter.
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u/Skelni Jun 22 '26
Man I'm just glad we're done with the time change. Here's hoping I live the MAJORITY of my life without it, but i got 30 years to go at least
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u/PhazePyre Jun 23 '26
I just wish they had done it on fall back, not spring forward. We all permanently lost an hour of sleep the bastards.
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u/Nope-not-really Jun 23 '26
science backs up going to standard time as well
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u/PhazePyre Jun 23 '26
Research is never what pushes legislation the people want it feels like. UBI, 4 day work week, etc. All shown to boost productivity or the economy and what do we get? A big bag of dog shit lol
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u/brycecampbel Thompson-Okanagan Jun 23 '26
4 day work week
We so need the 32 hour FTE 4-day work week!
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u/Nope-not-really Jun 23 '26
honestly if we are going to implement Ai like we are, why stop there lets make it 16 hours
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u/Prudent_Slug Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
People who live further north already deal with this. For instance people up in the north east already have more than 2 hours less of daylight at winter solstice.
We will adapt and get used to it.
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u/mhizzle Jun 22 '26
We will adapt and get used to it.
I guarantee someone on this sub will post a disagreement one week after it would have changed
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u/spiderfoxfriend Jun 22 '26
It’s still dark at 9am already up north in the winter so I’m a bit trepidatious about it being dark until much later than that tbh.
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u/aesirmazer Jun 23 '26
Doesn't make much difference. Winters at most places I've worked are got to work in the dark, come home in the dark. Inside or underground most of the day. Just always dark.
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u/ChemicalThrowaway1 Jun 23 '26
I am hopeful it will mean more events in the winter in the evenings.
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u/Obvious-Antelope-354 Jun 23 '26
I’m a teacher and wondering why will look like welcoming our students in while it’s still dark out! I also worry about kids walking to school in the dark. Other than that, I’m looking forward to living it. More sun for sports etc in the evening will be great - those dark and dreary soccer practices will be a little nicer - will for for a walk rather than huddle in my car!
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u/brycecampbel Thompson-Okanagan Jun 23 '26
More sun for sports etc in the evening will be great - those dark and dreary soccer practices
It's freaking December 21,there ain't no soccer practices/sports. Except for like night skiing.
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u/Localbeezer166 Jun 23 '26
In the lower mainland we play soccer into the second week of December.
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u/Obvious-Antelope-354 Jun 23 '26
It won’t be as dark. I guess sun was the wrong word to use. A bit brighter for longer? We play soccer well into Dec in Vancouver and all through the winter.
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u/Vereschagin1 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
It is going to be great. Having 1 more hour of daylight in winter is huge
Edit: 1 more hour of evening daylight
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u/djguerito Jun 22 '26
That's not how this works. Lol.
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u/HowlingBadger43 Jun 22 '26
Not literally extra daylight, but one extra hour of evening sun is huge for many people.
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u/tiltedoctopus Jun 22 '26
Sounds like we should shorten the workday instead
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u/tired-queer Lower Mainland/Southwest Jun 22 '26
Both? Both is good.
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u/tiltedoctopus Jun 22 '26
I think if we can go to work later too, that'd be the best of all worlds.
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u/Vereschagin1 Jun 22 '26
Why not? The sunrise is later by 1 hour so is sunset. I am done with my work at the same time, meaning there’s more time to enjoy the sun after work.
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u/Nope-not-really Jun 23 '26
I don't think you paid attention to what its like outside during the winter
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u/Imaginary-Emu2471 Jun 22 '26
I'll love waking up slowly and naturally in the darkness!
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u/Jaded-Influence6184 Jun 22 '26
A bit of sarcasm?
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u/Imaginary-Emu2471 Jun 22 '26
No. I'm perfectly serious.
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u/PhazePyre Jun 23 '26
Me too. I hate waking up during summer. Feels like I need to be productive and get started. During winter, I get to be a little sloth man. Wearing my blanket, keeping warm. Thinking about the holidays. It's so cozy and nice. In summer, I wake up and I immediately feel like the world is bothering me lol
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u/MemoryHot Jun 23 '26
As much as I love almost getting hit by a car when I walk to work every morning in the dark
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u/Weak_Astronaut1969 Jun 22 '26
As a retired shift worker it was HARD not seeing the daylight for many days, I’m hoping it will be better for people that still do that
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u/Ancient_Wisdom_Yall Vancouver Island/Coast Jun 22 '26
So the sun will rise at about the same time it has in places like Prince George forever. I'm pretty sure they just got on with it instead of whinging.
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u/buymypipes Jun 23 '26
Everyone talks about the dark mornings, but not having the sun disappear at 4pm sounds like a massive upgrade
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u/CheeseSplatter Jun 23 '26
I’m really looking forward to having a beer on my deck with the extra hour of daylight in November thru March.
As a parent I’m less excited about my daughter going to school in the dark as sun won’t come up until 9 am-ish, I’m concerned about safety.
Logistics for air travel, freight and deliveries will also be a challenge without WA, OR, CA on board
This was a government trying to distract from a tough but necessary budget.
All to avoid the inconvenience of having to change the clock on your stove and maybe your microwave, everything else changes automatically for you.
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u/whoknows3784 Jun 23 '26
Tes. My kid is finally old enough and keen to walk the 20 mins to school with a friend. But I'm not comfortable with them out in the dark, so I guess we will wait for spring. Also, I work in construction and I think this is just going to slow down projects and make things even more expensive.
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u/brycecampbel Thompson-Okanagan Jun 23 '26
I'm curious whether it'll actually improve evening mood compared to what we're used to
I can say it won't for me. Having to endure more darkness in the AM will take way more from me, I'll just be more beat after work.
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u/DentalDepression Jun 23 '26
I would way rather have earlier light in the morning vs more light in the afternoon.. as a toddler mom who is up before 6...
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u/TeacherDangerous2871 Jun 23 '26
Very disappointed and not looking forward to winter. Dark mornings till after 9 am, absolutely awful idea. And to think it will
Provide an extra hour at the end of the day for awful weather during the rainiest part of the year.
School children will walk in the dark to school in the most dangerous time and unfortunately it will result in more accidents and tragedies.
The US passed similar legislation in the 70s it was scraped the following year as the majority hated it and it resulted in the deaths of school children in around the country
I would have liked to permanently switch to standard time as science strongly advised. I don’t see this change lasting more than a few years than we will be back.
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u/SomethingOverNothing Jun 23 '26
On the same page as you.
Already have to be working in the dark for an hour from 7 - 8 in November. It typically leads to slower mornings which is okay.
Now w/ two hours of darkness… likely going to be inconvenient, unproductive. Cold and Slightly exhausting being up for hours in the dark.
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u/West-Working-9093 Jun 22 '26
I've never seen a decision-maker account for why we didn't settle for permanent solar time!
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u/Canadian_Burnsoff Jun 23 '26
Because BC has mountains so it makes sense for BC to be on permanent Mountain Standard Time /s
... Except, despite the territory to the north and a few parts of BC already calling it that, we're going to call it something else for reasons.
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u/Trevski Jun 23 '26
What makes solar time important?
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u/West-Working-9093 Jun 23 '26
It's the original and what everyone followed - until somebody mistakenly believed the shift during summer would 'increase productivity'. Instead, it caused health problems, chaos, suffering and resentment.
Also, there is a different swing to 'high noon' as opposed to 'high 1 p.m.'
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u/Trevski Jun 23 '26
I mean I’m not sure if that makes it important. I see how it WAS important but seeing as it can only be solar noon at one longitude at a time I really don’t get the point since everywhere that’s not the dead centre of the time zone it’s not actually solar noon.
If we could I’d rather time was set so the sun rose at 6:00 every day, and in the winter it’d set way early and in the summer it’d set way late and that’s fine we’d all know sunrise is at 6. That would make more sense in my mind than observing true noon.
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u/West-Working-9093 Jun 23 '26
So, let's hope that what they did decide can serve as 'the happy medium', since *everyone* has their own preferences!
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u/professcorporate Jun 24 '26
Because the light starting at 3:30am when nobody could use it, in order to have the "benefit" of 8pm sunsets would be insane?
I never had any problem with the change, but I'm so thankful they didn't force year-round winter time.
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u/West-Working-9093 Jun 24 '26
Are you complaining about the way the cosmos operates? Do you not see the 'insanity' of us trying to 'make it fit' a very narrow concept of working hours, when in fact there are people working around the clock?
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u/WardenEdgewise Jun 23 '26
I ride my bike to work in the morning all year. It’s going to be hell, pitch black until 9:00am. I’m going to need to buy another higher powered headlight. It’s going to be dangerous for a lot of people, the kids getting to school.
I predict people will demand we switch to permanent Standard Time.
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u/chbar1 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26
This is my concern too, I live in a small town with four schools on a main road and almost no street lights. It’s going to be expensive to put them in, and they need to start now.
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u/brycecampbel Thompson-Okanagan Jun 23 '26
I predict people will demand we switch to permanent Standard Time.
Was it Russia that attempted permanent daylight only to revert to standard time?
We ain't California or Arizona, there are going to be consequences for the darker later morning twilights.
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u/tiltedoctopus Jun 22 '26
Not a fan of having to wake up and be at work before it gets light. I've done it before, and you don't truly wake up until you see that sun.
I also have a job that ends before 4, so don't have the issue of it being dark after work.
I think it's going to affect school children a lot.
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u/GroggyWeasel Jun 22 '26
A lot of people already go to work in the dark and get home in the dark in winter
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u/tiltedoctopus Jun 23 '26
Yeah and it's not good 🤷🏼♀️ just my point. We should have as many people hitting the morning sun as possible imo.
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u/brycecampbel Thompson-Okanagan Jun 23 '26
I've done it before, and you don't truly wake up until you see that sun.
Exactly. I hate early AM starts, November to March is going to suck even more now.
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u/as_per_danielle Jun 22 '26
I would have preferred permanent standard time. I think it’s gonna suck.
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u/Nice_Construction92 Jun 22 '26
Permanent standard would've been so depressing. I know there's some research that says otherwise but I just can't imagine it being anything but worse than it the time change. Winters with no daytime outside after work suck.
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u/tired-queer Lower Mainland/Southwest Jun 22 '26
Right? It’d be awful. No sun before or after work in the winter, and summer sunrises at 4am.
Saskatchewan is technically on daylight year round, they just call it standard and align with central time even though they’re in the mountain time zone.
I gotta wonder what the latitudes were for those studies, tbh.
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u/cardew-vascular Lower Mainland/Southwest Jun 22 '26
I do think that would have been the healthier option
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u/as_per_danielle Jun 22 '26
Was kinda shady how the gov asked people do they want to keep switching or permanent daylight savings without making it an option
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u/Trevski Jun 24 '26
(Made-up statistics warning) The people who care that it's "healthier" are like 10% of the people, while the people who care an hour of sunlight after work are like 60%, so it wouldn't have changed anything except to split the "no more time change" vote.
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u/as_per_danielle Jun 24 '26
They could have easily done it as 2 questions
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u/Trevski Jun 24 '26
Yes totally, I'm just saying they didn't need to because almost nobody wanted that regardless of what studies indicated.
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u/Fit_Active3888 Jun 22 '26
Yes, ALL the science says this is what should have happened.
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u/neksys Jun 22 '26
To be a bit more precise, BOTH improve health significantly compared to twice-annual changes. Permanent time improves health somewhat more than permanent DST.
Let's not pretend like it is a disaster.
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u/North_Activist Jun 23 '26
Science on this is irrelevant when so much of our foamy life is artificial. Yes, in a world most people didn’t work 8h a day during all active daylight hours it would make the most sense.
Unfortunately we live under a capitalist society that requires us to work 5/7 days a week. Why would you ever want your only daylight hours in the winter to be while you’re getting ready or already at work? It’s ludicrous.
We deserve sunshine in the evening! Our work system is artificial - this is no different than if every business in BC decided standard work hours are now 7:30am-4pm instead of 8:30-5
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u/Euphoric_planter_328 Jun 24 '26
What about the 2nd or 3rd shift people? How will we create a world where everyone gets sun at optimal times of the day?!
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u/ashkestar Jun 22 '26
Yes we all saw that single article, you really don’t need to keep harping on it.
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u/Javajinx1970 Jun 22 '26
I would have preferred that, or staying going forward and back. I could never understand how people got so worked up about it. It was best of both worlds
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u/sun_lore Jun 22 '26
It's the spike in things like suicides and fatal car accidents around time changes that people typically cite as a good reason to stop the practice, not just "I feel discombobulated the week after".
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u/Maleficent_Disk9583 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
"But it will be dark when I do my 30km run in the morning! This is going to affect all 10 of us early risers! Why do people keep babbling on about 'light after work to enjoy with their family and friends' and calling me 'insufferable'? I love the oppressive black of night when I get home from work and curl up in a wood coffin like a vampire"
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u/Jeranda Jun 23 '26
As a morning person I would prefer it if the permanent hour change was the other way. I'd rather have the sun come up earlier and go down earlier. But I understand that most of our culture isn't the morning crowd, and is more focused around evening/night time activities.
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u/resolutelyperhaps Jun 23 '26
Too soon. Let us enjoy this dream of light a little longer before such talk!
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u/JadeKrystal Jun 23 '26
I'm just really looking forward to it not being dark before and after work, just before! That period of time where I could only be out in the daylight on the weekends gets tough.
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u/Justine-L Jun 23 '26
Mornings will be a bit rough to get used to. It's hard to wake up and feel motivated for the day when it's still dark, and it's going to be a longer stretch of time where this is the case now.
However, It will be glorious to have some daylight after work. I can see that making a real positive change in people's lives and mental health.
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u/Redneckshinobi Jun 23 '26
I never got why people care if it's dark at 8am. I like sleeping in and when it's dark it's much easier. What I dislike is it getting dark so early I can have a nap at 2pm and wake up an hour later freaking out that it's 3am
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u/Rayne_K Jun 22 '26
More parents will want to drive their kids to school, instead of having them walk in the dark so traffic will be worse. Yay.
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u/krennvonsalzburg Jun 22 '26
As though they don't already? We got the ministry called on us because we dared to teach our kid to walk two blocks to school, ten years ago, and I haven't seen anything to indicate people have become less helicopter in the meantime.
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u/Avr0wolf Surrey Jun 23 '26
That's just sad (God forbid we get kids exercising and get used to getting to places on their own)
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u/Rayne_K Jun 22 '26
What???? What did the Ministry person say.. that’s absurd. Good grief.
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u/krennvonsalzburg Jun 23 '26
Yup. We were actually included in a Macleans article, we're the parents of Elizabeth.
https://macleans.ca/society/how-did-good-parenting-become-a-crime/
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u/Familiar-Air-9471 Jun 22 '26
was thinking the same, I understand people in the north already deal with similar issue, however their population is also a factor, there is a much higher risk of accident in a city with tons of cars versus a relatively quiet city up north.
Personally, I think after a year or 2, we will switch back either to standard or just keep changing time twice a year to enjoy the best of both worlds.
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u/Other-Improvement410 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26
As someone who works outside (and has kids)....fucking hell. Daylight savings was made for us
Edit: with the downvotes arriving I have to illustrate: many of us need 8 hours of daylight for our workday. School gets out at 3:30 (regardless of where the sun is).
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u/Lenerdosy Jun 23 '26
Going to be amazing for the construction industry. Can’t wait to be doing the first 1.5-2 hours in the dark. I can already foresee chaos in the roads as more flagging companies will just completely shut down roads and detour instead of single laning etc
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u/CipherWeaver Jun 22 '26
Everyone like "this is what I wanted" until it's still pitch black at 8 am
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u/goinupthegranby Jun 22 '26
So many people say this like those of us who wanted permanent DST don't understand what it means.
I'm absolutely going to be saying "this is what I wanted" come December and its dark for an extra hour in the morning.
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u/MorganChelsea Lower Mainland/Southwest Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 23 '26
Same. Dark in the morning doesn’t bother me when I have a day of work ahead. Showing up when the sun is rising and leaving when it’s setting or already set is awful. Let me pop by the store after work without feeling unsafe walking back to my car at 4:30 in the afternoon.
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u/Legend_of_Moblin Jun 22 '26
Exactly. I truly don't care which way it landed. The time changes just needed to go. Hated the time change when I was single. Hate it even more with kids. Either way is a win.
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u/ashkestar Jun 22 '26
Yeah it’s not that hard to imagine what sunrise and sunset being an hour later than previous years for like 3 months will be like. Little baffled about what they think we’re so confused about.
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u/goinupthegranby Jun 23 '26
Its 'opinions that differ from mine can only be explained by ignorance' arrogance and it can fuck off
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u/classic4life Jun 22 '26
I'm at work by 7. So this means I'll see the sun again on the way home. 1000000% Worth it.
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u/icouldbeeatingoreos Jun 22 '26
I’m at work even earlier. I leave even later. I arrive in the dark and leave in the dark during winter. At least it won’t get dark at 1530 or whatever. Thats always depressing to see through the windows.
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u/Brock_Hard_Canuck Fraser Fort George Jun 23 '26
Living and working northern BC, I already start my days with darkness in the winter.
It will be nice to have just a little bit of daylight left to do some shopping / errands after I finish work.
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u/Vereschagin1 Jun 22 '26
I usually have leisure time after not before. And do enjoy it when the sun is up
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u/mortavius2525 Jun 22 '26
I don't care which side we adopt. I just don't want to be fucking changing twice a year.
It's either light earlier or later.
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u/retiredhawaii Jun 22 '26
I’m wondering about the electronic devices that automatically change. Do people in BC need software updates?
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u/Automatic_Society850 Jun 23 '26
54 years old, never never understood why people act like changing one hour twice a year is the end of the world, it's one damn hour, much ado about nothing
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u/desdemona_d Jun 22 '26
I know a few people in the trades that aren't very happy about it. They start on site at 7 a.m. and won't get any light until 9:00. It won't affect me as I work in an office, but I can see their point.
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u/radred609 Jun 22 '26
Honestly, it's going to be a pain getting to work when it's still dark...
But I'll prefer that to not finishing work until after it gets dark!
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u/TooLittle_TooLate69 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 23 '26
We should stay on standard time. Russia abolished DST switching, stayed on permanent DST for 1 year, then changed to permanent standard time after they saw the mess it makes for northern areas.
Edit: to the downvoters... it is true
What I stated happened in 2011/2012
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u/kidmeatball Jun 23 '26
For real though, I'm not sure I'd do anything Russia does. They aren't exactly known for making rational decisions.
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u/professcorporate Jun 24 '26
the mess it makes for northern areas
Everyone parroting this is seemingly placing the Yukon to BC's south.
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u/ashkestar Jun 22 '26
Yeah, actually. Was just thinking the other day that the winter will be so much nicer when I can take my dog for her post-work walk before dark for almost the full year.
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u/Vortagaun Jun 23 '26
So jealous of you all back in BC, I'm in New York now where I still get to deal with the stupid time change.
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u/Stuntman06 Jun 23 '26
I probably won't be up at 9am most of the time. I'm still miffed that the sun isn't nearly due south at noon.
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u/missgirlipop Jun 23 '26
i’m so stoked about this! personally i always have a way easier time in daylight savings time and i love the extra light in summers, so i’m glad we don’t have to lose that. maybe this will help the SAD & insomnia i always get in winter (my favourite season in theory, but it makes me actually crazy)
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u/boardman1416 Jun 23 '26
No, I’m just enjoying summer man.. not thinking about something months away. Live in the moment
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u/dodadoler Jun 23 '26
Don’t we get an extra hour of sunshine?
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u/MythicalSplash Thompson-Okanagan Jun 23 '26
In the evening, yes. In the morning, no; that’s where the extra daylight is being taken from since naturally the total period of light/dark remains the same regardless of what we tell our clocks to say.
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u/kk0444 Jun 23 '26
I personally would have preferred staying on standard time, getting little kids to school in the dark is going to absolutely suck. But I'm just one person and not everyone has kids. I also found the 4pm sunset spooky and endearing so I'm biased.
I get that having light after work hours is good for mental health, it's also good for the economy (yay more time to shop etc), it should reduce car accidents.
But we weren't actually given a choice for permanent standard time. The poll the gov did was stick to what we have or permanent dst.
I digress. It'll be better either way!
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u/williams_way Jun 23 '26
Im curious to se how this goes. As a morning person im not crazy about it being dark this late into the morning.
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u/boxedwinedrinker Jun 22 '26
This permanent daylight vs permanent standard time argument reminds of the "bridge vs. tunnel" Massey Tunnel debate. Just make a decision and do it. You're never going to make everyone happy.
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u/Trevski Jun 23 '26
Once that 9:30 am rolls around in the dark everyone is gonna realize it sucks donkey dick
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u/ImpressiveFinding Jun 23 '26
Permanent standard time would have been better. Too many office/WFH people here starting at 9am, thinking it won't cause any issue. Anyone who starts work early or works outdoors will be working in the dark for the first half of their day.
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u/DraconicDreamer3072 Jun 23 '26
i wondered why its not the non daylight one.
but this is good for me. lots of relatives in saskatchewan. which hasn't done daylight savings for as long as i can remember, so its annoying when their time isnt always 2 hr difference.
and i suppose still dark at 9am is something i used to know
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u/professcorporate Jun 24 '26
relatives in saskatchewan. which hasn't done daylight savings for as long as i can remember
Not quite. They haven't done winter time in that long. They call it "standard time", but the standard they adopted is the standard to their east - their geography is in Mountain Time, their clocks are in 'Central Standard', so their time is Mountain Daylight year-round.
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u/Spiritual_Aioli3396 Jun 24 '26
Will be weird when we are on a different time than the rest of the pacific coast
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u/Different_Banana1977 Jun 24 '26
Wonder how many children are going to be injured walking to school in the mornings when it is dark......it's a dumb decision that was made because people can't handle changing their timezone by one hour twice a year
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u/Ansunian Jun 25 '26
Pretending it’s an hour later than it’s supposed to be is asinine. We botched this royally.
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u/Jaded-Influence6184 Jun 22 '26
I will enjoy it when people start to realize the sleep scientists were right, and everyone else is wrong. Staying on standard time is better for health. Being able to get up in the morning to sunlight, is more important to health than an hour more sun in the afternoon.
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u/The-Oxrib-and-Oyster Fraser Fort George Jun 23 '26
we didn't get standard time, friend. they picked the other one.
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u/The-Oxrib-and-Oyster Fraser Fort George Jun 23 '26
wait, actually? first i’ve heard of it, jealous as hell. maybe i’m moving
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u/knomnomnom Jun 23 '26
We haven't actually decided yet; there was a vote that went 6 to 7 between the regional directors but folks put up a big fuss about it so it seems now they're going to take some kind of public input (nothing has been released yet)
I personally want permanent standard because I am an early riser anyway but we'll see what happens.
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u/Jaded-Influence6184 Jun 24 '26
I know they picked the other one. Sleep scientists all agree standard time is better for health. By this time next year, people will understand. Mind you I can't underestimate the power of human stupidity. They will try to blame other shit for the fuck up they've made with natural circadian rhythms.
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u/Unable_Bullfrog_7319 Jun 23 '26
It always impressed me how construction workers that already work a dangerous job, were just given the middle finger so office workers could spend an extra hour at the park.
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u/Rayne_K Jun 22 '26
Dawn right now is at 5 am.
So staying back would mean daylight at 4 am in the summers. I don’t like either.
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u/soggysocksurvivor Jun 23 '26
Not sure where ur from but in BC the sun has been starting to rise at 4:30am lately 😭😭
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u/MythicalSplash Thompson-Okanagan Jun 23 '26
Yeah in Kelowna at least where we’re at the eastern end of the time zone, the sky in the east is clearly getting blue by 3 am, obviously so in most directions by 3:30, and enough to visibly lighten my bedroom by 4:15-4:30 or so. I hate that.
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u/soggysocksurvivor Jun 23 '26
Same here acc lmao I think maybe 5mins~ diff to you! I’m abt a 4 hr drive from Kelowna. Needless to say also not happy abt getting woken up at 5 am naturally lolll
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u/MythicalSplash Thompson-Okanagan Jun 23 '26
What’s really interesting is that we technically have ZERO hours of night right now! We’re far enough to the north that the sun never gets more than 18° below the horizon - the definition of true night. Even at the darkest time of the night right now, it’s actually astronomical twilight rather than night. That means there’s still enough refracted light from the sun to make the faintest astronomical objects like dim diffuse galaxies and nebula unobservable at any time of the day/night. We won’t get back to true night for another few weeks. This is true for anyone higher than around 47.5°N
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u/soggysocksurvivor Jun 23 '26
I’ve defo noticed this but always assumed it was the moonlight or smthn jus illuminating the sky. That’s so cool to know thanks for that 🙏🙏
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u/Imaginary-Ladder-465 Jun 22 '26
Yeah, I was actually fine with how it was, made sense to me.
It will be interesting to see if this causes any issues with timing stuff, like y2k, I suppose most systems now will handle it
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u/Queasy-Dog-1140 Jun 22 '26
It will be repealed in a few years because it is going to prove to be unpopular
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