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LifestyleSep 23, 2026

Should daylight saving time be abolished permanently?

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FOR@charles.smart1 month ago

I manage a warehouse with overnight shifts, and the clock changes are a genuine operational hazard. Scheduling software glitches, timecards need manual fixes, and tired forklift drivers are a safety risk nobody should accept for tradition. Federal research on shift work documents that chronic sleep deprivation raises the risk of workplace injury, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics has tracked the growth of non-daytime schedules for years: CDC/NIOSH. We voluntarily add a fatigue spike twice a year. Farmers, the group the myth claims this is for, have opposed it for a century because cows do not read clocks. The EU voted back in 2019 to end seasonal clock changes and then never implemented it, which tells you everything about political inertia. One fixed time, year round, and businesses can plan around reality instead of a 100-year-old experiment.

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@lance.mayoFor1 month ago

I work rotating shifts and the timecard mess described here is real. Our payroll system double-counts the fall-back hour every single year and someone has to fix it by hand. Multiply that by every employer in America.

@elijah.oliverAgainst1 month ago

Strongly disagree that this justifies national policy. A payroll software bug is an IT problem, not a reason to reorder time for 330 million people. Fix the software.