It’s that time of year again, when clocks spring forward and we lose an hour of sleep. Daylight Saving Time arrived at 2 a.m. on Sunday.
While your smartphone and computers likely adjusted automatically, you’ll have to manually change any analog watches and most standard clocks.
Losing 60 minutes may not seem like a lot, but according to sleep experts, it does more than you might expect.
“Given that we are a sleep-deprived society, losing an hour is felt a lot harder that you think,” Ryerson psychology professor Colleen Carney said.
“Difficulties in alertness, they’re going to notice some mood problems and maybe even some sleep problems,” she said.
Carney also said people can try to offset the effects of losing the time by going to bed a half-hour earlier and getting up a half-hour earlier over the next few nights.
While some think the idea of changing the clocks is ridiculous, others say they don’t mind the time change as it means more sunlight and warmer weather is on the way.
This is also the weekend you are being reminded to change the batteries in your smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector.
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What a crock of rubbish ……you dont lose an hour of sleep .. yes you get up an hour earlier but you go to bed an hour earlier too (If you keep the same schedule and thats why its done on the weekend).. so dont hype that we lose sleep because we dont …no matter what the clock says you can still get your 6-7 hours of sleep in
Yay! The sun is still bright after I get out of work, and I can sleep in longer in the mornings because the sun does not wake me up as early. What a wonderful thing! I hated coming home from work and it’s dark…. been looking forward to changing the time back to Daylight Saving Time.
This is Toronto. They whine and complain about everything. It’s too cold in the winter. It’s too hot in the summer, and now it’s one less hour of sleep. Horrors, the world is going to end.
Sure glad DLS time shifted to include March break and halloween. Thank you George Bush, it’s the one thing I remember him doing right in 8 years.
North of the border we had Dalton add Family day to parallel Presidents day, the only good thing I remember him doing.
We haven’t got enough room to talk about all the wrong doings, it’s Friday, work is going well so I’ll hold the positive mood.
I think we should just stay on Daylight Saving Time, and forget the short winter period. No changing clocks, and the difference in sunlight in the winter is minimal.
I want the annoying time change twice a year to come to an end for good.
Many Asian countries, the Russians do not even bother to change the clock like we “civilized” countries do. This time change causes more damage to human body than good and when first was introduced in the 70′s it was advertised as a electricity saving. Let’s be serious, there is very little saving but a lot of upset people
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Actually, Canada has been using DST since the First World War, along with the UK, France, and Ireland. The USA used it during the Second World War, and sporadically in the 50s and 60s. Wide adoption worldwide didn’t happen until the 70s and the oil crisis. I remember growing up as a child in the early 60s and dealing with the clock changes. Either way, I’d be in favour of leaving the time permanently on DST and having the extra daylight in the evening rather than the morning.
It is simply hard to beleive all the fuss about time change every year. What’s the big deal folks, get over it. If one hour in the middle of a Sunday morning messes you up that much you have bigger problems!
What a stupid primitive way to keep track of time. The clocks should be left alone… you want more light, wake up earlier… or change the measurement of time to metric (sarcasm folks)!
Memo to all radio announcers, having worked in the business, be prepared on Sunday morning to field a flood of calls from people wanting to know the correct time, despite numerous advance notices about the annual Daylight Saving Time one hour forward time change.
Yay!! Back to more sunshine in the evening!!