How daylight saving time affects your health

Sleep experts are warning that daylight saving time causes the body certain harm as it adapts to the changes. CBS News' Michael George reports on the concerns about health and safety being raised as Americans prepare for the Sunday shift.
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[@kayandbradvincent6643]

Pick one and keep it

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

There are three options we can do 1. Make DST permanent which stinks because we get late dark winter mornings 2. Make standard time permanent which stinks because we get early dark summer evenings 3. Change the clock twice a year The best option is clearly #3. Changing the clocks twice a year is a VERY SMALL PRICE TO PAY for late daylight summer evenings and no late dark winter mornings

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

That's been tried and failed with the same two options. An hour differential is just too much. It's time to compromise and split the difference.

[@StaticBlaster]

@@vicepresidentmikepence889 The 3rd option is the worst. I say make standard time permanent and the reason why is because its consistent with astronomical events.

[@nbuehster]

@@StaticBlaster The 3rd option is the best. Where I live, this is what things are like now. Winter months:: 8:01 AM Thursday, December 21, 2023 (EST) 5:05 PM Thursday, December 21, 2023 (EST) If daylight saving time was permanent: 9:01 AM Thursday, December 21, 2023 (EST) 6:05 PM Thursday, December 21, 2023 (EST) I don't know about the evenings, but 9:01 is too late for sunrise, imo. Summer months: 5:58 AM Wednesday, June 21, 2023 (EDT) 9:16 PM Wednesday, June 21, 2023 (EDT) If standard time was permanent: (which is what most people would rather have) 4:58 AM Wednesday, June 21, 2023 (EDT) 8:16 PM Wednesday, June 21, 2023 (EDT) I don't know about the evenings, but 4:58 is too early for sunrise, imo. I say stick to changing our clocks, even if it's a hassle. It's the only way to get the right amount of daylight in the mornings all year round. The only part of the world that shouldn't have to worry about that is everywhere closest to the equator. The only other option is to get rid of clocks, and let the sun give us an idea of what time it is. (I don't know what people did before clocks were actually invented, but maybe that's what we should do.)

[@StaticBlaster]

@@nbuehster for me sunrise being too early doesn't bother me because i have to sleep during the day anyway. I work night shifts for the postal service.

[@donnadrane4977]

I hate losing an hour of sleep, but sure love having it lighter in the evening for longer.

[@SummerLeigh12]

This is why I take the Monday off after time changes. 🤦‍♀️

[@oldcrowtj4937]

One of the nice things about living in AZ is. No changing of clocks. 😊

[@deborahdunn4628]

You Lucky Bum. Ohio here. Hate time change.

[@oldcrowtj4937]

@@deborahdunn4628 I used to live there. It got overrun by Calipornya. I'm in The Free State of Florida. Which as it happens voted to go off DST. For some reason the Senate needs to approve it. Been there for years. Our tax dollars at no work. Not. GB you and yours. 🙂🌴

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

@@oldcrowtj4937 No, those brilliant legal minds actually bugled it up and voted to stay on Daylight Saving Time, which requires congressional approval. Whilst staying on Standard Time would have been automatic. The moosetrumpet legislators read the federal regulation improperly.

[@oldcrowtj4937]

@@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou Florida lawmakers passed the Sunshine Protection Act in 2018, but the change hasn't happened yet. Despite Florida's national lawmakers wanting to “lock the clock” on the twice-a-year time change. 🙂🌴

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

@@oldcrowtj4937 Those Floridian moosetrumpets did the exact same thing as the Californian bozos did! States are permitted to stay on Standard Time year round without any further conditions or approval. It's amazing how Hawaiian and Arizonian legal minds are actually more competent!

[@MondoLeStraka]

I hate DST! Keep standard time!!

[@camilleferland9773]

We are already on daylight saving time for 65% of the year so it’s not really ‘keeping’ standard time if we move to only standard time, it would be a drastic change, compared to switching to permanent daylight saving time.

[@MommeeMadre1]

Please please stop this madness!!!! As a person work Narcolepsy Type 1, I'm in for a month or more of painful adjustment. It seems as though once i finally get regulated, we fall back.... And so do I- SPLAT- on the ground.

[@seatwarmer]

This has been my stance for years, if not a decade or 2... Some of us, like myself, love the Standard Time (which I call Christmas Time) while others love the Daylight Savings Time! OK, from current time (which is Standard Time), just simply add 30 minutes to the clock and be DONE with time changes! TaDa!!! The best of both worlds!

[@dianagalloway9389]

Messed up my sleep.

[@robertburt8922]

Circadian rhythm, doesn’t take a genius to know we are not saving anything. Keep time fixed.

[@yahmadoss6860]

We get these same Reports each year about DST about how it can Effect ones Health but still the Wicked Ones continue with it so it really doesn't matter. OK

[@MommeeMadre1]

Right! They make more money off of our ailments.

[@jamestaylor954]

I thought they passed a bill for this 💩 to stop?

[@normalutz1618]

It always rocks myworld. Hate it.

[@JasonMoore-lx6py]

I love it more day light 😊

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

I don't

[@Stephanie-vn6ir]

I agree 💯 The Sun 🌞 shine makes me feel alive and more active and happy!😊

[@lisazappala4381]

You get more daylight either way because the sun moves closer to the earth. Time change was stated to help farmers. It totally messed up your body’s clock They have proved that there are more accidents and poorer work, even more crime.

[@JasonMoore-lx6py]

@@SUGAR_XYLER lol 🤣

[@oldcrowtj4937]

So do the ranchers in AZ. They never agreed to DST. Basically told DC to pound sand. Ah. The good ole days. 🙂🌴

[@Commonsenseisnotcommon8]

we do not need to switch back to the unnatural time. This is our natural body rhythm. Congress didn't do anything last year basically can they please do their job and get this pass-through I mean it shouldn’t be that hard. We all want to have a normal schedule. we need more daylight in the morning, that’s how you wake up. When it gets dark, you get sleepy. For all your night owl, get over it, go to bed earlier be more productive in the mornings like we should be as humans. As someone who wakes up at 5 AM naturally I don’t want it dark until 8 AM that really messes with people. And kids are going to school. They need the sunlight to start to wake their brains up. Why why is it so difficult for people to understand

[@HisWordsOfLove]

🙄 CBS and other news stations need to chill and just tell the truth for once

[@TheGLORIOUS-GOSPELof-CHRIST]

They never will.

[@jameskirk796]

Biden would be impeached if the media ever told the truth.

[@happynancybear8709]

This time sucks, boooo.

[@nbuehster]

Where I live, this is what things are like now. Winter months:: 8:01 AM Thursday, December 21, 2023 (EST) 5:05 PM Thursday, December 21, 2023 (EST) If daylight saving time was permanent: 9:01 AM Thursday, December 21, 2023 (EST) 6:05 PM Thursday, December 21, 2023 (EST) I don't know about the evenings, but 9:01 is too late for sunrise, imo. Summer months: 5:58 AM Wednesday, June 21, 2023 (EDT) 9:16 PM Wednesday, June 21, 2023 (EDT) If standard time was permanent: (which is what most people would rather have) 4:58 AM Wednesday, June 21, 2023 (EDT) 8:16 PM Wednesday, June 21, 2023 (EDT) I don't know about the evenings, but 4:58 is too early for sunrise, imo. I say stick to changing our clocks, even if it's a hassle. It's the only way to get the right amount of daylight in the mornings all year round. The only part of the world that shouldn't have to worry about that is everywhere closest to the equator. Alternately, we can just get rid of clocks, and let the sun give us an idea of what time it is. (I don't know what people did before clocks were actually invented, but maybe that's what we should do.)

[@RoadRunner592]

I say we keep standard time the entire year. Before everyone starts attacking me, extremely early sunrises in June are normal in the northern hemisphere, due to the close proximity to the summer solstice. Since the clock time is artificially fast by one hour on DST, 4:30am now happens at 5:30am. So if you get up at 7am for work, without DST, you'd be waking up LATER, since there's an additional hour between sunrise and when you wake up. Same thing with sunset. 7:30 - 8pm happens at 8:30 - 9pm on DST. I'd argue that keeping standard time in the summer would allow people to enjoy the evening sunlight without being in a rush. The clock does the opposite of how it feels. Earlier sunrise and sunset on standard makes it feel later. DST's later clock sunrise and sunset makes it feel earlier etc.

[@jamesrippy1161]

I despise daylight savings.

[@camilleferland9773]

I despise the back-and-forth time change, so I advocate for permanent daylight saving time.

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

​@camilleferland9773 You do realize we made DST permanent, in the seventies, and people HATED IT. They couldn't stand taking they're kids to school in the pitch black freezing cold winter. After two years, we quickly went back to switching the clock twice a year

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

​@@vicepresidentmikepence889 The whole kids going to school in the dark is a cop out. Sure, in the 70s, the local yokels most probably didn't understand sunrise-sunset charts nor where to find those, but these days, even a 12 year old can Google it for their school locale and find the year round optimal open hours within an hour.

[@camilleferland9773]

Where I live, you’re either going to be bringing them to school in the dark or bringing them home from daycare in the dark. Right now it’s both, so I’d rather have one be in the sun, preferably after work so we can spend it as we please! Maybe everyone can get some light therapy for the morning so that they feel more awake when it’s dark out, I don’t know if that technology existed in the 70s.

[@Aaron9488]

Bright lights in the morning! Can anyone say LED headlights blinding you lol 😆

[@Flamsterette]

We should have permanent DST!

[@buffAsh195]

My sleep shedule is already messed up this is gona must me up even more for monday!

[@serfredereck]

Daylight savings helps increasing crimes rate higher 🇺🇸🤡🇺🇸🤡🇺🇸

[@chrisamon80]

No. Daylight Saving Time will not affect people's health. We will not lose. We will gain and get enough sleep to be improved.

[@tatianavelasco1335]

I just changed the clock

[@Hedonistic_RnR]

Occult County

[@Freesavh1776]

I agree, we won WW2 a very long time ago. It was supposed to end after the war.

[@StaticBlaster]

i think Riley in national treasure mentioned WW2 but I'm not sure. That was the only thing he was knowledgeable about. lol.

[@theawesometeg219]

Man I’m so tired rn ughhhh

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

I like it when it gets dark at 5:30....I like the darkness

[@GeorgeVCohea]

That is a fall/winter or mountainous situation. DST has nothing to do with more sunlight in the spring, this is a condition brought on by the tilt of the Earth, and 5:30 sunsets don't exist in late spring/early summer under Standard Time either.

[@emjay2045]

What’s the big deal ? It’s as if you’re changing ONE time zone when you travel ! 🙄

[@Commonsenseisnotcommon8]

you obviously don’t live in a natural world. Get outside more get connected. Then you’ll understand.

[@AlwaysAwesome001]

​@@Commonsenseisnotcommon8 Your mom's basement is not natural. Little goober. 🤗

[@MichaelM-i7b]

WOW, HAD TO THROW THE BLACK LADY UNDER THE BUS FOR BEING LATE WORK. WHO WOULD OF GUESSED THAT ONE? EVERY YEAR SAMETHING NEVER GETS CHANGED.

[@dantespeak138]

Boo Hoo, try working rotating shifts for 23 years. Here's a box of tissues.

[@AlwaysAwesome001]

It's ONE HOUR goofballs. Grow up. 🤗

[@debraculver8896]

I've never heard so much wine she needs some cheese with her wine you know we've been doing this daylight savings all of my life I ain't telling you how old I am

[@Boraxo]

Cupcakes.

[@Under_Sky_Third_Gaia]

Aaaaaaaaaaqqh @#$%! Again!?

[@jazzyj6640]

Ghetto. Who came up with this??

[@astramccracken6555]

VERY GOOD QUESTION? BRAVO

[@TheCarlqian]

Standard is a scientific design system that show respect to the change of nature. DST is invented by people who thought they were more intelligent. The fact is that those “smart” did not conduct a thorough investigation over the overall impact. There is no controversy over standard time but there is for DST. For example, during hot summer, the daytime is long enough, why do people need an extra hour, and in March,it just gets little brighter in the morning and suddenly falls back to darkness, let alone kids have to wait for school bus in darkness and coldness. All I want to say is that if someone likes another daytime, let them schedule it themselves, why force everyone to accept.