DST and Covid-19

Hello! I am posting this because I wanted to share a thought on Solar Time. However, firstly, best wishes to all. Hopefully, we are all staying safe and surviving this Covid-19 pandemic. I believe we will come out of this with flying colors but continue to follow all guidelines and the latest instructions. And now, for the quick post content.

I know we say a lot about Standard Time being normal time, and it is a great argument against our current DST which we know is horrible, to say the least. Indeed, Standard Time is much closer to Solar Time. Solar Time is easily measured by a sundial. Moreover, these days there are apps for our smart phones that will gives us Solar Time. For example, the Astro Clock app provides Solar Time and more. Our circadian rhythm works more with the sun and moon than with DST. I am sharing a screen shot to show everyone how far off our circadian rhythm is according to Solar Time in our meridian vs DST in our meridian. For instance, I am in South Florida and the difference is almost an hour and a half. In other words, instead of being 9:56 AM, it is 8:29 AM on Solar Time. I don’t want to take up too much of your time. I just want to make the point that when we switched back to DST back on March 8, 2020, we really threw our circadian rhythm off by almost an hour and a half on Solar Time. Sleep deprivation isn’t good for our health and at a time of a health crisis like this Covid-19, our immune systems need DST like we need a bullet in our head. Bottom line literally: Abolish DST!