Longitudinal Location Influences Preference for Daylight Saving Time.

ABSTRACT: The chronobiology community advocates ending the biannual practice in many countries of adjusting their clocks to observe Daylight Saving Time (DST). Many governments are actively considering abandoning this practice. While sleep and circadian experts advocate the adoption of year-round standard time, most jurisdictions are instead considering permanent DST. In guiding advocacy, it is useful to understand the factors that lead governments and citizens to prefer the various options. In October 2021, the Canadian province of Alberta conducted a province-wide referendum on adopting year-round DST, in which more than 1 million valid votes were cast. As this referendum was tied to province-wide municipal elections, the results of the referendum were reported at the community level, allowing a g

SUBMITTER: Antle MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9160949 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature