We lost one hour of sleep due to the yearly Daylight Savings Time clock management and that is one of the main reasons to start it on a Sunday; to give us a little more time for adjustment. During the next two weeks we can expect to see many people with dark circles under their eyes and more tired than usual. They are the majority that work and live on a fixed schedule.
Sin city is a 24 hour town where people adjust their lives anywhere around the clock and is less affected than any other.
Like in everything else in life there are winners and losers, but it is a government mandate to move the clock one hour ahead and we have no choice, except adapt ourselves the best we can. How all this began?
Starting on 30 April 1916, Germany and its World War I allies were the first to use DST (German: Sommerzeit) as a way to conserve coal during wartime. Britain, most of its allies, and many European neutrals soon followed suit. Russia and a few other countries waited until the next year and the United States adopted it in 1918. Since then, the world has seen many enactments, adjustments, and repeals. German pioneer concept was: “If you can see, you can work.” Artificially moving the clock ahead keeps productivity going for the industrialized world and the monetary benefits are obvious. Is it any wonder why Germany is nowadays the second economy of the world, even after complete destruction enduring two world wars? To work from sunrise to sunset has never been a popular idea, so let’s see what countries have adopted the German model.
- Blue indicates DTS observed. Orange indicates DTS no longer observed. Red indicated DTS never observed.
The map clearly shows most of the developed countries in accordance with DST. The third world nations concept is to work less for more personal time, thinking that not everything in life is money. Interesting to note that in Africa, only Namibia (a former German colony) and Morocco comply with the western world; their prosperity is notable too. In the US the State of Arizona continually has refused to be included.
To complicate matters more, sunrise and sunsets are uneven due to the shift of the Earth's axle and those living in America have to consider four different time zones before communicating with someone at the other end of the country. We may be too early, or too late.
We can play with technology, but we can not fool mother nature and the biological clock inside animals, plants, and humans is ruled from dawn till dusk and it will take an average of a dozen days for your system to get used to this forced change.
The ancients used sun dial clocks and those truly still tell the real time.
Our planet is definitely divided over the issue of DST and the benefits are for large corporations and developed economies, not for individuals. So we have to question, is this effort truly worth it? Don’t forget to have a good, robust pot of coffee thirst thing tomorrow morning. If you don’t have technological advanced devices that automatically compensate for the time change, move your clocks one hour ahead and set your alarms accordingly.
Go to bed with a smile and keep it till our next communication.
Author Ingrid I. Holm-Garibay
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