"Daylight Saving Time" refers to adjusting the time in a way that noon does not try to track solar noon for a timezone in order to shift daylight later in the clock-day.
If we were trying to adjust the time to track the solar time, wouldn't we need to adjust the clocks every day as days get shorter/longer?
I keep seeing this in every post discussing Daylight Savings. What's the obsession with tracking solar noon?
Click through to the article you are commenting on, it’s very clear. It is a link to the official government site for British Columbia, a large province encompassing the entire pacific coast of Canada.
Previously, 561 comments: "British Columbia is permanently adopting daylight time" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47223620
Related, with 45 comments: "19 [US] States approved permanent daylight saving time" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47290037
It's "Daylight Saving", not "Savings".
“‘Daylight saving time’ is also sometimes called ‘daylight saving,’ ‘daylight savings,’ ‘daylight savings time,’ or ‘daylight time.’
So, listen to your heart.”
https://bsky.app/profile/merriam-webster.com/post/3mgkh6eycs...
BC didn't get rid of it. Now it's permanent.
That’s what the actual news release and title say if you read the article you are commenting on.
Not sure why the title got changed for this post.
They got rid of the biannual clock change, which is obviously what they're talking about.
"Daylight Saving Time" refers to adjusting the time in a way that noon does not try to track solar noon for a timezone in order to shift daylight later in the clock-day.
If we were trying to adjust the time to track the solar time, wouldn't we need to adjust the clocks every day as days get shorter/longer? I keep seeing this in every post discussing Daylight Savings. What's the obsession with tracking solar noon?
> If we were trying to adjust the time to track the solar time, wouldn't we need to adjust the clocks every day as days get shorter/longer?
No (not within a min or two). When days get shorter, it's not like they just lose daylight in the evening.
What's BC ?!
Click through to the article you are commenting on, it’s very clear. It is a link to the official government site for British Columbia, a large province encompassing the entire pacific coast of Canada.
British Columbia, Canada