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Scuba Forum / General / March 2007Daylight savings time
So how many people in this country actually believe that by moving the clock forward one hour there will be more sunlight in a day ? >So how many people in this country actually believe that by moving the >clock forward one hour there will be more sunlight in a day ? Not many, but perhaps, psychologically, it might seem that way. Not for me since I'm up way before dawn anyway. Psychologically better for me to have the light in the morning than the afternoon.... I hate driving in the dark in the morning. ____________________________________________ Regards, Arnold > Not many, but perhaps, psychologically, it might seem that way. Not for me > since I'm up way before dawn anyway. Psychologically better for me to have > the light in the morning than the afternoon.... I hate driving in the dark in the > morning. On some liveaboards, they ask you to switch your watch to boat standard time. The idea is that you have your meals at the same clock time as you are probably used to and still don't waste any daylight sleeping. >> Not many, but perhaps, psychologically, it might seem that way. Not for me >> since I'm up way before dawn anyway. Psychologically better for me to have [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >time as you are probably used to and still don't waste any daylight >sleeping. That would truly screw me up! I (and my body) would much rather adapt (if only temporarily) to the local time wherever I find myself. I need a solid "dawn/dusk" etc. to keep straight psychologically. I've been to Anchorage AK twice on/about the summer solstice, and that was totally disorienting. I can imagine how those folks go buggy during the winter (when there's no light except for 1-2 hrs a day) and why there are more shrinks per capita in Anchorage than anywhere else in the USA. ____________________________________________ Regards, Arnold > That would truly screw me up! I (and my body) would much rather adapt (if only > temporarily) to the local time wherever I find myself. I need a solid "dawn/dusk" etc. > to keep straight psychologically. I've been to Anchorage AK twice on/about the summer > solstice, and that was totally disorienting. I can imagine how those folks go buggy during > the winter (when there's no light except for 1-2 hrs a day) and why there are more > shrinks per capita in Anchorage than anywhere else in the USA. But boat time is local time. Local to the boat, which is your home for the week. >> That would truly screw me up! I (and my body) would much rather adapt (if only >> temporarily) to the local time wherever I find myself. I need a solid "dawn/dusk" etc. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >But boat time is local time. Local to the boat, which is your home >for the week. Ah, OK. I thought so at first, but I wondered why they'd ask you to do that seems so obvious and natural to do in the first place. I couldn't imagine that there are people that still *don't* do that and need to be asked to do so. ____________________________________________ Regards, Arnold >>> That would truly screw me up! I (and my body) would much rather adapt (if only >>> temporarily) to the local time wherever I find myself. I need a solid "dawn/dusk" etc. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >>But boat time is local time. Local to the boat, which is your home >>for the week. What confused me is when you said: "you have your meals at the same clock time as you are probably used to" By "probably used to," I thought you meant the "original" time not the new "local" time. ____________________________________________ Regards, Arnold >>On some liveaboards, they ask you to switch your watch to boat >>standard time. The idea is that you have your meals at the same clock >>time as you are probably used to and still don't waste any daylight >>sleeping. > That would truly screw me up! I (and my body) would much rather adapt (if > only > temporarily) to the local time wherever I find myself. Boat standard time is the local time where you find yourself when you're on a liveaboard. Lee >>>On some liveaboards, they ask you to switch your watch to boat >>>standard time. The idea is that you have your meals at the same clock [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Lee I had thought so at first, but when Dan said "Have your meals at the same clock time as you are 'probably used to'", it was the phrase "probably used to" that made me think "original time before traveling" as opposed to "local time at the destination." Looking at it again, what Dan said makes perfect sense now. ____________________________________________ Regards, Arnold |
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