greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 27^th, 2019 at 10:13am:


I'll second that question.

Most 9 to 5ers get home in daylight in the summer.

The choice as to where you live in relation to where you work & how long you take to commute is irrelevant.

The opposite side of the coin is that you would then be going to work in the dark.

Gnads wrote on Feb 27^th, 2019 at 10:18am:


And, when I get home I usually prepare dinner, do a bit of housework, and watch some Netflix - none of which require sunlight.

I have lights in my house, and in the outdoor areas too.

Gnads wrote on Feb 27^th, 2019 at 10:18am:


I walk home from the bus stop - my preference would be to do it during daylight
Twice a week I go for a 5km run after work - my preference would be to do it during daylight
This time of year I need to water the garden after work - my preference would be to do it during daylight

I go for my run after work run all year round and it is noticeable how many more people are out walking their dogs, kids playing basketball and people in their gardens, during daylight savings.

The_Barnacle wrote on Feb 28^th, 2019 at 11:09am:



You could always change your work hours.

John Smith wrote on Feb 28^th, 2019 at 5:54pm:



Poor petal. Stuck in that dead end job. No flexible work hours. Never mind. You may one day get to those lofty highs.

Bam wrote on Mar 1^st, 2019 at 6:08pm:


The OP was from Dec 4th, 2006....WA does not have daylight savings and there is no trial!!!

The_Barnacle wrote on Feb 27^th, 2019 at 10:09am:


I have just switched the hot water system on for the sake of my showers at night. Between October and February, it would be too hot to mow the lawn until around 4 or 5 pm in the afternoon. By that time, I would have at least 2 hours to mow at most 1000sq metres of the yard. But that was a weekly chore that I did not need to do this year or last so much, as there was not a great deal of summer rain. However, it was a problem when I had to mow each week a foot high of grass around the yard.

Having the sun out is great for when you want to be outside for no more than under an hour. But it gets too much even for afternoon sunlight to be tolerated. And whilst daylight savings provides another hour of afternoon sunlight, we are not getting another hour of sun. But rather one less hour of sunlight in the morning.

I work in the food industry. Our sales rely on customers coming in for their orders around 5 pm each afternoon. From there, our sales volume increases until we have peak order from 5:30 pm to about 8 at night. That means, our younger staff members (15, 16, 17 years of age) work from 5 pm to about 8 pm. Had we daylight savings, our customers would hold off their buying until it got a little cooler at night. That means our younger staff would come in at 6 pm and stay until 9 pm. That is okay for Friday and Saturday nights. But, Monday to Thursday and Sunday nights become a problem with students needing to be home for their sleep before school the next morning. It is the main reason why I am against daylight saving being reintroduced. Labour gets all out of whack for the period of summer. Just gets a bit worse if we had to wait another hour for the customers to come in.

During the summer, I sleep at night and be active by day. During the winter, I am asleep during the day and awake at night. I can't sleep if it is too cold or too hot. Daylight savings has nothing to do with my sleep patterns, but much to do with my work stress levels.

The research I read last year said that Australians were getting about as much vitamin D (or less) from sun exposure as their English counterparts. Because summer temperatures are on average 10 degrees warmer in Australian cities than English temperatures, Australians tend to stay indoors more often. Therefore less sun exposure. Australians may get more sunshine during the winter when the sunshine is more tolerable.