I’ve often wondered what it would be like if we didn’t have spring forward and fall backward. Since yesterday was spring forward, the time was turned 1 hour ahead, meaning, 1 hour of sleep/rest was lost. Just when all of us had adjusted to the time schedule with last year’s fall backward, we must adjust again to losing one hour of sleep.
But with the days being longer, it would seem to have little effect, given how much daylight we have until sundown. Organisms such as birds and insects adapt quickly to the seasons, and with our technology to forecast the weather, we can prepare for it as well even if we didn’t adjust our clocks.
So do we need daylight savings if we can forecast the weather in advance? If we didn’t have spring forward or fall backward, would our days go on like normal? Wouldn’t we adapt to longer days or shorter days regardless if we set our clocks one hour ahead or behind? Or have we grown accustomed to this practice, such that we need to gain an hour of sleep in November, and lose an hour in March?
Fallton Havenstonne 