If I believe all the TV newscasters, this weekend I lost an
hour of sleep, but I’m gaining an extra hour of daylight. I don’t believe it.
For one thing, I could have gone to bed at any time on
Saturday night and still slept 8 hours or as long as I wanted, regardless of
what time it was.
Also, the Earth is still moving around the sun and rotating
on its axis at the same rates it was a day or two ago. It hasn’t suddenly
changed its path, started moving faster during the night or slowed down during
the day.
We do not gain an hour of sunlight in daylight saving time,
we merely change our clocks so that the sun appears to come up and set later than
it usually does.
It’s not enough to lose sleep over.
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