{"id":949349,"date":"2026-10-28T12:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/949349\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T12:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:02:10","slug":"labos-time-to-stop-switching-our-clocks-quebec-says-yes-but-which-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/949349\/","title":{"rendered":"Labos: Time to stop switching our clocks? Quebec says yes. But which way?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s coming. On Nov. 1 we will have to set our clocks back one hour. Most people would prefer to keep the current time, forestall the 4 p.m. darkness of winter and avoid having to reset the clock on their microwave. But physiologically, permanent daylight saving time would be a bad idea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daylight saving time is a relatively modern invention. In 1908, Port Arthur and Fort William, Ont., became the first cities in the world to enact DST. Although frequently blamed on farmers, they have <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2015\/03\/06\/five-myths-about-daylight-saving-time\/__;!!MtWvt2UVEQ!FVSMrgziiaFdNa1d0kmpHE6X13VQqlBlMOAWyvLA8z0uFZHTcez7VxeSA0E3gFA2Ic8Mq27WqodZIHdPu6eL5SPdLro%24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">often opposed it<\/a> \u2014 and its widespread adoption was largely driven by the desire to <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daylight_saving_time*\/media\/File:Saving_Daylight_-_Save_1,000,000_tons_of_coal_NMAH-AC0433-0000103.jpg__;Iw!!MtWvt2UVEQ!FVSMrgziiaFdNa1d0kmpHE6X13VQqlBlMOAWyvLA8z0uFZHTcez7VxeSA0E3gFA2Ic8Mq27WqodZIHdPu6eLv9j7WpY%24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">conserve coal<\/a> during the First World War. Germany and Austria-Hungry were the first countries to adopt DST nationwide in 1916, with the Entente powers doing so soon after.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ironically, it\u2019s unclear how energy efficient this semi-annual time change is. Our energy patterns have changed since the early 20th century. <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.5547\/01956574.39.2.thav\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">One analysis estimated<\/a> that DST reduces electricity use by only 0.34 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s coming. On Nov. 1 we will have to set our clocks back one hour. Most people would&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":949350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-949349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=949349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/949350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}