{"id":952486,"date":"2026-10-31T00:02:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T00:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/952486\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T00:02:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T00:02:25","slug":"experts-warn-removal-of-time-change-could-bring-new-challenges-for-our-health-and-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/952486\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts warn removal of time change could bring new challenges for our health and technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Make sure to keep your hands away from the clocks, as here in Manitoba, daylight savings time is now permanent. While many are happy to say goodbye to the time change, some are wondering if it could create a few new headaches.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think that it\u2019s going to make too much of a difference to the majority of people,\u201d said Trevor Williams, a Winnipeg resident.<\/p>\n

Deb Adeoti & Tessa Harding, Winnipeg residents, said, \u201cI\u2019m happy about it because I don\u2019t like changing my clock and you don\u2019t have to change it. The Apple changes it for you. No, they don\u2019t. For me, they don\u2019t change it. They don\u2019t change it for me. But I like, I think it\u2019s better.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to one Winnipeg researcher, putting an end to the twice-yearly change could have some health benefits.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen early on with the time change in the spring, greater incidence of car accidents, heart attacks, other health related issues, because that one-hour time change has an effect on the body,\u201d said Dr. Lorrie Kirshenbaum, the director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences.<\/p>\n

But Kirshenbaum says permanent standard time would have been the better choice for our body clocks, and darker winter mornings could make waking up a struggle.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn particular, I think children. It\u2019s going to be a little harder to get them out of bed in the morning to go to school, or daycare, and caregivers are going to have to take that into account because it\u2019s hard enough being a child, but, getting up when it\u2019s still dark out, I think will be an issue,\u201d said Dr. Kirshenbaum.<\/p>\n

The clock is ticking for the tech industry. From incorrect meeting times to software issues, IT professionals have been working to keep systems running smoothly. But not everything is in their hands.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, you hear this a lot as people kind of relate this back to Y2K, right? That kind of like, oh, what\u2019s going to happen here?\u201d said Scott Ogonoski, the director of managed services at the Exchange Technology Services. \u201cThe one thing that you can\u2019t be entirely confident on is whether or not all of your vendors and all your developers you work with have also done the same thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf things aren\u2019t working on Monday, restart that device, restart your computer, restart your iPad, it will probably synchronize with the time after it got a update.\u201d<\/p>\n

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