Crash was shortly after 6am EDT, which is just when nighttime darkness ended. Sunrise came over an hour later at 7:21am EDT. 😔 With permanent Standard Time, sunrise would have been 6:21am EST, everyone would’ve had more light and likely more sleep. We see crashes every October.
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Permanent Daylight Saving Time vs Permanent Standard Time
Arguments against a permanent daylight saving time cite that later sunrises in the winter would have a n impact on school children and early morning works’ sleep schedule.
Permanent daylight saving time? Schools and students would suffer, experts say
by: Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill
Posted: Sep 23, 2026 / 03:44 PM MDT
[Image of children boarding a bus in autumn.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2coxtswrawkhgrzqgzvo6ibc/bafkreieqhs45mjyavmwmcwtbmqmquvtpn5ruzvy5nadol3ptjb537752q4)
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'Really need to rethink this': Manitoba wrong to choose daylight over standard time, sleep experts say
School-aged kids, especially teens, are bound to suffer most, researchers say
Darren Bernhardt, CBC News [Headshot Photo]
Posted: Sep 18, 2026
Scrapping twice-yearly time changes in Manitoba is a great move, but staying on daylight time instead of standard time is the wrong choice, says a sleep medicine expert — especially for students.
"We really need to rethink this," said Dr. Michael Mak, psychiatrist and sleep medicine specialist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto.
"Not having the change in times twice a year is a good thing. But I think as we progress into the winter months and have prolonged periods of no sunlight in the morning … that might lead to issues with academics and depression."
In the dead of winter, sunrise might not happen until close to 9 a.m., which means "young people who are going to school are going to have to do so in pure…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2coxtswrawkhgrzqgzvo6ibc/bafkreif32hgqgwrw5umf4n4rnw3hli4ybfnpx6bxttowlaiqmmk2lbf5ti)
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Insights, Lifestyle
Perspective: Permanent Daylight Saving Time is bad for rural — and all — Americans
By Skylar Baker-Jordan, The Daily Yonder
Published: September 11, 2026
[Photo of a farm field under a hazy sky.]
Image by Nate Luebbe, Shutterstock
A funny thing happened on the way to changing the clocks: Farmers got blamed for Daylight Saving Time (DST).
“Not only is that not true, but it is 100 percent not true. It is as far from true as one could get,” David Prerau, author of Seize the Daylight: The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time, told Nebraska Public Media in 2022.
“People think it was put in place for farmers, but the leading group against daylight saving time has always been farmers and agricultural people.”
In July, the House of Representatives passed the Sunshine Protection Act, a bill which – should it become law – would make daylight saving time permanent. While many across both the country and the political spectrum celebrated…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2coxtswrawkhgrzqgzvo6ibc/bafkreie5gutoixe46vw7ehcf7z44y5dmbpwfndhmzdo33ydue3jtc7e7ou)
