Sun should be highest at noon. Keep it simple and sensible.

For the most part, research has overwhelmingly shown that this is the healthiest time setting for human biology.

But no government gives you this option because politicians keep pushing the idea of energy savings and similar talking points, even though that has been unanimously disproven. People still think the time shift was created for winter, but the shift actually happens in summer — and at my northern latitude the sun is already up forever, so it makes absolutely no difference. At the equator, days and nights are basically the same length year‑round, so there’s no point there either. You could argue it’s only noticeable at mid‑latitudes, like many of the U.S. states where it was popularized. No surprise there.

Coming from finance, the date‑math chaos caused by DST is a huge pain. Knowing the exact time an international contract starts or ends becomes a mess. Not all countries, states, or provinces follow it. Then you get states like Indiana where only part of the state followed it at one point. To make things worse, not all locations start and stop DST at the same time. Regular 9 a.m. meetings I had with people in London would shift by an hour a few times a year because our DST transitions don’t line up. And the exact DST rules have changed over time, which adds even more inconsistency.

BC has now committed to permanently being on DST along with other West Coast states. Calgary voted against this, but we’ll see how long that lasts. The most sensible province is Saskatchewan, which never adopted it to begin with. Score one for the stubble jumpers!