Daylight Saving Time: it’s just losing one hour of sleep right? How bad can that be?

But experts say, it goes beyond losing one hour of sleep. The practice of advancing clocks to make better use of daylight, can have long term disruptions to our circadian rhythm. That’s according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

Today, we explore just how disruptive Daylight Saving Time can be to our sleep, our health and our behavior, and hear about some efforts to change it.

Would you like to see Daylight Saving Time abolished?

<a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/daylight-saving-time-energy-money-d11f71db">Daylight Saving Time:</a> it&rsquo;s just losing one hour of sleep right? How bad can that be?
But experts say, it goes beyond losing one hour of sleep. The practice of advancing clocks to make better use of daylight, can have long term disruptions to our circadian rhythm. That&rsquo;s according to the <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7954020/">American Academy of Sleep Medicine.</a>
Today, we explore just how disruptive <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/09/nx-s1-5320160/time-change-daylight-saving-spring-health">Daylight Saving Time can be to our sleep, our health and our behavior, and hear about some efforts to change it.</a>
Would you like to see <a href="https://www.almanac.com/states-object-changing-clocks-daylight-saving-time">Daylight Saving Time abolished?</a>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

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Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

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