‘Kind of messed me up this morning' Knoxville community shares thoughts on springing clocks forward
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — On Sunday, East Tennesseans turned their clocks forward in observance of daylight-saving time, making the most of longer daylight hours with Spring approaching.
Daylight-saving time has been a topic of debate in recent years, even sparking a proposed bill in the Tennessee legislature in 2023. Some support permanent daylight-saving time, while others wish to eliminate it altogether.
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News 6 asked people in Market Square about their thoughts on daylight-saving time. For some, the shift means losing an hour of sleep, leaving them feeling fatigued.
'Kind of messed me up this morning. We had to be up at like, I think like 6:30 a.m. So, like, it totally messed me up. I'm very exhausted right now. I don't like daylight-savings. I guess I just don't see the point in it. I love consistency. I'm all about consistency. So, I would prefer it just to be one or the other,' explained Nathaniel Morris a Knoxville visitor from Colorado.
'We love sunshine. We hate the change. So, this morning, I thought I was getting up at seven… and it wasn't. So that was rough, but I don't know that we have much use for it anymore. So, I think it would be really nice to have it where we don't have a week at the front end and a week at the back end trying to adjust, and it's especially hard on kids,' added new resident Rachel Robinson.
Another Knoxville local Alecia Johnson works in healthcare and shares the effects of the time change can be harmful. 'It's a little bit harder on seasonal depression and things like that, sundowning stuff like that and dementia,' said Johnson
Others are either indifferent or all in favor of the extra sunlight.
'Daylight-savings don't matter to me. I get up at 5:00 every morning. It don't matter if it's snowing, raining, dark, light, don't matter to me,' said Eric Harrison.
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'I really feel like the time needed to just move forward, right? Like I was ready for some daylight in the evenings. I really don't love the winter time change. It really causes the sleep cycle to change a little bit. It really makes the nights sort of feel a lot longer, even though it's the same amount of time. It just starts a little earlier, causing us to go to bed earlier and wake up earlier. So, I'm really thankful that the time changed. I hope they don't ever change it back,' shared John Miracle, Knoxville resident of over 20 years.
Daylight-saving time will end on November 2nd this year.
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