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--- northamerica | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/northamerica b/northamerica index 8771d96..42e18c7 100644 --- a/northamerica +++ b/northamerica @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ # For more about the first ten years of DST in the United States, see # Robert Garland, Ten years of daylight saving from the Pittsburgh standpoint # (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1927). -# http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/dst.html +# https://web.archive.org/web/20160517155308/http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/dst.... # # Shanks says that DST was called "War Time" in the US in 1918 and 1919. # However, DST was imposed by the Standard Time Act of 1918, which -- 2.21.0

--- tz-link.html | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) diff --git a/tz-link.html b/tz-link.html index e34ea20..92e48d7 100644 --- a/tz-link.html +++ b/tz-link.html @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ area. <ul> <li><a href="#civil">Civil time concepts and history</a></li> <li><a href="#national">National histories of legal time</a></li> + <li><a href="#costs">Costs and benefits of time shifts</a></li> <li><a href="#precision">Precision timekeeping</a></li> <li><a href="#notation">Time notation</a></li> <li><a href="#see-also">See also</a></li> @@ -885,6 +886,40 @@ href="http://www.armada.gub.uy/sohma/index.php/servicios/datos-astronomicos" hre </dl> </section> +<section> +<h2 id="costs">Costs and benefits of time shifts</h2> +<p>Various sources argue for and against daylight saving time and time +zone shifts, and many scientific studies have been conducted. This +section summarizes reviews of scientific literature in the area.</p> +<ul> +<li>Carey RN, Sarma KM. +<a href="https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/6/e014319.long">Impact of +daylight saving time on road traffic collision risk: a systematic +review</a>. +<em>BMJ Open.</em> 2017;7(6):e014319. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014319">10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014319</a>. +This reviews research literature and concludes that the evidence +neither supports nor refutes road safety benefits from +shifts in time zones.</li> +<li>Havranek T, Herman D, Irsova D. +<a href="https://www.econstor.eu/handle/10419/174191">Does daylight +saving save electricity? A meta-analysis</a>. <em>Energy J.</em> +2018;39(2). +doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.5547/01956574.39.2.thav">10.5547/01956574.39.2.thav</a>. +This analyzes research literature and concludes, "Electricity savings +are larger for countries farther away from the equator, while +subtropical regions consume more electricity because of DST."</li> +<li>Roenneberg T, Winnebeck EC, Klerman EB. +<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6692659/">Daylight +saving time and artificial time zones – a battle between +biological and social times</a>. <em>Front Physiol.</em> 2019;10:944. +doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.00944">10.3389/fphys.2019.00944</a>. +This reviews evidence about the health effects of DST and concludes, +"In summary, the scientific literature strongly argues against the +switching between DST and Standard Time and even more so against +adopting DST permanently."</li> +</ul> +</section> + <section> <h2 id="precision">Precision timekeeping</h2> <ul> -- 2.21.0
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