Experts explain how to reset your body clock and why permanent standard time makes senseTell us: have you fallen in love this year?Call me an idealist, but I like to imagine someday my grandchildren will be baffled when I tell them about daylight saving time, and how the clock used to change twice a year. “That’s so wild, Grandma,” they’ll say before switching on their AI neural implants, or whatever other technological horrors will exist by then.Daylight saving time (DST) was first established in Germany during the first world war as an energy-saving measure – more hours of daylight in the evening meant less coal was needed for fires. Other countries including the UK and the US soon followed suit.Getting ahead of the change by “gradually shifting bedtime and wake-up time by 15-20 minutes in the days leading up to the clock change”;Getting exposure to sunlight first thing in the morning “to help reset the biological clock”;Avoiding “caffeine, alcohol and heavy meals” close to bedtime; andMaintaining a consistent sleep schedule, even on weekends. Continue reading...