{
  "id": 440525,
  "title": "How to deal with different time zones?",
  "url": "/competitions/child-mind-institute-detect-sleep-states/discussion/440525",
  "author_name": "JavaZero",
  "post_date": "2023-09-15T08:37:05.063000",
  "votes": 8,
  "comment_count": 9,
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  "content": "<pre><code>\n,dfc3ccebfdc9,,wakeup,,-- ::-:,\n,dfc3ccebfdc9,,onset,,-- ::-:,\n,dfc3ccebfdc9,,wakeup,,-- ::-:,\n</code></pre>\n<p>As you can see, the same <code>series_id</code> may correspond to different time zones (I'm guessing it's a DST conversion?) . </p>\n<p>Since I have no experience living in an area with daylight saving time, I'm more curious about people living in an area with daylight saving time, if they usually go to bed at 10pm, do they still go to bed at 10pm after the time zone change? Or do we go to bed at 11pm? 🤔（Do people keep \"time\", or do they keep a biological clock?）</p>\n<p>This is still an interesting question. Since the contest uses absolute time (there is no concept of time zones), then we may need to give the model time zone information, otherwise it may cause our model to be puzzled.</p>",
  "messages": [
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      "postDate": "2023-09-15T08:37:05.063Z",
      "content": "<pre><code>\n,dfc3ccebfdc9,,wakeup,,-- ::-:,\n,dfc3ccebfdc9,,onset,,-- ::-:,\n,dfc3ccebfdc9,,wakeup,,-- ::-:,\n</code></pre>\n<p>As you can see, the same <code>series_id</code> may correspond to different time zones (I'm guessing it's a DST conversion?) . </p>\n<p>Since I have no experience living in an area with daylight saving time, I'm more curious about people living in an area with daylight saving time, if they usually go to bed at 10pm, do they still go to bed at 10pm after the time zone change? Or do we go to bed at 11pm? 🤔（Do people keep \"time\", or do they keep a biological clock?）</p>\n<p>This is still an interesting question. Since the contest uses absolute time (there is no concept of time zones), then we may need to give the model time zone information, otherwise it may cause our model to be puzzled.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "```\n# example\n12285,dfc3ccebfdc9,22,wakeup,372312,2019-03-16 04:51:00-05:00,0\n12286,dfc3ccebfdc9,23,onset,384276,2019-03-16 21:28:00-05:00,1\n12287,dfc3ccebfdc9,23,wakeup,390588,2019-03-17 07:14:00-04:00,0\n```\n\nAs you can see, the same `series_id` may correspond to different time zones (I'm guessing it's a DST conversion?) . \n\nSince I have no experience living in an area with daylight saving time, I'm more curious about people living in an area with daylight saving time, if they usually go to bed at 10pm, do they still go to bed at 10pm after the time zone change? Or do we go to bed at 11pm? 🤔（Do people keep \"time\", or do they keep a biological clock?）\n\n\nThis is still an interesting question. Since the contest uses absolute time (there is no concept of time zones), then we may need to give the model time zone information, otherwise it may cause our model to be puzzled.",
      "votes": 7
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    {
      "id": 2444285,
      "postDate": "2023-09-18T08:38:05.050Z",
      "content": "<p>from my experience: Adults needs 2-3 days to change their routines while kids keep biological clock 😅</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "from my experience: Adults needs 2-3 days to change their routines while kids keep biological clock 😅",
      "votes": 5,
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          "postDate": "2023-09-18T19:14:54.753Z",
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      "id": 2446051,
      "postDate": "2023-09-19T08:11:44.490Z",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/jimmyisme1\" target=\"_blank\">@jimmyisme1</a> : Hey Jimmy,</p>\n<p>Interesting topic, thanks for raising it.</p>\n<p>Just a side note on DST, there has been a severe dataset issue with respect to recording DST. You can check <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/child-mind-institute-detect-sleep-states/discussion/440697\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/child-mind-institute-detect-sleep-states/discussion/440697</a> for more info.</p>\n<p>Yesterday, the competition hosts completed the data update as well as performed the leadeabord rescoring. You may need to retrain your model with the updated data to recover previous model performance, to avoid the effects described in <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/child-mind-institute-detect-sleep-states/discussion/441415\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/child-mind-institute-detect-sleep-states/discussion/441415</a> .</p>\n<p>I hope it is helpful.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "@jimmyisme1 : Hey Jimmy,\n\nInteresting topic, thanks for raising it.\n\nJust a side note on DST, there has been a severe dataset issue with respect to recording DST. You can check https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/child-mind-institute-detect-sleep-states/discussion/440697 for more info.\n\nYesterday, the competition hosts completed the data update as well as performed the leadeabord rescoring. You may need to retrain your model with the updated data to recover previous model performance, to avoid the effects described in https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/child-mind-institute-detect-sleep-states/discussion/441415 .\n\nI hope it is helpful.",
      "votes": 1
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      "id": 2440092,
      "postDate": "2023-09-15T09:00:17.967Z",
      "content": "<p>For now I'm going to simply standardize all the timezones, since the submission only cares about <code>step</code>. and the time is just used as an input to the model.<br>\nbtw, I'm still very curious if people change their bedtime when the time changes to daylight saving time. 😃</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "For now I'm going to simply standardize all the timezones, since the submission only cares about `step`. and the time is just used as an input to the model.\nbtw, I'm still very curious if people change their bedtime when the time changes to daylight saving time. 😃",
      "votes": 2,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2440414,
          "postDate": "2023-09-15T13:41:22.573Z",
          "content": "<p>There is definitely an adjustment period</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "There is definitely an adjustment period",
          "votes": 2
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      ]
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    {
      "id": 2441448,
      "postDate": "2023-09-16T07:38:15.167Z",
      "content": "<p>I'm not used to daylight saving time either, so I'd like to know more about it. Is the following correct? Thank you!</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunrise and sunset remain unchanged in the regular time zone</li>\n<li>With DST, all daily living hours are brought forward by one hour.</li>\n</ul>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I'm not used to daylight saving time either, so I'd like to know more about it. Is the following correct? Thank you!\n\n* Sunrise and sunset remain unchanged in the regular time zone\n* With DST, all daily living hours are brought forward by one hour.",
      "replies": [
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          "id": 2442272,
          "postDate": "2023-09-16T21:02:28.777Z",
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            {
              "id": 2442299,
              "postDate": "2023-09-16T22:00:35.023Z",
              "content": "<p>Thanks <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/weka511\" target=\"_blank\">@weka511</a>. I learned a lot about DST. Because it has such a big impact on daily life (even cows), I can kind of understand why it hasn't taken root in my country.</p>",
              "rawMarkdown": "Thanks @weka511. I learned a lot about DST. Because it has such a big impact on daily life (even cows), I can kind of understand why it hasn't taken root in my country.",
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      "id": 2441271,
      "postDate": "2023-09-16T05:56:45.073Z",
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      "id": 2444285,
      "author_name": "Michalina Hulak",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2023-09-18T08:38:05.050000",
      "content": "<p>from my experience: Adults needs 2-3 days to change their routines while kids keep biological clock 😅</p>",
      "votes": 5,
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      "id": 2446051,
      "author_name": "Georgii Vyshnia",
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      "post_date": "2023-09-19T08:11:44.490000",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/jimmyisme1\" target=\"_blank\">@jimmyisme1</a> : Hey Jimmy,</p>\n<p>Interesting topic, thanks for raising it.</p>\n<p>Just a side note on DST, there has been a severe dataset issue with respect to recording DST. You can check <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/child-mind-institute-detect-sleep-states/discussion/440697\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/child-mind-institute-detect-sleep-states/discussion/440697</a> for more info.</p>\n<p>Yesterday, the competition hosts completed the data update as well as performed the leadeabord rescoring. You may need to retrain your model with the updated data to recover previous model performance, to avoid the effects described in <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/child-mind-institute-detect-sleep-states/discussion/441415\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/child-mind-institute-detect-sleep-states/discussion/441415</a> .</p>\n<p>I hope it is helpful.</p>",
      "votes": 1,
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    {
      "id": 2440092,
      "author_name": "JavaZero",
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      "post_date": "2023-09-15T09:00:17.967000",
      "content": "<p>For now I'm going to simply standardize all the timezones, since the submission only cares about <code>step</code>. and the time is just used as an input to the model.<br>\nbtw, I'm still very curious if people change their bedtime when the time changes to daylight saving time. 😃</p>",
      "votes": 2,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2440414,
          "author_name": "Tolga",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2023-09-15T13:41:22.573000",
          "content": "<p>There is definitely an adjustment period</p>",
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      "id": 2441448,
      "author_name": "mh",
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      "post_date": "2023-09-16T07:38:15.167000",
      "content": "<p>I'm not used to daylight saving time either, so I'd like to know more about it. Is the following correct? Thank you!</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunrise and sunset remain unchanged in the regular time zone</li>\n<li>With DST, all daily living hours are brought forward by one hour.</li>\n</ul>",
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              "id": 2442299,
              "author_name": "mh",
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              "post_date": "2023-09-16T22:00:35.023000",
              "content": "<p>Thanks <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/weka511\" target=\"_blank\">@weka511</a>. I learned a lot about DST. Because it has such a big impact on daily life (even cows), I can kind of understand why it hasn't taken root in my country.</p>",
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    "2440045": "```\n# example\n12285,dfc3ccebfdc9,22,wakeup,372312,2019-03-16 04:51:00-05:00,0\n12286,dfc3ccebfdc9,23,onset,384276,2019-03-16 21:28:00-05:00,1\n12287,dfc3ccebfdc9,23,wakeup,390588,2019-03-17 07:14:00-04:00,0\n```\n\nAs you can see, the same `series_id` may correspond to different time zones (I'm guessing it's a DST conversion?) . \n\nSince I have no experience living in an area with daylight saving time, I'm more curious about people living in an area with daylight saving time, if they usually go to bed at 10pm, do they still go to bed at 10pm after the time zone change? Or do we go to bed at 11pm? 🤔（Do people keep \"time\", or do they keep a biological clock?）\n\n\nThis is still an interesting question. Since the contest uses absolute time (there is no concept of time zones), then we may need to give the model time zone information, otherwise it may cause our model to be puzzled.",
    "2444285": "from my experience: Adults needs 2-3 days to change their routines while kids keep biological clock 😅",
    "2446051": "@jimmyisme1 : Hey Jimmy,\n\nInteresting topic, thanks for raising it.\n\nJust a side note on DST, there has been a severe dataset issue with respect to recording DST. You can check https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/child-mind-institute-detect-sleep-states/discussion/440697 for more info.\n\nYesterday, the competition hosts completed the data update as well as performed the leadeabord rescoring. You may need to retrain your model with the updated data to recover previous model performance, to avoid the effects described in https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/child-mind-institute-detect-sleep-states/discussion/441415 .\n\nI hope it is helpful.",
    "2440092": "For now I'm going to simply standardize all the timezones, since the submission only cares about `step`. and the time is just used as an input to the model.\nbtw, I'm still very curious if people change their bedtime when the time changes to daylight saving time. 😃",
    "2441448": "I'm not used to daylight saving time either, so I'd like to know more about it. Is the following correct? Thank you!\n\n* Sunrise and sunset remain unchanged in the regular time zone\n* With DST, all daily living hours are brought forward by one hour.",
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