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I almost always use light mode during the day, and dark mode at night. I use Shifty to have dark mode turn on automatically when it's sunset.
 
dark mode doesn't have to be a 'day/night' thing; i use it all the time, and use night shift as well. but, as pointed out above, an app like 'shifty' will do what you want.
 
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