It will be stopped in the EU in 2021. Each country will decide whether they stay with DST or in the standard time zone.
I suppose groups of countries with tight economic relations will stay in the same time zone.
I suppose groups of countries with tight economic relations will stay in the same time zone.
Being only 17 minutes from GMT, and 43 minutes from MET or Berlin time (only Portugal is more 'western'), people here are scratching their heads if they want to skip DST altogether starting evening halfway the afternoon in winter or keep it all year round enabling daylight until almost midnight in summer.
It was a joke.
Sadly, over a century later, someone forgot it was a joke.
In USA, in WWI, there was an argument that it would reduce lighting load on the electric companies and free-up coal for war-ships. I don't think that was true then, we had mass-hysteria about many things in that time. Studies showing it has no effect today (especially with national grid) are always balanced by other studies who find a difference 😕
And certainly farmers don't keep DST!!
2 states in Australia, Western Australia and Queensland, because in QLD it was proven to fade the curtains😉.
We have it and in the middle of summer it does not get dark till around 10pm.
Why does the editor add multiple CR lines between paragraphs, it's not even consistent. I just edited this because there was 4 CR lines when I only added 1
I thought it was for safety and so kids had daylight to go to school in the morning.
Anyway if they quit it I hope it stays ahead as I enjoy the extra light at night and I think it's a valid safety factor for pedestrians, drivers, & pilots.
Anyway if they quit it I hope it stays ahead as I enjoy the extra light at night and I think it's a valid safety factor for pedestrians, drivers, & pilots.
I can remember that wheeze about children going to school in the dark.
In the real world they end up going home in the dark instead rendering that wheeze pointless.
It they get the light in the evening they may just stay away from there screens for little bit longer.
In the real world they end up going home in the dark instead rendering that wheeze pointless.
It they get the light in the evening they may just stay away from there screens for little bit longer.
Am I misunderstanding the first part of post 26?
With DST it's dark for an hour longer in the morning.
With DST it's dark for an hour longer in the morning.
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I meant the time change for the winter but prefer DST. As along as my province doesn't end up like SK is my hope!
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Hate DST and think we are also in the wrong time zone.
New England states at various times have toyed with the idea of shifting to Atlantic standard time and doing away with DST altogether. (We're currently and unfortunately will probably remain in the eastern time zone, can't imagine the U.S. congress is ever going to act.)
New England states at various times have toyed with the idea of shifting to Atlantic standard time and doing away with DST altogether. (We're currently and unfortunately will probably remain in the eastern time zone, can't imagine the U.S. congress is ever going to act.)
We can thank the U.S. of A that they worked hard to influence other countries to follow their decision on incorporating this horrible time adjustment scheme.
I've signed lots of protests against this over the years.
As a curiousity I can mention that some insurance companies are also interested in stopping this time adjustment thing, since there are more accidents the following mondays...
I've signed lots of protests against this over the years.
As a curiousity I can mention that some insurance companies are also interested in stopping this time adjustment thing, since there are more accidents the following mondays...
Have you seen "Hot Fuzz"?, that's all about "the greater good". 😀
Hot Fuzz (2007) - IMDb
The time adjustment thing is more or less completely useless in Norway at least, the amount of daylight has so much variation through the year that it just does not make any kind of sense adjusting time one hour back and forth to "compensate."
Hot Fuzz (2007) - IMDb
The time adjustment thing is more or less completely useless in Norway at least, the amount of daylight has so much variation through the year that it just does not make any kind of sense adjusting time one hour back and forth to "compensate."
From wiki:
Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada was the first city in the world to enact DST, on July 1, 1908.[35][36] This was followed by Orillia, Ontario, introduced by William Sword Frost while mayor from 1911 to 1912.[37] The first states to adopt DST (German: Sommerzeit) nationally were those of the German Empire and its World War I ally Austria-Hungary commencing April 30, 1916, as a way to conserve coal during wartime. Britain, most of its allies, and many European neutrals soon followed. Russia and a few other countries waited until the next year, and the United States adopted daylight saving in 1918. Most jurisdictions abandoned DST in the years after the war ended in 1918, with exceptions including Canada, the UK, France, Ireland, and the United States. It became common during World War II, and was widely adopted in America and Europe from the 1970s as a result of the 1970s energy crisis. Since then, the world has seen many enactments, adjustments, and repeals.
Hmmm. Seems there may have been some factual errors in my primary school education, I clearly remember they "laid the blame" on Benjamin Franklin.
Yes, but what the teachers said and the wording/sentence build in the books did not leave much room for interpretation. It was depicted like some kind of political issue/agreements. May well be I'm not remembering it 100% correctly, nevertheless, it's better to blame someone else for my own shortcomings. 😀
It is a good safety (more accidents in the dark) thing in NA and maybe best to leave it on DST year around.
Back when it came out most rural areas didn't have electricity, and the extra hour allowed more outside things like sports to be practiced also.
Now there is less care because many are inside on their devices etc and they don't think of the safety benefit when driving/walking.
Back when it came out most rural areas didn't have electricity, and the extra hour allowed more outside things like sports to be practiced also.
Now there is less care because many are inside on their devices etc and they don't think of the safety benefit when driving/walking.