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Bugg
Senior Cruncher USA Joined: Nov 19, 2006 Post Count: 271 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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AFAIK the entire DST premise and it actually being around was done for commerce reasons. The more light there is later in the day, the more people seem to be "out and about" and spending money. In that respect, it seems to make a slight impact for businesses here.
----------------------------------------Again, this is only AFAIK. I read it somewhere once a long time ago. Can anyone confirm this to be either true/untrue?  i5-12600K (3.7GHz), 32GB DDR5, Win11 64bit Home |
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Former Member
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AFAIK it was introduced in my country - Where I Live, Bugg - during the Nazi German occupation 1940-1945
in order to conserve energy. We flicked on the light later in the evening - and turned it on earlier in the morning ... duh! At one point I believe we turned the time two full hours back! But it may have been a morale booster ... |
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Former Member
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To DST or to not to DST, that is the question...
----------------------------------------I would say this: We can choose to either sanitize reality and live under a form of suspension-of-disbelief, or accept reality and make adjustments on account of that reality. I see DST as falling more on the former while the idea of leap year DST is a man-made, artificial, political, and yes business prescription that has no scientific basis. The closer one is attuned to ; ; edit1_2012.03.25Su.0914(none-DST).utc > spell-check ; edit2_2012.03.28We.1309(none-DST).utc > sanitation of ; [Edit 2 times, last edit by Former Member at Mar 28, 2012 5:09:39 AM] |
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jonnieb-uk
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British Summer Time (BST) one hour ahead of GMT was first introduced in the UK in 1916 as a wartime measure. The practice continued until 1922 (start Mar 26 end Oct 8). In 1922 new legislation determined that summertime would begin on the the day following the third Saturday in April and end on the day following the third Saturday in September.
----------------------------------------In 1939/40 emergency powers changed the start to the day after the fourth Saturday in February and end the day after the third Saturday in November. In Oct 1940 Summertime was extend to cover the entire year i.e. Permanently 1hr ahead of GMT In 1941 Double Summertime was introduced (2hrs ahead of GMT) beginning the first Saturday in May and ending on the day after the second Saturday in August. 'Normal' Summertime returned in 1947 In 1967 a 3 year experiment was conducted with British Standard Time all year round (GMT +1hr) Since 1980 arrangements for Summertime have been set by the European Union finally establishing common start and end times across the EU as the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October. |
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What an excellent explanation, jonnieb-uk
 As much as I am against the EU and DST, there is much to be said for a Europewide harmonisation  If we must have DST, it would be nice if the USA and the EU could agree on common start and end dates also - after all the sun rises and sets according to the same schedule  |
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jonnieb-uk
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As much as I am against the EU and DST, there is much to be said for a Europewide harmonisation Hear, Hear!  Forget the megalomaniac ideas of political and monetary union and return to the essentials of free trade i.e. the Common Market. What an excellent explanation, jonnieb-uk My brief synopsis was taken from here: http://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/ and I quote "successive governments have proved incapable of avoiding tampering with the clocks" and of course the great British public continues to debate the subject! |
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Former Member
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EU: No!
Common Market: Yes! So nice to meet one who shares this point of view  Very à propos: A major Danish newspaper is taking a poll today: DST: Yes or No. 65% says No! to DST, which as far as I remember is very much different from what it used to be. - and the dog from their illustration has not lost his common sense: "For Heaven's sake - it's only six o'clock!"  |
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Mysteron347
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That was a good one Mysteron347, and little_mermaid's post too!
Yes! to EU_harmonization. Yes! to EU-US_harmonization, and even more Yes! to world_harmonization -- but definitely not via DST! If anything, DST has the potential to throw a stumbling block to an otherwise world_harmonization unshakably anchored in scientific facts.  ; |
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gb009761
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Unfortunately, it's that time again - so everyone who's affected by this, a gentle reminder to re-adjust your Forum timezone...
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