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I will never understand why people want the time we only use for 3 months to be the time we use for the whole year. I would rather people just be able to admit that December is dark (for the northern hemisphere) and we can do shit at a different time.
I literally couldn’t care less which time we pick, I just want the madness to STOP
Totally this discussion has been going on for ages let's just say its dumb in this fay and age and stop it.
wdym 3 months? both CET and CEST are used approximately half a year
In North America DST is used from second Sunday of March until first Sunday of November.
This means there are 239 days in DST, and 126 days out of DST in 2025. Close to 2 to 1 ratio.
I know it's different with CEST and CET, and it sucks even more donkeyballs there, when the sun sets around 4PM (instead of 5) regardless.
DST should really be the standard in most places. You want more sunlight in the afternoon, not in the morning.
I prefer more sunlight in the morning. It's better for your circadian rhythm and it is easier to wake up when it's bright outside.
I'd definitely prefer more sunlight in the morning. It's 6:45am right now and the sun hasn't even risen yet and won't start for another half hour.
Meanwhile, more sunlight later in the day is often gone to waste anyway, between work/commute/dinner/etc. It's especially wasteful later in the summer... You already have sunlight super late in the day anyway.
But honestly, I would take either as long as it stops changing.
Of course the US does DST several weeks later than the rest of the world
I think you have that backwards. The US changed their clocks to DST several weeks ago (March 9).
https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/usa
https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/uk
Yep, the “standard” time should definitely be what we currently call daylight saving.
I completely agree. Plus, it gives everyone an hour of light that would otherwise be wasted working.
It's the standard. It's what clocks are "supposed" to be set at. DST forces everyone to pretend it's another time. Let people take advantage of summer daylight how they see fit rather than forcing them to.
Even better for us Dutchies: CEST shifts us one hour, but our timezone is the same as the rest of the mainland, but technically we're inside the UTC zone, so we're actually shifted 2 hours from where we're supposed to be!
Fuck the economy, I want our times fixed, so we can sleep better!
Time is a human construct there is no “supposed”.
Yeah, but we spend just over 4 months on "standard" time, and almost 8 months on "summer" time. Why do we only use "standard" time for roughly 1/3 of the year?