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Re:Finland to propose that EU abolish daylight savings time by mpweiher on Sunday January 28, 2018 @03:59PM (#16253442)
It's a good idea. However, it is incompatible with having the same time across a fairly large swathe of longitudes.

The benefits of having a common time such as CET/MEZ for most of continental Europe outweigh the nicety of having 12 noon correspond to the high point of the sun's arc in the sky.

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Re:Finland to propose that EU abolish daylight savings time by akvadrako on Sunday January 28, 2018 @04:11PM (#16253526)
You could actually do even better and just make all of the EU one timezone - since it doesn't have much to do with high noon anyway.
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Re:Finland to propose that EU abolish daylight savings time by mpweiher on Sunday January 28, 2018 @04:21PM (#16253585)
A good idea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Time_zones_of_Europe.svg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Time

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