EU to stop changing the clocks in 2019

Re:EU to stop changing the clocks in 2019 by bhaak on Monday September 17, 2018 @03:38PM (#18009243)

I hate to break this to you but at least in continental Europe, you don't find a big area where the sun is at its highest point in the sky.

The CET timezone has that property for the town of Goerlitz or, to a slightly less extend, Vienna. That means almost all of Germany, France, and Spain doesn't already have that property.

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Re:EU to stop changing the clocks in 2019 by zokier on Monday September 17, 2018 @04:09PM (#18009544)

Looking at this map[1], it doesn't seem that bad. I mean sure, France, Spain and Benelux could move to +0, but other than that the time zones seem to match reasonably well to solar time all things considered. For example both Berlin and Rome seem to be pretty well matched. Notably it would seem like using summer time would make everything worse, shifting the time zones in wrong direction.

[1] http://blog.poormansmath.net/images/SolarTimeVsStandardTimeV...

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Re:EU to stop changing the clocks in 2019 by pmontra on Monday September 17, 2018 @05:45PM (#18010392)

Summer time is a better match for Italian habits. Business hours are 9 to 18, lunch break at 13. The South of the country has meals at least an hour later than the North. I hope we move to UTC+2.

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