Re:EU to stop changing the clocks in 2019
by _ph_ on Monday September 17, 2018 @04:05PM
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If you look at the map in the article, currently the largest part of the EU is in one timezone, which is increadibly convenient. It would be sad to have that split apart. Especially if that means, that the time zones are split apart in any other matter than an clear east-west sorting.
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Re:EU to stop changing the clocks in 2019
by pmontra on Monday September 17, 2018 @05:26PM
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Countries in the north have long hours of light in summer and long hours of darkness in winter. Shifting time by one hour doesn't seem to make any difference, but I live in the south so I have no direct experience. We have light from about 5 AM to 10 PM in June with DST. That's very convenient. Maybe I'd go for double DST, even more convenient: people still sleep here at 6 AM. DST in winter would mean to get out in the dark at 8 AM, Scandinavia like. I don't look forward to it, but I don't look forward to darkness at 9 PM in summer and useless light at 4 AM. So I voted for keeping the current system (I lost) and for permanent DST (a useless vote because it will be decided country by country).
Re:EU to stop changing the clocks in 2019
by tener on Monday September 17, 2018 @04:15PM
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Working with team with 1h time zone difference on a daily basis. Makes little difference. I guess 2h would be more noticeable but still fine.
OTOH 6h difference is a real killer. You have very small window for real time communication. The fallback is email but that can be very inefficient.