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Re:U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings ti... by gecko on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:13PM (#25647774)
Eh, it's just saying whether we'll stay an extra +0100 from UTC or not. I don't see a big deal. If people prefer the extra daylight in summer overall, then I don't really see it making a big difference.
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Re:U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings ti... by kibwen on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:17PM (#25647826)
I'm one of those people who would much prefer more sunlight in the afternoon, even at the expense of less sunlight in the morning. Sign me up for this bill.
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Re:U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings ti... by wenc on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:27PM (#25648018)
I don't mind either way, but it does make a difference for coordinating meetings and for international commerce.

Adding 1 hr is advantageous because it will give the Americas (UTC -8 to -5, minus Hawaii and Alaska) an extra usable overlap hour for meetings with Europe (~UTC 0 to +2), and with Asia-Pacific (~UTC +8 to +9) for 18 weeks of the year.

Europe observes daylight savings, but Asia largely doesn't [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time

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Re:U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings ti... by jschulenklopper on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @02:19PM (#25649736)
Abolishing DST (or rather: switching time twice per year) in Europe is planned as well.
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