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Re:Timezone Bullshit by iso1631 on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @08:11AM (#26088595)
The sun rises in Singapore between 0655 and 0715 depending on the time of the year. How would changing the clock help at all?
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Re:Timezone Bullshit by throw0101a on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @12:04PM (#26091794)
It wouldn't, as it gets ~12 hours at both solstices:

* https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/singapore/singapore

DST is mostly for countries closer to the poles. See my other comment:

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26088383

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