On Sunday, 7 January 2018 12:33:53 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 07 Jan 2018 12:25:07 +0000, Mick wrote: > > > Although it was actually introduce, first by Germany then by Britain, > > > in 1915 to improve productivity for the war effort. Britain also > > > introduced licencing hours at the same time to avoid workers turning > > > up hungover. > > > > Hmm ... according to Wikipedia it was conceived in the 19th century, > > well before the World Wars. Canada was the first place where DST was > > introduced, in Ontario only. Tis true nevertheless that the German > > Empire introduced it during the Great War to conserve coal, 5 years > > later. > > I didn't know about the Canadian usage, only the wartime usage.
I've always understood it was to give farmers more evening daylight to work in the fields and to get the harvest in. School summer breaks were long so that the children could go out with them to help. -- Regards, Peter.
