Nothing much changes! UK Daylight Saving Bill - 1909 William Churchill, President of the Board of Trade … this Bill does not propose a change from Natural Time to Artificial Time, but only to substitute a convenient standard of Artificial Time for an inconvenient standard of Artificial Time … Kevin
> On 19 Nov. 2016, at 23:40, John Pickard <john.pick...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Good morning from sunny Sydney, > > If you think that Europe has a problem with DST, you should try Australia > which can only be described as a dog's breakfast. Queensland steadfastly > refuses to go on DST because the extra couple of hours of daylight fades the > curtains. Although we have a nominal three time zones (AEST, ACST, AWST) > there are a couple of towns / villages with times artificially set to be > outside the zones they live in. This was originally for commercial reasons, > making it easier to do business in adjoining states. These days, such changes > are pointless and unnecessary with the internet, but seem to be retained for > no particular reason other than to be different. On top of this is DST in > various states. As a consequence in summer you can meet more than five > different times in Australia which means that on a long trip you can spend a > lot of time changing the clocks in cameras, etc. > > Most of us in the southern states like DST (regardless of its effect on our > curtains!) and look forward to it at the end of winter. Equally, we don't > like when it ends. > > Of course the funniest thing about DST are the arguments of opponents who > seem to think that the 24 hour clock is some immutable thing handed down from > the gods, rather than a convenient human construct. And if you change the > time, then the world as we all know it will come to a shuddering end. These > people simply don't understand that the only thing that changes is the "time" > you get out of bed. Although I mostly work from 0700 to 1800 or thereabouts, > I have done fieldwork in Antarctica and Patagonia where we changed to later > starts and finishes because of the extreme winds in the morning. Why start at > 0700 and get hammered by wind all morning when you can start at 1200 (when > the wind has died down), and work the same number of hours through the > afternoon and evening relatively wind-free? So we had breakfast at 1100, hit > the ice at 1200 and worked through until about 2200 with almost no wind. Of > course, this is only really feasible in high latitudes in summer with very > extended daylight hours. But it does show that "time" as shown on a clock > face is often irrelevant. > > > Cheers, John > > John Pickard > john.pick...@bigpond.com > > -----Original Message----- From: Isabella McFedries > Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2016 4:02 PM > To: sundial@uni-koeln.de > Subject: Re: Permanent DST > > In message > <cacouayqb2vmbu9l9tcs9bsv_yqmn-wsveul89cx9k9racyt...@mail.gmail.com> > Dan-George Uza <cerculdest...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear group, >> >> We are witnessing a few interesting developments! After Turkey decided a >> few months ago to remain on Daylight Saving Time all year round, Hungary is >> now considering to do the same. >> >> http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/hungary-mulls-staying-on-daylight-saving-time-all-year-round/ >> >> If the measure passes, neighboring countries Hungary and Romania will share >> the same official time for half of the year although they are located in >> different time zones (CET and EET respectively). For eastern Hungary the >> sun sets at about 15:40 during winter, i.e more than an hour ahead of >> Paris, which shares its time zone. >> >> I'm wondering: aren't EU member states supposed to equally follow DST by >> law? >> >> >> Dan Uza > > > Hi, Dan > > You are PARTLY correct - but (as I understand it), all EU member countries > must CHANGE their clocks on the SAME date, although they still keep their > individual Time-zones. For example, UK and Ireland are on GMT, whereas > France/Germany are on CET, and countries such as Greece on CET + 1 hour. > > There are other examples of locations which are on PERMANENT 'Daylight > Saving' time - for example here in Canada, the province of Saskatchewan > should really be in the 'Mountain' zone (GMT-7), but always STAYS in the > 'Central' zone (GMT-6) and so does NOT change its clocks twice a year. > > I am afraid that these things are always for the Politicians to decide! > > > Sincerely, > > Isabella McFedries. > > > -- > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >
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