Hi Rob from memory it was referred to as "Double Summer Time" .....looking at my very wet window ....we should be so lucky!! :-))
Alan G3NYK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Kimberley" <[email protected]> To: "'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 5:49 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] The future of UTC > I believe we had double daylight saving over here (UK) during WWII. > > Rob K > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Chris Albertson > Sent: 18 July 2011 5:17 PM > To: [email protected]; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] The future of UTC > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Mike Naruta AA8K <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If advancing the clocks one hour saves so much daylight, why not > > advance the clocks by two hours to save even more? > > The amount of time to move the clock depends on how far north you live. > Days being even longer at high latitudes. I think one hour is a compromise. > There have been proposals to do what they call "double daylight saving time" > -- > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
