Summer/winter time

[tzijlstra]

The EU is about to discuss abandoning summer/winter time - the dreaded clockchange is seen as old fashioned and many people don't like being knocked out of rhythm by it.

 

What do you think, should we keep it?

[Padders]

Iv"e always said why not move them 2hrs.(instead of 1hr like now) that gives you an extra hour daylight in the summer. it has been advocated in the past, but not been tried.

I say bring it on.

[Mandem]

Iv"e always said why not move them 2hrs.(instead of 1hr like now) that gives you an extra hour daylight in the summer. it has been advocated in the past, but not been tried.

I say bring it on.

 

I agree with this 100% I hate dark nights. The powers that be keep on about children going to school in the dark, but nowadays most children are escorted to school, whereas in the "olden days" we all walked to school on our own

[barleycorn]

Iv"e always said why not move them 2hrs.(instead of 1hr like now) that gives you an extra hour daylight in the summer. it has been advocated in the past, but not been tried.

I say bring it on.

Double summer time, bring it on... and it has been tried, during WW2.

 

The Summertime Act of 1916 established two clock changes per year. During the second world war, double British summer time was invented as an energy-saving device, effectively putting the country on the same footing as mainland Europe - GMT+1 in the winter, and GMT+2 in the summer. In 1947, Britain reverted to normal. Then, in 1968, a three-year experiment was conducted with British Standard Time, keeping the clocks fixed throughout the year on GMT+1. However, the dark winter mornings were unpopular, particularly in Scotland. In 1971, MPs voted to return to the system that endures today.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/jun/24/comment.mainsection2

[dutch]

If it takes too long for daylight to come after waking it creates a certain out of balanced effect to waking more than an early darkness does to sleeping.

[TheNugget]

It gets light pretty early in summer and stays light late. Why not just leave it on wintertime permanently?

[Lurgh Mor]

I remember this and I was still in Glasgow then. Sitting at your desk before dawn was a bit unsettling.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11643098

[ads36]

TheNugget

Re: Summer/winter time

It gets light pretty early in summer and stays light late. Why not just leave it on wintertime permanently?

 

because in late summer, during those lovely warm light evenings, it would instead be dark at 7o'clock.

 

i think we benefit from the exercise-opportunities afforded by light evenings. Currently we're able to get outside, in daylight, after work, during the months of April-May-June-July-August, about 5 months. it's nearly half the year, it's nearly enough to stay sane.

 

if we left the clocks at GMT, we'd reduce that to 3 months. that leaves 9 months of the year effectively living in darkness.

 

i don't know about you, but i need more daylight in my life, not less.

 

maybe just me, but you did ask

Edited October 24, 2017 by ads36

[sgtkate]

Why don't we move the start of the working day instead? Because changing the clocks doesn't change the hours of daylight, it just moves them forwards or backwards. If you want more light in the evenings then get up earlier and finish work at 4 for example then you get an extra hour compared to finishing at 5...perhaps encourage employers to offer flexible working where they can, would also massively reduce rush hour traffic problems.

[Padders]

Why don't we move January , put it between june and july, an extra month of summer:thumbsup: