Lithuania Calls On EU To Stop Adjusting Clocks For Daylight Savings (theguardian.com)

AmiMoJo shares a report from The Guardian: Lithuania has said that it would push the European Union to abolish its law on daylight saving time, claiming that most people find it annoying to have to adjust their clocks twice a year. An opinion poll published this year showed that 79% of people in the nation of 2.8 million were against the annual ritual of adjusting clocks forward by one hour in the spring and then back an hour in the autumn. Proponents of daylight saving time, adopted at the beginning of the 20th century, say the longer evening daylight hours in the summer help save energy and bolster productivity. The European Commission said it was "currently examining the summertime question based on all available evidence."

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Re:Reaction from most slashdot readers

[MightyYar]

Slashdot readers are pretty educated, if only because we know that's where Lithium batteries come from.

Clearly what we need is a compromise

[lazlo]

Here's my proposed compromise: Keep the "fall back", but get rid of the "spring forward". Sure, it might take some getting used to, but I'm sure we'd manage it sometime over the next 24 years or so.

Re:Eliminate Daylight Wasting Time

[fahrbot-bot]

OR we could have everyone keep time on their phones and have the phones automatically change the time by a few seconds every day!

This is probably my greatest idea ever.

Please don't tell us any of your other ideas.