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

Posted by BeauHD on from the still-relevant dept.

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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  1. Eliminate Daylight Wasting Time by crow · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Daylight Saving Time is a great idea. Ditching it in the winter is the problem. Just keep it year round and eliminate the stupid changing.

    1. Re:Eliminate Daylight Wasting Time by Actually,+I+do+RTFA · · Score: 4, Insightful

      If you work until 5pm, and it gets dark at 5:10pm, you've swepnt all your daylight inside. If it gets dark at 6:10pm, at least you have a bit of daylight.

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    2. Re:Eliminate Daylight Wasting Time by aardvarkjoe · · Score: 3, Insightful

      So, what you're saying is that your employer doesn't realize that "4PM with daylight savings time" and "5PM with daylight savings time" are the exact same time?

      I don't think "because people are complete and utter morons" is a good reason to keep doing DST.

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    3. Re:Eliminate Daylight Wasting Time by Actually,+I+do+RTFA · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Ah, so the old "it doesn't matter if the official time moves around, everyone will just have different office hours during daylight savings time, all move in unison (as companies have to work together) change signs/automated messages/websites and have Google recrawl the web" answer that ignores that the way we coordinate changes like that is... by having customary start/end times for businesses and shifting the clocks until we like where we end up.

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    4. Re:Eliminate Daylight Wasting Time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      79% of europeans don't like adjusting their clocks twice a year. That's not the same as 79% of europeans want to stay on standard time year round. The article doesn't say if people prefer DST year round or Standard Time year round.

    5. Re:Eliminate Daylight Wasting Time by Imrik · · Score: 5, Insightful

      How about we get rid of the notion that people work 9-5 while we're at it. This would help reduce congestion on the roads and make it more likely that people will be able to take care of errands before or after work instead of having to use their lunch break.

  2. Get rid of wintertime, then by johannesg · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I find summertime to be much more pleasant anyway. But joke's on them: after the last switch to wintertime I never changed my hours. So now I go to work at 7:30, instead of 8:30. Sure, it's still dark, but at least I get to go home in daylight... Unlike the official time zone, which would have me arrive in the office and go home in the dark.

  3. Policies should be based on evidence by peppepz · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There are many things that "people" find annoying, and would probably be overwhelming against them in opinion polls: paying taxes certainly, but also dying in car accidents because of working in the dark. Decisions shouldn't be taken by the people's belly; they should be based on rational evidence.