• Localhorst86@feddit.org
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      17 days ago

      As a german, I’d prefer permanent daylight time, I want there to be longer light in the evening. I hate when during the winter months I leave the appartment when it is still dark outside and come back home when it’s already dusk.

      That said, I can see why this wouldn’t work across the entire EU, Spain for example is already “an hour behind” in terms of daylight, because of their location, their DST means it’s probably light outside at 22:00

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        16 days ago

        Fun fact, so is France Netherlands and Belgium. They should be on British time if the lines were drawn properly.

        The reason they’re on German time? Nazis. They’re were switched to German time while occupied during WW2, and while debate raged afterward they ultimately stayed on German time.

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      17 days ago

      In Iceland we have permanent Summer time and it’s great. We go to work in the dark in either case during winter but having some daylight until 4 or 5 makes a big difference.

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      17 days ago

      Honestly, either way people and companies could adjust their hours to fit their needs.

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      17 days ago

      It’s in the article

      Indeed, 84 percent of the 6.4 million Europeans who participated in a 2018 European Commission public consultation on the matter said the bloc should put an end to daylight saving time.

      • someguy3@lemmy.world
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        16 days ago

        Eh often that’s said just to mean end switching, without specifying which one to end up on.