Anyone from the UK?

[Emma91s]

Something to do with the farmers having more daylight in the summer months.if I remember right.

Oh really I always thought it was to do with the kids and getting outta school dunno why. I just wish they would leave it. Think we are the only ones that mess around with the time.

 

[rewinding]

Oh really I always thought it was to do with the kids and getting outta school dunno why. I just wish they would leave it. Think we are the only ones that mess around with the time.

I'm not sure of all the detail, but I think it may have something to do with Scotland. They would be in darkness a lot longer which may cause issues with children going o school etc. Maybe someone from Scotland could confirm that?

 

[WordsthatCaress]

Oh really I always thought it was to do with the kids and getting outta school dunno why. I just wish they would leave it. Think we are the only ones that mess around with the time.

It started in world war 1 to conserve coal supplies. I have no idea idea why it has been retained other than a view that it boosts productivity.

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

It doesn't change the amount of daylight in the summer by one second, or the darkness in Scotland. It started when evening leisure became a thing in London, to allow gentlemen to get home in daylight. There's also the story of the builder cycling through town at 5am in bright sunshine while everyone was still asleep. Then the clocks were changed during both wars to put us on the same time as Germany.

Instead of lying about the time, just open government offices and schools an hour earlier in the summer.

 

[matureman32]

Oh really I always thought it was to do with the kids and getting outta school dunno why. I just wish they would leave it. Think we are the only ones that mess around with the time.

They do it in some states in the US too, call it Daylight Saving Time.

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

It's most beneficial to the far south east of the country and most detrimental to the far north west. Where are our laws made?

 

[orangecurious]

morning

 

[orangecurious]

It started in world war 1 to conserve coal supplies. I have no idea idea why it has been retained other than a view that it boosts productivity.

the idea is that businesses would be open in daylight hours, so less energy needed to light them. It had been mooted before WWI as a way of using the "wasted mornings" and during WWI Germany implemented the idea and other countries followed the factories could run without the need to light them as much.

the biggest problem, for me, is the sudden change. if you just go with the natural flow of daylight, it's fine.

anyway, nothing to do with leisure, only business

as you were.

coffee

 

[Sixfoot4again]

Oh really I always thought it was to do with the kids and getting outta school dunno why. I just wish they would leave it. Think we are the only ones that mess around with the time.

70 countries change their clocks mostly in Europe and North America.

 

[jonnoback]

There's calls for UK Summer Time to be permanent. One of the main drivers is the reduction in car accidents which peak at dusk which sort of coincides with school home time and part of the rush hour in winter. It wouldn't be so good for Scotland but they're devolved and could change it which would be so funny as I think the SNP are against this change so would they then enforce a different time zone on Scotland for half the year?

 

[Hugo_Agogo_UK]

There's calls for UK Summer Time to be permanent. One of the main drivers is the reduction in car accidents which peak at dusk which sort of coincides with school home time and part of the rush hour in winter. It wouldn't be so good for Scotland but they're devolved and could change it which would be so funny as I think the SNP are against this change so would they then enforce a different time zone on Scotland for half the year?

I would like to propose that this thread should remain on BST for a consultation period of 24 months from today. All those in favour say “”

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

Check where all those stupid demands are coming from. Yes, the south east.

Just stop lying and live your life earlier in the day.

 

[jonnoback]

Yeah but that means I've gotta get out of bed earlier!

 

[orangecurious]

most of the accidents happen i the week after the change as people aren't used to it.

time is time, you can't stop it

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

.....and there's the crux of the problem, Jonno.

 

[nakedginger]

What clocks never change? I rarely change the one in my car or on the cooker.

 

[hugh_jarce69]

Oh really I always thought it was to do with the kids and getting outta school dunno why. I just wish they would leave it. Think we are the only ones that mess around with the time.

Imagine what it’s like for the Aussies. Why is Adelaide half an hour behind Sydney, yet Brisbane is an hour behind
Makes no sense whatsoever
https://postimg.cc/R3mjMCvh

 

[Sixfoot4again]

What clocks never change? I rarely change the one in my car or on the cooker.

Likewise, ones requiring manual change are left.
I suppose a pic of you with a wayward clock is outta the question? Just to help us through this time shift trauma?

 

[nakedginger]

Imagine what it’s like for the Aussies. Why is Adelaide half an hour behind Sydney, yet Brisbane is an hour behind
Makes no sense whatsoever
https://postimg.cc/R3mjMCvh

So if you lived on an intersection of time zones you could have friends down the road all on different time zones!

 

[Sixfoot4again]

So if you lived on an intersection of time zones you could have friends down the road all on different time zones!

The contiguous USA has 4 time zones.

 

[jonnoback]

So if you lived on an intersection of time zones you could have friends down the road all on different time zones!

Yes - what time shall we meet? At 7 yours or mine?

It's a bit like when council boundaries are along the middle of roads so you get different bin days on each side of the road.

 

[hugh_jarce69]

Yes - what time shall we meet? At 7 yours or mine?

It's a bit like when council boundaries are along the middle of roads so you get different bin days on each side of the road.

Bringing it back to bin days? I like your style Jonno. Classy

 

[jonnoback]

The more tenuous the link the better

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

What clocks never change? I rarely change the one in my car or on the cooker.

Anything I have that has a manual time zone setting (PC, laptops) or is mechanical (cooker, car, traditional clocks & watches) has stayed on GMT all year since the late 1980s. All the modern digital, mostly Android, stuff (this tablet, BlackBerry, smart watch, radio synchronised clock) I tolerate.

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

So if you lived on an intersection of time zones you could have friends down the road all on different time zones!

The contiguous USA has 4 time zones.

I believe there are (possibly apocryphal) buildings straddling state lines where different rooms are theoretically in adjacent zones.