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Title: Spring Forward, Fall Back
Post by: Admiral Yi on November 01, 2015, 02:06:52 AM
durka durka
Title: Re: Spring Forward, Fall Back
Post by: Syt on November 01, 2015, 03:14:43 AM
We already did that already last week, here in the continent of floating balls of light.

Slowpoke.

But I wished we'd switch to Daylight Savings and stuck with it.
Title: Re: Spring Forward, Fall Back
Post by: Archy on November 01, 2015, 05:51:27 AM
We should move back over here to GMT and stay on it. As this is closest to sun time. Germans can have their middle European standard time. I know in summer it could mean daylight till midnight but it would be the correct thing to do


Title: Re: Spring Forward, Fall Back
Post by: The Brain on November 01, 2015, 05:52:59 AM
Daylight till midnight??!?
Title: Re: Spring Forward, Fall Back
Post by: Duque de Bragança on November 01, 2015, 06:17:20 AM
Quote from: Archy on November 01, 2015, 05:51:27 AM
We should move back over here to GMT and stay on it. As this is closest to sun time. Germans can have their middle European standard time. I know in summer it could mean daylight till midnight but it would be the correct thing to do

Exactly, as this was the case before 1940 or 1942 for Spain, where CET makes even less sense.
Title: Re: Spring Forward, Fall Back
Post by: Hamilcar on November 01, 2015, 06:30:11 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHWCfv6HdnM
Title: Re: Spring Forward, Fall Back
Post by: Archy on November 01, 2015, 06:38:31 AM
Quote from: The Brain on November 01, 2015, 05:52:59 AM
Daylight till midnight??!?
If days are the longest over here. Sun sets only around 22:00 - 22:30. Since this is with Summer Time and Middle European Standard team. It means Sun will set around 20:00 - 20:30 on solar time  :blush:
Yeah stupid error.
Title: Re: Spring Forward, Fall Back
Post by: The Brain on November 01, 2015, 06:40:09 AM
Whew.
Title: Re: Spring Forward, Fall Back
Post by: garbon on November 01, 2015, 06:41:11 AM
Quote from: Syt on November 01, 2015, 03:14:43 AM
We already did that already last week, here in the continent of floating balls of light.

Slowpoke.

But I wished we'd switch to Daylight Savings and stuck with it.

I think it was similar until under Bush when we moved it to first Sunday in November rather than last one in October.
Title: Re: Spring Forward, Fall Back
Post by: celedhring on November 01, 2015, 07:24:36 AM
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on November 01, 2015, 06:17:20 AM
Quote from: Archy on November 01, 2015, 05:51:27 AM
We should move back over here to GMT and stay on it. As this is closest to sun time. Germans can have their middle European standard time. I know in summer it could mean daylight till midnight but it would be the correct thing to do

Exactly, as this was the case before 1940 or 1942 for Spain, where CET makes even less sense.

CET screws us majorly. Of the things Franco did to kiss up to the nazis, this was one of those and we're still in the same place 70 years later.
Title: Re: Spring Forward, Fall Back
Post by: Liep on November 01, 2015, 07:29:43 AM
If the Russians can change their time zones so can Spain. It can't be a much bigger process than telling the world and then setting your computers to Canarian time. :P
Title: Re: Spring Forward, Fall Back
Post by: viper37 on November 01, 2015, 11:17:39 AM
Quote from: Hamilcar on November 01, 2015, 06:30:11 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHWCfv6HdnM
that's brilliant!
Title: Re: Spring Forward, Fall Back
Post by: Martinus on November 01, 2015, 11:45:12 AM
Quote from: celedhring on November 01, 2015, 07:24:36 AM
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on November 01, 2015, 06:17:20 AM
Quote from: Archy on November 01, 2015, 05:51:27 AM
We should move back over here to GMT and stay on it. As this is closest to sun time. Germans can have their middle European standard time. I know in summer it could mean daylight till midnight but it would be the correct thing to do

Exactly, as this was the case before 1940 or 1942 for Spain, where CET makes even less sense.

CET screws us majorly. Of the things Franco did to kiss up to the nazis, this was one of those and we're still in the same place 70 years later.

Same for us, but we should be using EET. But that would probably not go very well, as it would make us "closer to Russia". ;)
Title: Re: Spring Forward, Fall Back
Post by: grumbler on November 01, 2015, 03:49:43 PM
Quote from: Hamilcar on November 01, 2015, 06:30:11 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHWCfv6HdnM

That's at least a year old, but it is, as other have noted, brilliant. 
Title: Re: Spring Forward, Fall Back
Post by: The Larch on November 01, 2015, 05:15:37 PM
Quote from: Liep on November 01, 2015, 07:29:43 AM
If the Russians can change their time zones so can Spain. It can't be a much bigger process than telling the world and then setting your computers to Canarian time. :P

If mainland Spain changed their time I'm sure the Canaries would also go back one hour. By now the "one hour less in the Canaries" is some kind of national mantra.  :P
Title: Re: Spring Forward, Fall Back
Post by: Tamas on November 02, 2015, 04:24:09 AM
Oh how I hated when people complained this meager one hour twice a year change, when I was doing shiftwork and had to adjust my sleep at least 3-4 hours every 2-3 days.
Title: Re: Spring Forward, Fall Back
Post by: garbon on November 02, 2015, 04:28:46 AM
Maybe you should have just hated your crappy life. :hmm: