Bl**dy summer time ...

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Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

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Lost User

I agree, Summer Time stopped being particularly useful long ago.

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It started during the Great War (aka WWI), along with another offence against true civilization - closing hours for pubs! :mad:

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W Balboos GHB

I agree - but let's keep the Summer Time hours - it's nice getting home in the not-dark. FWIW, I have no trouble slipping between the time changes. But, for people who are old before their time, such as yourself, I would be willing to make that concession.

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markrlondon

OriginalGriff wrote:

Can we please stick summer time / daylight savings in the bin where it belongs and keep the same time all year, please? It always messes me up for a week switching in or out ...

Well said. This switching back and forth is ridiculous. BUT... which should we stick with permanently? GMT or BST?

OriginalGriff

And Income Tax ... a "temporary measure" that one was ... :sigh:

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jsc42

OriginalGriff wrote:

And Income Tax ... a "temporary measure" that one was

That was to pay for the Napoleonic Wars. If we're still paying for that, then we've still got to pay for the Boer War before we can relinquish things associated with WW1

Nelek

OriginalGriff wrote:

Can we please stick summer time

Yes please, but the correct one is winter time, not summer time That said... I don't care which one, as long as it stays and doesn't change anymore.

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David Crow

OriginalGriff wrote:

It always messes me up for a week switching in or out ...

I've never understood why that hour, twice per year, has such an effect on people. I don't miss it, coming or going.

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It would confuse the farmers and fade the cows. I would be in favour of having it all year round, especially in summer when we get day light at 4:30 in the blessed morning.

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trønderen

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5teveH

OriginalGriff wrote:

Can we please stick summer time / daylight savings in the bin where it belongs and keep the same time all year, please? It always messes me up for a week switching in or out ...

Yep. Gets my vote. My body clock is not 'fooled' by moving some hands on a clock! :confused:

5teveH

Not surprisingly, someone has already petitioned the UK Government (there's a petition for everything!), which can be found here: Retain British Summer Time [BST] for Winter 20/21 - Petitions[^] Yes, we are too late to stop it this year, but it has to be worth a try for 2021.

ZurdoDev

Agreed. :thumbsup:

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trønderen

We could do like China ("which we call 'Red China'") and abandon time zones. Even a small country like Norway spans two full time zones: If sunrise is at 06:00 at the very east, it is at 08:00 in the west. Should we insist on the working day starting at 08:00 both places, just because it "has to" be at the same time, by the clock? The US has always accepted that the working day starts at different times across the country, but label that time in a complex manner, like 08:00 plus a time zone indicator. The Chinese solution is rater to have a single time scale, so that some start their working day at 07:00, some at 08:00, some at 09:00, depending on where they are located. That is far easier to handle! I wish all of Europe would go for a single European time zone, so that time indications would be unambiguous. The natural choice is UTC (a.k.a. GMT). USA could of course do the same, whether selecting UTC or one of their established time zones. (UTC is probably a better choice, as the risk of confusing UTC times with the old local times is almost zero.) And at the same time we could get rid of this a.m./p.m confusion, giving all "new times" in 24h format! All of Europe has proven the ability to adjust the clock twice a year. So we should be capable of adjusting it for the very last time, to UTC, even if that may be a larger adjustment.