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No more Spring Forward, Fall Back

Sabre0001 · 2018-08-31 14:10:18

The EU is to scrap the whole idea of changing the clocks for Daylight Savings Time. The idea was put to a vote among residents in the EU with 80% voting to scrap DST. Did you vote? The actual turnout was very low - just 4.6 million took part, and 3 million of those were from Germany! The clocks will stay in permanent…

31-08-2018 3:10pm

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The EU is to scrap the whole idea of changing the clocks for Daylight Savings Time. The idea was put to a vote among residents in the EU with 80% voting to scrap DST.

Did you vote? The actual turnout was very low - just 4.6 million took part, and 3 million of those were from Germany!

The clocks will stay in permanent summer time (which means there'll be no lie in later this year). A positive change? There goes my twice a year Googling of "what time is it now?"

https://www.buzz.ie/news/eu-announces-plans-end-daylight-savings-time-297748

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#2 31-08-2018 3:13pm

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This is now the third thread on this topic

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#3 31-08-2018 3:16pm

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ve are changing ze clock yah

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#4 31-08-2018 3:17pm

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biko wrote: »

This is now the third thread on this topic

We all missed the survey, but heard the news Whoops!

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#5 31-08-2018 3:18pm

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I wasnt aware of any vote on such a serious matter

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#6 31-08-2018 3:36pm

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SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I wasnt aware of any vote on such a serious matter

Somebody in After Hours started a thread about it, and then bumped it just before the deadline.

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#7 31-08-2018 3:40pm

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Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Somebody in After Hours started a thread about it, and then bumped it just before the deadline.

Yip, that was me. Looks like it was a success

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#8 31-08-2018 3:43pm

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Is this really happening?

Will we remain closer to or further from the east

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#9 31-08-2018 4:01pm

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Never heard of any vote but would be very much in favour of staying on summer time all year round.

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#10 31-08-2018 4:02pm

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I despise Daylight savings time. They should leave it the way it is forever all year round.

There may be a geographical case for Ireland to be in Greenwich Mean time -1 since a lot of the country is west of 7.5 degrees. GMT runs from 7.5 deg west to 7.5 deg east.

There is a slight handicap in conducting business west of the Shannon in that it feels like an hour earlier in terms of daylight when people get up for work. People in the east have the advantage of it being later in the morning sunwise then people in the west. Spain is the big aberration. They should be in GMT like Portugal but changed to ECT to be in tune with the Germans as did the French who also should be in GMT. All the Benelux, France and Spain should be in GMT like Portugal.

What reluctant risers like me need is a UV light to come on half an hour before rising. I find I have no problem getting up in the Summer when there is plenty of full spectrum daylight flooding in the window at 5.30 or so.

On the other hand I find getting up in the winter in the dark to be a huge task.

Science reckons its to do with UV light impinging on the pineal gland which is in the back of the head somewhere.

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#11 31-08-2018 4:03pm

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I'm looking forward to it being dark at 9am in December.

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#12 31-08-2018 4:04pm

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Fall???
I voted for keeping summertime, ahh 14 hours of sunshine in December, can't wait

Ignoring idiots who comment "far right" because they don't even know what it means

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#13 31-08-2018 4:08pm

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wow this is news to me, so will it be ditched for this year, as in at Halloween time or is it wait another year.

wat about the brits

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#14 31-08-2018 4:10pm

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I don't understand why it's always suggested we stay on summertime, look at the sunrise and sunset times around the year surely it would be better to stay on wintertime: https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/ireland/dublin

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#15 31-08-2018 4:11pm

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taytobreath wrote: »

wat about the brits

Yeah pontential to proper **** up the TV schedule

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