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Worst is UTC vs GMT (i.ibb.co)

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You realize there are places without it, and they're fine, correct?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not sure what you mean. My position is that daylight saving time should be abolished entirely. You linked an article about a push to move permanently on to daylight saving. I pointed out how that is actually a bad idea.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I just linked it to show the rare piece of bipartisanship. I agree DLST should be done away with. As to which schedule to keep, I find it to be 6 of one and half dozen of another. The difference is just another nit pick someone will find excuses to argue over.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

The difference is just another nit pick someone will find excuses to argue over

No, it isn't. The scientific research actually suggests that keeping DST is worse than switching back and forth. I have to admit I find that confusing, since a lot of the specific studies I've looked at concentrate on the effects caused by the switchover itself, but the meta-analysis doesn't mince words:

In summary, the scientific literature strongly argues against the switching between DST and Standard Time and even more so against adopting DST permanently.