โฒ 819 โผ Spain restarts push to kill daylight saving time in EU (www.politico.eu) submitted 10 months ago by nemeski@mander.xyz to c/europe@feddit.org 195 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[โ] Jajcus@sh.itjust.works 16 points 10 months ago (3 children) Depends which side of EU. Same time for Spain and Poland makes little sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [โ] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 10 months ago (1 child) Spain should be GMT though, it's quite literally below Greenwich. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 child) Almost half of France is west of Greenwich, let alone Spain... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago Yeah, it freaking goes through the Pyrenees! The only reason we are CET is because our former dictator wanted to be buddies with evil Chaplin Germany. We really should go with GMT/UTC permalink fedilink source parent [โ] Damage@feddit.it 4 points 10 months ago Only if you care having daily events at the same time everywhere. For coordinating across countries it's much easier to be all in the same timezones and just know that those to the east will wake, eat and so on earlier than those in the west, because there's going to be differences anyway. That's my opinion after working internationally all my life. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] Nanook@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago Summertime makes sense for both permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 10 months ago (1 child) Spain should be GMT though, it's quite literally below Greenwich. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 child) Almost half of France is west of Greenwich, let alone Spain... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago Yeah, it freaking goes through the Pyrenees! The only reason we are CET is because our former dictator wanted to be buddies with evil Chaplin Germany. We really should go with GMT/UTC permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 child) Almost half of France is west of Greenwich, let alone Spain... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago Yeah, it freaking goes through the Pyrenees! The only reason we are CET is because our former dictator wanted to be buddies with evil Chaplin Germany. We really should go with GMT/UTC permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago Yeah, it freaking goes through the Pyrenees! The only reason we are CET is because our former dictator wanted to be buddies with evil Chaplin Germany. We really should go with GMT/UTC permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Damage@feddit.it 4 points 10 months ago Only if you care having daily events at the same time everywhere. For coordinating across countries it's much easier to be all in the same timezones and just know that those to the east will wake, eat and so on earlier than those in the west, because there's going to be differences anyway. That's my opinion after working internationally all my life. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Nanook@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago Summertime makes sense for both permalink fedilink source parent