â–² 819 â–¼ 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
[–] chunes@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (2 children) UTC for all. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] frank@sopuli.xyz 25 points 10 months ago (3 children) Man that would fucking blow for so many people. The date would change in the middle of a business day permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Natanael@infosec.pub 6 points 10 months ago (1 child) Live service game enjoyers everywhere: yourfirsttimequestionmark.gif permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chunes@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago People who work night shift: permalink fedilink source parent [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago Fun fact: In some countries you can say "see you tomorrow" when going for lunch. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago (1 child) Like it changes at midnight? I mean that’s not really the issue The issue is like restaurants opening for dinner at 7AM and such It would be a big cultural shift permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] frank@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago (2 children) Like if midnight was the middle of your solar day (and work day) like it would be in many countries, it'd be pretty tricky for a lot of things. I see it as a giant hammer of a solution. The times you could just get used to be the day shift in the middle of stuff seems tough to me Store hours: Monday 20-24 Tuesday 0-6, 20-24 Etc Or perhaps Monday 20-06 Tuesday 20-06 But like bank transactions, rent being due on a certain day, like it all becomes tough in my opinion. Nevermind all the code that would be insanely broken permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 10 months ago (1 child) Actually code would probably be the easiest thing. Unless it's very badly programmed computers don't care about what the actual date is, the care how many seconds have passed. The hardest thing to reprogram would be human culture. I suspect there would be massive pushback against the idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] frank@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago I agree, but I think that 80% of the code I've seen in my life that isn't based on OS time would be very broken. Factory automation and the like. A fixable problem, but again largely unnecessary one imo I hate DST though and think that either summer or winter time permanently would both be better than switching permalink fedilink source parent [–] JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago Bars already have schedules like that and it’s not an issue You can add time to due dates to. It wouldn’t be that problematic. Or just keep the day only permalink fedilink source parent [–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 10 months ago Have a fun read (no, really, it's amazing) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 25 points 10 months ago (3 children) Man that would fucking blow for so many people. The date would change in the middle of a business day permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Natanael@infosec.pub 6 points 10 months ago (1 child) Live service game enjoyers everywhere: yourfirsttimequestionmark.gif permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chunes@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago People who work night shift: permalink fedilink source parent [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago Fun fact: In some countries you can say "see you tomorrow" when going for lunch. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago (1 child) Like it changes at midnight? I mean that’s not really the issue The issue is like restaurants opening for dinner at 7AM and such It would be a big cultural shift permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] frank@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago (2 children) Like if midnight was the middle of your solar day (and work day) like it would be in many countries, it'd be pretty tricky for a lot of things. I see it as a giant hammer of a solution. The times you could just get used to be the day shift in the middle of stuff seems tough to me Store hours: Monday 20-24 Tuesday 0-6, 20-24 Etc Or perhaps Monday 20-06 Tuesday 20-06 But like bank transactions, rent being due on a certain day, like it all becomes tough in my opinion. Nevermind all the code that would be insanely broken permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 10 months ago (1 child) Actually code would probably be the easiest thing. Unless it's very badly programmed computers don't care about what the actual date is, the care how many seconds have passed. The hardest thing to reprogram would be human culture. I suspect there would be massive pushback against the idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] frank@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago I agree, but I think that 80% of the code I've seen in my life that isn't based on OS time would be very broken. Factory automation and the like. A fixable problem, but again largely unnecessary one imo I hate DST though and think that either summer or winter time permanently would both be better than switching permalink fedilink source parent [–] JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago Bars already have schedules like that and it’s not an issue You can add time to due dates to. It wouldn’t be that problematic. Or just keep the day only permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 6 points 10 months ago (1 child) Live service game enjoyers everywhere: yourfirsttimequestionmark.gif permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chunes@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago People who work night shift: permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chunes@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago People who work night shift: permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago Fun fact: In some countries you can say "see you tomorrow" when going for lunch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago (1 child) Like it changes at midnight? I mean that’s not really the issue The issue is like restaurants opening for dinner at 7AM and such It would be a big cultural shift permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] frank@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago (2 children) Like if midnight was the middle of your solar day (and work day) like it would be in many countries, it'd be pretty tricky for a lot of things. I see it as a giant hammer of a solution. The times you could just get used to be the day shift in the middle of stuff seems tough to me Store hours: Monday 20-24 Tuesday 0-6, 20-24 Etc Or perhaps Monday 20-06 Tuesday 20-06 But like bank transactions, rent being due on a certain day, like it all becomes tough in my opinion. Nevermind all the code that would be insanely broken permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 10 months ago (1 child) Actually code would probably be the easiest thing. Unless it's very badly programmed computers don't care about what the actual date is, the care how many seconds have passed. The hardest thing to reprogram would be human culture. I suspect there would be massive pushback against the idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] frank@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago I agree, but I think that 80% of the code I've seen in my life that isn't based on OS time would be very broken. Factory automation and the like. A fixable problem, but again largely unnecessary one imo I hate DST though and think that either summer or winter time permanently would both be better than switching permalink fedilink source parent [–] JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago Bars already have schedules like that and it’s not an issue You can add time to due dates to. It wouldn’t be that problematic. Or just keep the day only permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago (2 children) Like if midnight was the middle of your solar day (and work day) like it would be in many countries, it'd be pretty tricky for a lot of things. I see it as a giant hammer of a solution. The times you could just get used to be the day shift in the middle of stuff seems tough to me Store hours: Monday 20-24 Tuesday 0-6, 20-24 Etc Or perhaps Monday 20-06 Tuesday 20-06 But like bank transactions, rent being due on a certain day, like it all becomes tough in my opinion. Nevermind all the code that would be insanely broken permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 10 months ago (1 child) Actually code would probably be the easiest thing. Unless it's very badly programmed computers don't care about what the actual date is, the care how many seconds have passed. The hardest thing to reprogram would be human culture. I suspect there would be massive pushback against the idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] frank@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago I agree, but I think that 80% of the code I've seen in my life that isn't based on OS time would be very broken. Factory automation and the like. A fixable problem, but again largely unnecessary one imo I hate DST though and think that either summer or winter time permanently would both be better than switching permalink fedilink source parent [–] JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago Bars already have schedules like that and it’s not an issue You can add time to due dates to. It wouldn’t be that problematic. Or just keep the day only permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 10 months ago (1 child) Actually code would probably be the easiest thing. Unless it's very badly programmed computers don't care about what the actual date is, the care how many seconds have passed. The hardest thing to reprogram would be human culture. I suspect there would be massive pushback against the idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] frank@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago I agree, but I think that 80% of the code I've seen in my life that isn't based on OS time would be very broken. Factory automation and the like. A fixable problem, but again largely unnecessary one imo I hate DST though and think that either summer or winter time permanently would both be better than switching permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago I agree, but I think that 80% of the code I've seen in my life that isn't based on OS time would be very broken. Factory automation and the like. A fixable problem, but again largely unnecessary one imo I hate DST though and think that either summer or winter time permanently would both be better than switching permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago Bars already have schedules like that and it’s not an issue You can add time to due dates to. It wouldn’t be that problematic. Or just keep the day only permalink fedilink source parent
[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 10 months ago Have a fun read (no, really, it's amazing) permalink fedilink source parent