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[–] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

They don't have to be far west for sunset at 22 (with DST as I think you missed), just far enough north. With 6 hours of night in the summer, the centre of the timezone will have nighttime from 22 to 4.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

    "far enough north" for this effect is above 59Β° latitude, and doesn't include places like Iceland that don't observe DST. The population density above 59Β° is a rounding error above zero.

    The only place to reach it in the southern hemisphere is Antarctica itself and a few islands.

    Their votes and opinions certainly count, but the rest of the world should not be forced to use a bad time system just to appease the very few who live that high. Especially when they have other alternatives available to resolve their problem.

    The overwhelming majority of people who experience this effect of DST are on the west end of their current time zones at a much lower latitude.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    "far enough north" for this effect is above 59Β° latitude

    What are you on about? I’m at 52ΒΊ North and from May 20th until the 25th of July there is no night at all. Best we get is about 3 hours of astronomical twilight.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child)

    What you have to realise is that according to them, half of Europe is a rounding error when it comes to discussing Europe specific problems.

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