[Magdalen] Time is -- uh ....

[Roger Stokes]

On 01/11/2015 13:53, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
>
> In a message dated 11/1/2015 8:28:06 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com writes:
>
> We're  going to a place where daylight savings doesn't exist -- it's  called
> Arizona.">>>>>>>>
>   
> I wonder how the Europeans can get along on continuous DST
> and we can't?

Excuse me, we have DST over here as well but change at different times 
from you (last Sundays in March and October).  Some years ago there was 
an experiment for a couple of winters of keeping it year-round in the UK 
but that was dropped.  A big part of the problem was the North West of 
Scotland as it meant children going to school in the dark at the same 
time as other commuters.  The end of the school day was before the 
ebening rush hour so that was not such a problem.  Most of Western 
Europe is on GMT + 1hr over the winter but moves forward another hour 
for the Simmer.  Portugal stays in time with the UK.

Roger