[Info-vax] EU will abandon daylight savings time in 2021

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 4/13/19 11:18 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 4/6/2019 3:11 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>>>
>>>> According to the website I just checked sunrise in PA on the
>>>> longest day of the years is 5:40.
>>>
>>> OK 5:40. Without DST that would be 4:40.
>>
>> No, it's 5:40 and with DST it's 6:40.
> 
> It is 5:40 EDT with DST in place and that is 4:40 EST without DST.
> 
> Check the table.

Must be looking at different tables because mine gave the hours
of daylight in real time, not DST.

> 
> Or just look out the window in the morning - it is 6:31 with DST
> tomorrow and still more than 2 months to midsummer day.

And still dark here.  I get up by 6:30 AM every day.  And on
cloudy days (which seem to make up the majority any more) it
stays darker even later.  And my wife has already left for work
buy then so she got  up at least an hour before the sun.  I think
it's a safe bet that everyone else who lives out here in the
"suburbs" and works in the city gets up before the sun.  And we
haven't even addressed the thousands who live here, work in NYC
and have a two hour commute.  What time do you think they get up?
And then we have the farmers.  Cows to milk. Fields to tend. I
don't see them sleeping until 9:00 AM either.  For the 25 years
I worked at the University before my final retirement I got up
and left for work before the sun came up.  I am sure that is
not unique.  And just about the time sunrise started to catch
up with my work schedule DST would kick in making it dark once
again.  I do  like having the later sun.  When I was in Georgia
for 6 months thru the summer of 2008 I was able to get off
work and still play golf because that far south it stayed
light until after 7:00 PM.  But it was still dark when I got
up and dark when I went to bed.  I saved no candles.

bill