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

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <6d69d3a5-bdcb-450d-adaf-e8c37bccb8ec at googlegroups.com>, Neil
Rieck <n.rieck at sympatico.ca> writes: 

> Now here's a smart idea. The European Parliament (EU) just voted to
> end daylight savings time in 2021 

I think that this is a good idea.  However, the motivation for it was an 
online questionnaire a) answered by a small minority, b) mostly from 
Germany, and c) in a non-representative fashion.  OK, like Brexit, one 
can argue that the motivation was questionable but in the end Parliament 
voted for it.

> The main reason given was that Europe's closest trading partners,
> China and Russia, do not shift their numerous number of time zones, and
> having Europe change its clocks twice annually was bad for business
> between all. 

Living in Germany, I've been following this, and I have not heard this 
argument before.

China does indeed have the same time everywhere.  Does Russia as well?

The really, really, really, really stupid thing: After it was 
essentially decided to scrap changing the clocks once a year, it was 
said that each country can choose whether it wants to have regular time 
permanently or daylight-saving time permanently.  That is just plain 
stupid.

Also, some people are bringing in a third, but related, question, namely 
whether some countries should be in a more appropriate time zone.

One thing at a time, please!

And, of course, one could have permanent daylight-saving time, in the 
geographically correct time zone, or permanent normal time but belonging 
to a time zone which is too far to the East (like Spain now)---no 
difference in practice.

Getting rid of switching was a good idea.

INDEPENDENTLY of that, one could think about whether some countries 
should be in a more appropriate time zone.

But not requiring everyone to be on normal time after voting out the 
swtiching twice a year is just stupid.