Post #2333355
2026-03-29 07:25 UTC
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@osma@mas.to 2026-03-29 07:49
1. Time is universal, clock is a construction. 2. It's 5 am somewhere 24 times every rotation. 3. I don't want it to be 5 am where I am at the same time it is 5 am at the kremlin. 4. 13 hours 2 minutes of daylight here at 60N today, never mind what hour hand is pointing at. @rpsu@mas.to @ysbreker@idlethumbs.social
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@mikejs@mastodon.social 2026-03-29 10:08
@rpsu@mas.to @ysbreker@idlethumbs.social Because it means getting up in the dark in winter, and a lot of people really don't like that. The UK tried it in the 70s and quickly gave up. DST prioritises sunlight in the morning in winter (when there isn't enough to fill the day), and sunlight in the evening in summer (when there is plenty). That seems a good compromise. I could cope with permanent standard time, although I wouldn't like it. Permanent DST throughout winter is worst case for me. Anything but that.
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@trantion@masto.ai 2026-03-29 11:37
@rpsu@mas.to @ysbreker@idlethumbs.social Because it's nice to have light evenings to do things in the summer, but it's not worth having it stay dark until 9:30 in the winter just to have the sun set at 4:30 instead of 3:30