鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agoPeople who rely on their phones/computers to tell time probably forgot or didn't realize that a Daylight Saving Time-Change even happened, some might've forgotten that DST existed at all.message-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1159arrow-down1message-squarePeople who rely on their phones/computers to tell time probably forgot or didn't realize that a Daylight Saving Time-Change even happened, some might've forgotten that DST existed at all.鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNighed@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 day agoI think north America only switched this last weekend? Had a non standard difference last week.
minus-squarewarbond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 day agoYeah, the US and Europe do DST a couple weeks apart, presumably because of latitude differences but it could also be spite, I guess.
minus-squareKühlschrank@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·24 hours agoIt used to be the same but them W. Bush extended summer time on both ends to really make things confusing
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·22 hours agoWe should extend it more. Maybe an extra two months on each end.
minus-squareTheTetrapod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·21 hours agoI hate the opinion that we should switch to DST all the time. Why should we get to be special little guys with a weird time zone?
minus-squareGhoelian@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours agoWell you wouldn’t call it DST anymore, so it’s just as arbitrary and weird as most other timezones at that point.
minus-squarebamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours agoThe United States changed about 15-20 years ago to always be after Halloween, so that kids can trick-or-treat longer and people will have to buy more candy.
I think north America only switched this last weekend?
Had a non standard difference last week.
Yeah, the US and Europe do DST a couple weeks apart, presumably because of latitude differences but it could also be spite, I guess.
It used to be the same but them W. Bush extended summer time on both ends to really make things confusing
We should extend it more. Maybe an extra two months on each end.
I hate the opinion that we should switch to DST all the time. Why should we get to be special little guys with a weird time zone?
Well you wouldn’t call it DST anymore, so it’s just as arbitrary and weird as most other timezones at that point.
The United States changed about 15-20 years ago to always be after Halloween, so that kids can trick-or-treat longer and people will have to buy more candy.