Daylight Savings - why?

[AJS-]

Tonight's the night where many of the the most developed parts of the western world in Europe and North America pay their annual homage to the ultimate bureaucratic deceit - the idea that fiddling around with the clocks can create more day light.

Why do we keep doing this?

[glasgowrob]

Totally forgot about this cheers,


saves me turning up an hour early for my first job tomorrow

[BoRED S2upid]

No idea why. All I know is that I won't be getting an extra hour in bed little BS2 will be up at 7am like every other day which will be 6am

[jogon]

If Scotland had voted 'yes' a few weeks back then this could have been our last daylight savings, it is only for their benefit tbh.

[RichB]

I'm sure the rest of Europe don't give a toss about Scotland and they move the clocks too.

[marksx]

BoRED S2upid said:

No idea why. All I know is that I won't be getting an extra hour in bed little BS2 will be up at 7am like every other day which will be 6am

Indeed, first time for me. Not looking forward to an early Sunday trying to get mini me back to sleep.

[MrsMiggins]

I don't understand it, and the talk about the farmers needing it makes no sense to me either. Do the cows on the dairy farm look at their watches to decide when they need to be milked?

[lamboman100]

AJS- said:

Why do we keep doing this?

It was / is done for Scotland.

Without it, some parts of Scotland in Winter would be dark until 10am.

[XJ Flyer]

lamboman100 said:

AJS- said:

Why do we keep doing this?

It was / is done for Scotland.

Without it, some parts of Scotland in Winter would be dark until 10am.

We tried leaving the clocks on BST through the winter as an experiment which lasted a few years from late 1960's-71.The result being that the mornings weren't much better than that in the south east either.GMT is best during the winter because it evenly shares the amount of darkness between evenings and mornings during the dark winter months at our latitude.

[Fat Fairy]

I don't understand where people get the idea that it is for Scottish farmers. Do they think the cows get up with an alarm clock?

Don't get caught by the 'harmonising with Europe' idea either. The rest of Europe do 'daylight saving' too. Being on CET would make for very odd sunrise/sunset hours for us in the 'west'.

Personally, I think we should stay on GMT (or 'Universal Time') all year.

FF

[Pints]

Fat Fairy said:

Personally, I think we should stay on GMT (or 'Universal Time') all year.

FF

I'd prefer we stayed at BST. The winter hours are stuffed either way, at least we could make summer months worth the hours we're given.

[Don]

Pints said:

I'd prefer we stayed at BST. The winter hours are stuffed either way, at least we could make summer months worth the hours we're given.

Err. Given it's BST in the summer we already make the most of those...

But I'd happily stay BST year round to have slightly lighter evenings. The effect would be darker mornings. Depending upon where you were this would mean schoolkids travelling to school in the dark in the mornings. There again they'd get a little more light-time in the evenings for some outdoor exercise.

Swings and roundabouts.

I loathe the dark months. The upside is the magnificent three months in the summer with days from 4:00am to past ten o'clock...

[Pints]

Don said:

Pints said:

I'd prefer we stayed at BST. The winter hours are stuffed either way, at least we could make summer months worth the hours we're given.

Err. Given it's BST in the summer we already make the most of those...

Yes, I was rebutting the idea we should move to GST all year round.
I'm aware we currently make the most of those.

[Dr Murdoch]

BoRED S2upid said:

No idea why. All I know is that I won't be getting an extra hour in bed little BS2 will be up at 7am like every other day which will be 6am

Try 6.15am now being 5.15am, even too early for CBeebies.

Can't wait to hear all the comments about "having an extra hour in bed", I hope you farmers are happy.

[mini me]

marksx said:

Indeed, first time for me. Not looking forward to an early Sunday trying to get mini me back to sleep.

Leave me out of this!

[Einion Yrth]

mini me said:

marksx said:

Indeed, first time for me. Not looking forward to an early Sunday trying to get mini me back to sleep.

Leave me out of this!

Hush, dear: go back to sleep.

[AJS-]

It's not just the Scottish though as most of Europe and N America do the same thing. U

[powerstroke]

lamboman100 said:

AJS- said:

Why do we keep doing this?

It was / is done for Scotland.

Without it, some parts of Scotland in Winter would be dark until 10am.

So what?? how many people south of the border are negatively affected why do we bend over backwards for them will they start a war or something if they don't always get preferential treatment
Ginger s

[McWigglebum4th]

powerstroke said:

So what?? how many people south of the border are negatively affected why do we bend over backwards for them will they start a war or something if they don't always get preferential treatment
Ginger s

Aww stop moaning you thick bd

no matter how much you change the clocks you still have exactly the same amount of sunlight

A point lost on the residents of surrey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Willett

[Jasandjules]

I don't mind it too much I guess. At least the phones and computers and heating all automatically change so I don't have to go around the house changing the clocks!