Originally posted by VS-EWR
Originally posted by fozzyo
It also switches back a week later in November I think. All to do with saving energy apparently.
Yeah, of course didn't the UK try this sometime in the 70s and find that it didn't work?
Repeat after me: Learn after our mistakes.
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What they did in the 70s was not revert back to GMT at the end of October. Where it caused major problems was in Scotland - particularly to the north of the country as it did not become light till about 10:00am. There was a major hullaballoo about kids going to school in the dark and the potential for accidents to happen, especially it was at a time that kids mostly walked to school. My argument at the time was that kids, by and large went straight to school but were inclined to dawdle on the way home. How often did I take short cuts that added about a mile to my journey?
I can't remember whether it was kept on for one or two years before reverting back to daylight saving, but once again the debate raises its head from time to time, usually in October at the thought of the dark evenings
Incidentally, there was a time when the time change roughly was about the same as the new rule in America before it got standardised to the last Sunday in March. It was always around St Patrick's Day, which I'm sure you all know is next Saturday. You do, don't you? [:w]