Changed 7 hours ago here. Can't believe that it's merely 10:00 (GMT+2) here yet.

Ii tried to explain the idea to my 7 and 5 years old kids. They don't seem to understand that and got up today as usually :-(

shenanigans !
they stole an hour from me !

i will lodge a complaint with the time lords !

Daylight Saving is so useless. Maybe it's interesting in North countries where the sun remains all the day, but in France there is no interest to switch on the light sooner : you don't save money on your electricity bill (around 1,70€ only !).

Besides, there is a higher risk to be hit by a car, because of the lack of visibility !

Well, that's the other way : we "gained" one more hour. I wish every Sunday was 25-hours long like that just to lazy around :)

i dont care !
im still calling shenanigans !

More like took back. We're going back to normal time. ;)

stil shenanigans !

Is greenwich like a sandwich but with lots of greens? If so, why can't I have my time referenced by meatwich?

I apologize. I'm still drunk. :P

There is such a thing as too much Shenanigans. ;)

What's that again? a google search proved no results.
Or did you mean society = the wealthy and the state?
If so, some of the best entrepreneurs are people that rise early, and most of them come from humble backgrounds and work for themselves. True that the majority of population are not cut for this, but with so many relying on welfare (in one sort or the other, even if they have some kind of income) I doubt the largest part actually follows "good working habits".
I do agree that work should be less significant for a living and much of it is unneeded though, but I think you'll like the posts here better :)

No I'm talking about how this obsession with starting everything early in a land/state/society/country/whatever started.
It was when farmers was more or less forced to start the day as soon as possible by their employer to get as many working hours of daylight out of them as possible. When the industrial revolution started it continued the practise.
Now when most western countries and others have regulations for how many hours you can be ordered to work a day starting to work very early is something that have habitually continued. Much because it was and is ingrained in many peoples minds that if you don't get up early and do stuff you're a lazy no good for nothing. But falling asleep on the sofa in front of the TV at 19:00 is perfectly alright morally. It's just...bah!

People could simply go to work one hour (or 4 hours, or whatever) earlier, if they think it gives them some great benefits. All the year around, not only in the summer. Thailand is one of those countries not using daylight saving, and they seem to be doing great without it. Rice workers still go to work as soon as the sun rises, they don't have to be tricked to do so by shifting the clocks twice a year. Same goes to e.g. India, I think.

The whole Daylight Saving is made even more stupid by the fact that different parts of the world shift it at different days.

BTW, does Australia, New Zealand etc. shift the clocks in the opposite direction, as our summer is their winter?

In Bangkok, the time at which sunrise occurs varies by less than one hour over the year. Consistent enough that perhaps they derive little benefit from DST.

In Helsinki, that variation is over six hours.

Depends on how you view it. For their summer season (broadly speaking), they shift their clocks forward as we do for our own. Just so happens that we're shifting backward at (roughly) the same time, as our winter season begins. But for both of us, our clocks are normal and unshifted during the winter.

Since it's only a feeling, you'd better catch up with reality yourself. ;-P
Besides, no person that's truly ahead of their time would see it worth bragging about a measly timespan of "almost a month", so,,;-P



You're definitely in trouble if they don't adapt by tomorrow. (~_^)