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Preeti Gupta

Preeti Gupta (@ilovechoclates_@seocommunity.social)

Föderation EN So 29.10.2023 17:39:01

I am very confused. What the actual F is daylight savings time?

John Mueller

John Mueller (@johnmu@mastodon.social)

Föderation EN So 29.10.2023 17:48:32

@ilovechoclates_ IMO it's an attempt to smooth out the shift from short nights to short days here, yesterday the sun rose at 8:30am, now it rises at 7:30 again (but sets at 5:30pm). To get rid of it, we'd probably have to get all nearby countries together to get rid of it, otherwise crossing the border would be weird. I don't think anyone really wants it, we should just get up later in the winter and sleep more.

John Mueller

John Mueller (@johnmu@mastodon.social)

Föderation EN So 29.10.2023 17:49:59

@ilovechoclates_ Also, the US changes over about 2-3 weeks after we do here (Switzerland), which means many of my meetings are messed up for a few weeks, depending on who set them up. Oh well :-)

Preeti Gupta

Preeti Gupta (@ilovechoclates_@seocommunity.social)

Föderation EN So 29.10.2023 17:52:50

@johnmu Damn this sounds so bad and hella confusing. lol I am glad Indians don't have this thing. But everyone else has it and it makes me want to scream (because of how confusing it is)

John Mueller

John Mueller (@johnmu@mastodon.social)

Föderation EN So 29.10.2023 18:36:58

@ilovechoclates_ In practice, nobody really knows when exactly the time shift happens, and with phones & co, you don't have to adjust the time in that many places. When I was junger, it happened that kids came to school at the wrong time on the first day afterwards. The story goes that farmers here hate it, since the cows would get milked an hour off & be confused (which I don't believe, but anyway, few people like it).

John Mueller

John Mueller (@johnmu@mastodon.social)

Föderation EN So 29.10.2023 18:41:11

@ilovechoclates_ Iran is also a fun case: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight - they decided to stop doing daylight savings time from one day to the next in 2022.

HECHT INS GEFECHT

HECHT INS GEFECHT (@hig@social.hechtinsgefecht.de)

Föderation DE So 29.10.2023 18:44:14

@johnmu @ilovechoclates_ what year is it in Iran at the moment? 😁