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Summary

Most European countries moved clocks forward one hour on Sunday, marking the start of daylight saving time (DST), a practice increasingly criticized.

Originally introduced during World War I to conserve energy, DST returned during the 1970s oil crisis and now shifts Central European Time to Central European Summer Time.

Despite a 2018 EU consultation where 84% of nearly 4 million respondents supported abolishing DST, implementation stalled due to member state disagreement.

Poland, currently holding the EU presidency, plans informal consultations to revisit the issue amid broader geopolitical priorities.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (20 children)

No one is complaining about when we all gain an hours sleep in Autumn

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

You'll trade one day of one extra hour of sleep for increased misery all winter long?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well no, because if you remove DST you'd go for the time zone where noon means the sun is straight up. That's the winter schedule, so you summer evenings get an hour shorter.

If we get rid of DST everybody needs to start work an hour earlier IMHO.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Anything for more light in the winter evening. I generally go to work when it's dark and come home when it's dark. It really fucks up my mental health. I honestly don't know how many more winters I can handle, this was a rough one.

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