Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoLeap seconds were one-second adjustments occasionally applied to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) between 1972 and 2016en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down11
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minus-squarehumanspiral@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoIt would be dark at 9am where I am on some winter days without it. Without standard time, I’d get woken up at 4:30am though, some days.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoI’ve lived in Norway, so I know all about sunlight and the lack of it. There’s no benefit to DST that couldn’t be obtained by other methods, without messing with time and messing up everybody who has international connections.
It would be dark at 9am where I am on some winter days without it. Without standard time, I’d get woken up at 4:30am though, some days.
I’ve lived in Norway, so I know all about sunlight and the lack of it. There’s no benefit to DST that couldn’t be obtained by other methods, without messing with time and messing up everybody who has international connections.