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"Pressure"? Probably not. If anyone was able to pressure anyone else, they would have managed to align the switchover dates (they're off by a week, making for t
by mseebach 9y ago
"Pressure"? Probably not. If anyone was able to pressure anyone else, they would have managed to align the switchover dates (they're off by a week, making for two quite amusing weeks a year where everybody is late or early for transatlantic meetings). But doing it and proving it works well (provided that it does) would be valuable arguments in favour of its abolition elsewhere.
- danaris 9y agoUsed to be a week. Now it's a lot more, thanks to some bright sparks during the second Bush administration thinking they could score some quick points by extending summer time to "reduce energy usage"...