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The UK did try this once. In the winters of 1968-69 and 1969-70, the clocks were kept on summer time. It wasn't all that popular, apparently because it meant sp
by cannam 9y ago
The UK did try this once. In the winters of 1968-69 and 1969-70, the clocks were kept on summer time. It wasn't all that popular, apparently because it meant spending such a long time in the dark on winter mornings, especially in the north and Scotland. My mother remembers hating it.
- tom_mellior 9y agoA few years ago I moved one sun-hour westwards within CET, while staying at roughly the same latitude. So I have the same experience: My new winter time is the same as it would have been to keep summer time at my previous home. The sun rises almost exactly an hour later and sets an hour later too. Overall I prefer it. Yes, it's stubbornly dark on winter mornings, and yes, it means it's hard to get out of bed. But I find it hard to get out of bed in summer too, so that doesn't make much of a difference to me. And yes, in the deepest winter it gets dark before I leave my place of work. Still, overall, I think this agrees better with me. But all this comes down to personal preference as well as where you live. I'm fairly sure winter mornings in Scotland are pretty dark regardless of the time zone, because the days are simply short.