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The EU will shift to DST in springtime 2021. Then in the autumn of 2021, each individual country in the EU will decide whether or not to switch back to standard
by kseistrup 7y ago
The EU will shift to DST in springtime 2021. Then in the autumn of 2021, each individual country in the EU will decide whether or not to switch back to standard time, thus ending permanently on ST or DST.
Switching to and from DST has been a PITA for me, so I look forward to 2021. And personally I'm in favour of permanent standard time. I do like the wonderfully long evenings in summer here in Denmark, but I dread the dark mornings in winter. So standard time for me, please.
- jabl 7y agoLast I heard, this has stalled in the EU parliament. :( Some of the big countries have shifted their position from "cool, lets do this" to "meh, why bother". I'd also prefer permanent standard time, FWIW.
- kseistrup 7y agoPerhaps you are right (although I hope you aren't). I was reading https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20190321IPR32107/parliament-backs-proposal-to-end-switch-between-summer-and-winter-time-in-2021 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20190321IP... the other day, and I sensed some light at the end of the tunnel. I guess we'll see…
- _ph_ 7y agoI think it is more important to keep the common time zone we currently have in the middle of the EU than where exactly it is. So it makes sense to delay a decision, until an agreement across the member states of that time zone can be reached. And as most of the time zone already is in the "plus" vs. the astronomical time, standard time would be the very obvious choice.