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Ireland technically doesn't mirror the UK's timezone. Irish Standard Time is UTC+1, and we go back an hour for winter. Unlike the UK, which is at UTC+0, and g
by soneil 4y ago
Ireland technically doesn't mirror the UK's timezone. Irish Standard Time is UTC+1, and we go back an hour for winter. Unlike the UK, which is at UTC+0, and goes forward an hour for the summer.
They're functionally identical, technically opposites, and I can't help feeling the reason is very, very similar.
- closewith 4y agoYes, if it wasn't for the over-riding desire to avoid a time difference between Northern Ireland and Ireland, we may have ended up with a performative GMT+0:45 timezone.
- gerikson 4y agoTIL! Wow, that's definitely something else.
- BerislavLopac 4y ago> They're functionally identical Until one of the countries (or the EU) decides to get rid of the DST...