But that's not how it works, having Standard time in early October would actually help with reaching school with natural light in more cases and have why did th

But that's not how it works, having Standard time in early October would actually help with reaching school with natural light in more cases and have why did they hose to have one month less of this effect on only one side of the curve. Why not start with Summer Time in February then already. It's that assymetry that irks me most. [1] My question is more with the rationale of 1940s UK [2] (other than to confuse the Germans), where this habit with late October date and 5/7 months started. While the rest of Europe had a September date and 6/6 up to 1996. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis_of_daylight_saving_time#/media/File:Greenwich_GB_DaylightChart.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis_of_daylight_saving_ti... [2] https://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/ https://www.polyomino.org.uk/british-time/