randomaccount43543@lemmy.world to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoxkcd #2846: Daylight Saving Choiceimgs.xkcd.comimagemessage-square157fedilinkarrow-up1986arrow-down116file-text
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https://xkcd.com/2846 Alt text: I average out the spring and fall changes and just set my clocks 39 minutes ahead year-round.
minus-squareOrgunDonor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agohttps://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/British-Summer-Time/ In the UK it was brought in during the first world war as a method partly to save coal. Never had anything to do with farmers, but seems to have become a convenient explanation for it these days.
https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/British-Summer-Time/
In the UK it was brought in during the first world war as a method partly to save coal. Never had anything to do with farmers, but seems to have become a convenient explanation for it these days.