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Santa Claes πΈπͺππ°π (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 31-Dec-2021 15:42:08 UTC Santa Claes πΈπͺππ°π I've been reading "[Cabinet proposition 1978/79:200 with suggestions for guidelines regarding the introduction of daylight saving time]" and it is a remarkably detailed account of all the factors throughout the 20th century that led to Sweden eventually adopting DST in 1980, after first having rejected it after a trial run in 1916.
Basically it's all the EC's fault! π
www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-l⦠(Swedish)-
Santa Claes πΈπͺππ°π (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 31-Dec-2021 15:53:35 UTC Santa Claes πΈπͺππ°π The result from the DST trial in 1916 was that farmers were very upset with the inconvenience and that energy savings were miniscule, 0.5%. City people were moderately positive that you had one more hour for outdoor activities between work and nightfall.
Motions for DST in 1926, 1940, 1964, 1974, 1975/76 and 1978/79 had all been rejected.
What was different this time was that West Germany was adopting DST, this would make Denmark do it and this would make it costly for Sweden not to do it. -
Santa Claes πΈπͺππ°π (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 31-Dec-2021 16:03:48 UTC Santa Claes πΈπͺππ°π But it wasn't West Germany's fault either:
"[The question of DST has been under discussion in the EC since 1975. The Commission then made a proposal that DST would be introduced in all EC countries. Among EC countries mostly West Germany rejected the proposal, but some other states were also reserved. As a consequence, the proposal failed. Several of the countries have since unilaterally decided to adopt DST.]"
By 1978 West Germany was the only EC country left on all-year normal time, so they were a victim just like Denmark and Sweden, and probably switched in order to reduce trade and communications coordination cost. -
Santa Claes πΈπͺππ°π (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 31-Dec-2021 16:20:08 UTC Santa Claes πΈπͺππ°π The motions throughout the years were mainly motivating the change with:
- Health (debunked, health costs go up)
- Traffic safety (debunked, traffic accidents go up)
- Energy savings (true, but minor)
- It's nice (debatable) -
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 31-Dec-2021 16:23:34 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} Which means that SE is unlikely to switch back to one time all year unless the whole European Union agrees to do likewise. -
Santa Claes πΈπͺππ°π (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 31-Dec-2021 16:28:46 UTC Santa Claes πΈπͺππ°π The changed circumstances in 1978 were that by 1979 15 European countries would be on DST, not just EC countries but also Poland, Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria. So the pressure was not only on West Germany but on East Germany as well, which led to the Germanies entering into discussions to coordinate the transition.
Correction to two posts up: I don't know if West Germany was (together with Denmark) the last non-DST EC (and future EC, including Greece, Portugal and Spain) country by 1978, but by 1979 they (and Denmark) would be. -
f.rift :fire_blue: (feonixrift@hackers.town)'s status on Friday, 31-Dec-2021 16:54:14 UTC f.rift :fire_blue: @clacke It increases the market for radio synchronized timepieces
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Santa Claes πΈπͺππ°π (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 31-Dec-2021 16:55:57 UTC Santa Claes πΈπͺππ°π (I had forgotten that Denmark was already in the EC by 1973)
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