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I average out the spring and fall changes and just set my clocks 39 minutes ahead year-round.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That causes problems with culture/language/communication.

Like the saying "from 9 to 5" could not be applied to other timezones anymore. Or when reading direct speech in a book, "Let's meet at 15:00", you wouldn't be able to tell anymore what time of the day that means.

Since both approaches have pros and cons, I think we would need overwhelmingly good arguments to justify a change.