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Re: Re: The BBC is considering time

From: Pelka <JPelka~at~seznam.cz>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:20:32 +0200 (CEST)
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I have just heard on the satellite TV station - Russian copycat version of the CNN (RUSSIA TODAY) - that Russia is seriously considering getting rid of the semi-annual changing from Winter time to Summer time and back again.



The announcer supported this planned decision by the scientific research stating that there is more harm than benefits as regards changing time twice a year, last but not least because it negatively affects some folks´ behaviour and attitudes as they have to adapt to this change and not all go through this easily.



Regards,



George



PS To prove the Russians´ point, I was just this past Saturday on the soccer refereeing assignment, came late home, get to another get-together (Harley Davidson Open Days) on Sunday and, surprise, I was just this damned virtual hour late! (Well, it happened to me as I recall just twice during the last thirty years:-)




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<  Od: Raymond Macon <maconr~at~speakeasy.net>


<  Předmět: Re: The BBC is considering time


<  Datum: 25.3.2011 15:09:22


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<  The United States first adopted Daylight Savings Time as an energy saving


<  measure in World War I.  The country dropped it after the war, but Franklin


<  Roosevelt reintroduced it during his first administration.  I know there are


<  some places in the world which refuse to implement it.  South Africa is one of


<  them.  Does anybody know of any others?


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<  Raymond


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<  Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 3:35 AM


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<  Yes, why not? Although strictly speaking, there were no time zones in 1872. That


<  system was introduced later, at the beginning of the 20th century.


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<  Cheers,


<  Garmt


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<  On 25 March 2011 10:21, Harry Hayfield <harryhayfield~at~googlemail.com> wrote:


<  > To mark the change from GMT to BST on Saturday evening, the BBC has 


<  > launched a special time website 


<  > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12849630 which examines time 


<  > differences across the world. It's very interesting, but there is no 


<  > mention of Fogg's encounter with timezones. Should I ask if they intend to


<  mention it on Saturday?


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