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Trains still crash.
The time zone thing is symbolic of the communists need for absolute conformity in the face of all reason.
And the US subtracts an hour of daylight for 4 months a year in the season that is already the darkest. I mean, Capitalism is not being any more logical....
And the US subtracts an hour of daylight for 4 months a year in the season that is already the darkest. I mean, Capitalism is not being any more logical....
Well the winter is actually Standard Time. Daylight Saving Time (United States) 2015 begins at 2:00 AM on Sunday, March 8 and ends at 2:00 AM on Sunday, November 1.
You can't add or subtract an hour of daylight. You just can put more daylight at the beginning or the end of the day.
Well the winter is actually Standard Time. Daylight Saving Time (United States) 2015 begins at 2:00 AM on Sunday, March 8 and ends at 2:00 AM on Sunday, November 1.
You can't add or subtract an hour of daylight. You just can put more daylight at the beginning or the end of the day.
How is the one that is only 4 months per year Standard time? I know the answer, I am just saying. I was just pointing out to the previous poster that governments everywhere of all ideologies can be arbitrary as hell when they want to be.
I think this is insane when you consider that from the very eastern tip to the westernmost border, the country spans over 3000 miles. That means it could be already night in one place and bright sunshine in another but yet they have the same time!
Do you think China should at least split up into two or three time zones?
Not only does it have one time zone, it doesn't have daylight savings either!
In Hong Kong it's used to be GMT+7.5 before '97 and now it's universally GMT+8, the change is not that troubling, though.
BTW I never understand DST practically (I can read them on wiki but don't actually know how they work in daily life), anyone living in DST regions willing to explain a bit? Thanks.
In Hong Kong it's used to be GMT+7.5 before '97 and now it's universally GMT+8, the change is not that troubling, though.
BTW I never understand DST practically (I can read them on wiki but don't actually know how they work in daily life), anyone living in DST regions willing to explain a bit? Thanks.
The basis for the change was originally to save energy by matching the work day to sunlight hours. In the US, in the spring, clocks are set forward one hour; in the fall, they are set back one hour.
Practically speaking, it means you have to reset all the clocks in the house twice a year. Otherwise, life goes on as usual. On the days when you set the clock back, you get an extra hour to sleep. When you set it forward, you give that hour back. Forget to do it and you may show up for work the next day at the wrong time!
The basis for the change was originally to save energy by matching the work day to sunlight hours. In the US, in the spring, clocks are set forward one hour; in the fall, they are set back one hour.
Practically speaking, it means you have to reset all the clocks in the house twice a year. Otherwise, life goes on as usual. On the days when you set the clock back, you get an extra hour to sleep. When you set it forward, you give that hour back. Forget to do it and you may show up for work the next day at the wrong time!
Does it still have effect in modern time? I go to work at 9 and off at 6, regardless of the sunlight. Is it more influential for outdoor work?
Does it still have effect in modern time? I go to work at 9 and off at 6, regardless of the sunlight. Is it more influential for outdoor work?
Hong Kong has a low latitude so the duration of a day doesn't change too much in a year.
Here in Boston, morning starts at 4 am in summer if you don't change the time.
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