{"id":2156,"date":"2010-11-02T09:03:56","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T09:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2010-11-02T09:05:13","modified_gmt":"2010-11-02T09:05:13","slug":"daylight-saving-a-complete-waste-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/11\/daylight-saving-a-complete-waste-of-time.htm","title":{"rendered":"Daylight saving &#8211; a complete waste of time?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I made my way onto the platform at the railway station this morning, I looked across and noticed the sky. Pink and blue. Red sky at morning&#8230; shepherd&#8217;s warning&#8230; I haven&#8217;t seen that for a few weeks, but the clocks changed last weekend, so my 06:52 train into London runs at what would have been 07:52 last week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So what?&#8221;, I hear you ask. &#8220;So the dawn came earlier &#8211; what difference does that really make?&#8221;. And my response would be absolutely none at all.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst some are calling for UK timezones to be harmonised with Western Europe, I&#8217;d question the need to change the clocks at all. Twice a year, we switch to\/from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daylight_saving_time\">daylight saving time<\/a> but, in our 24 hour society, what relevance does that really have?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-11659956\">The BBC has reported that<\/a>, the Federation of Small Businesses are claiming a potential \u00c2\u00a31bn increase in revenues if we moved the clocks forward another hour to sync with our mainland European colleagues but I fail to see how that changes anything&#8230; are they suggesting that they only work &#8220;office hours&#8221;? So, do those who work with Chinese, or Indian, or American companies switch onto those timezones? (I suggest not &#8211; instead, we get up early, work late, or use alternative methods of communication that do not require synchronicity.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessgreen.com\/business-green\/news\/2272498\/campaign-scrap-daylight-savings\">Others suggest that there are green benefits to be had by staying on British Summer Time<\/a> &#8211; doubtful, given that many offices and public buildings have their lights on all day anyway!<\/p>\n<p>Campaigners in Scotland say that to change Britain&#8217;s timezone would be unacceptable in a country where winter days are already short enough (it was previously tried between 1968 and 1972). Well fine &#8211; Scotland has a devolved government &#8211; why not work on your own timeline too! When I lived in Australia, people were used to various states operating in different timezones and Europe is no different. But &#8220;daylight saving time&#8221; doesn&#8217;t give you a longer day&#8230; it just shifts the start and end times of daylight.<\/p>\n<p>And that was the real reason for it&#8217;s introduction here in the UK, when we were a nation of farmers and factory workers. Today though, we have electric lights to see by on our way to work\/school and, in any case, in a few more weeks it will be dark again in the mornings &#8211; and on the way home too.<\/p>\n<p>The whole concept of changing the clocks is outdated so, now that London (including Greenwich) is on Greenwich Mean Time (and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coordinated_Universal_Time\">Cordinated Universal Time<\/a>), let&#8217;s leave it there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I made my way onto the platform at the railway station this morning, I looked across and noticed the sky. Pink and blue. 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