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Re: F-ckin Leap Seconds, how do they work?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nick Hilliard)
Thu Jul 5 07:07:10 2012
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From: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
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On 05/07/2012 11:34, Jared Mauch wrote:
> Live further north and you will see the difference dst makes.
This is true. Ireland, UK, NL, Denmark, northern Germany and northern
Poland are at a similar latitude to Polar Bear Provincial Park by Hudson
Bay. With DST, we get much more usable evenings March through October, and
the sun rises at 05:00 instead of 04:00 in the morning, so early risers
don't get woken up at 4 every day. During the winter, regular time means
that we have sunrise after 08:30 for 5 weeks. At this latitude, DST is
serious win.
Nick
