On Jul 5, 2012, at 7:18 AM, Henning Stener <h.stener@sportradar.com> wrote:
On 05/07/12 13:05, Nick Hilliard wrote:
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
Live further north and you will see the absurdity of dst. :) I live in Norway. In summer the sun is up, in winter the sun is not up. At this latitude, dst is..meh.
I'm only at (aproxamately) 42.28755874876601 north. Once you go near 60 north the value changes significantly. There is a band of latitudes where it does make more sense.