On 10/25/21 09:16, BASTIAN Michelle via tz wrote:
Thanks for the pointer. I don't see recordings there yet but I assume they'll be published in due course. If I had been there, my question would be "What will be the names of time zones in Europe if half of Europe sticks with standard time, the other half advances its clocks permanently, and the UK continues to switch back and forth?" For example, will "Central European Time" continue to mean UTC+1, or will it mean the time that Berlin observes even thought that becomes UTC+2; or will we come up with new names for the new time zone regime? Naming may sound like a minor issue but whichever way it's decided, a lot of reprogramming will need to be done. You might be surprised by how much software out there assumes that "CET" means UTC+1 despite our recommendations not to rely on these abbreviations. And it's not just software that will need reprogramming: the choice of names will affect how Europeans think about time.