Paul Gilmartin wrote in <ea855aca-44f4-b894-cff5-da94f6a76a55@AIM.com>: |On 11/7/22 11:50:46, Tom Lane via tz wrote: |> John Marvin via tz <tz@iana.org> writes: |>> So supposedly a majority of people don't want to change back and forth |>> every year, but there is a split where one group wants to stick with DST |>> year round and the other group wants to stick with Standard Time year |>> round. |> |> ... and neither group is old enough to remember the last time |> we abolished DST. | |What advantage does "permanent DST" offer a region over simply moving to But no, it is all psychological, man! Imagine -- last week or so i even saw a scientific study abstract fly by which wanted to convey the impression that there is a difference in between real sunlight and the good bulb, neon or LED lights? 1200 Lux i think German workers have to have, isn't that sufficient??? (I have not read it, it was that aggressive modern times teaser that was saying this. Mind you -- i am out _whenever_ i can.) Having said that, US has DST permanently for over 120 years, has it, and it was no good for climate nor environment, no matter how many fingers they point somewhere else. If it is all psychological. --steffen | |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off |(By Robert Gernhardt)