Re: [tz] European Commission proposes ending DST in March 2019
Here is a press release from the European Commission: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-18-5709_en.htm And the State of the Union 2018 subpage on Seasonal Clock Changes: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/state-union-speeches/state-union-... Our summary: https://time.is/time_zone_news/end_of_seasonal_clock_changes_in_the_eu Even Scharning Time.is - exact time for any time zone https://time.is/
Le 13/09/2018 à 10:38, Even Scharning a écrit :
And the State of the Union 2018 subpage on Seasonal Clock Changes: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/state-union-speeches/state-union-...
... which states (page 6)
IT systems would have to be reprogrammed and reconfigured. This will be critical for scheduling and calendaring software (health systems, travel booking systems) and time-dependent software as well as for "smart" technologies. In transport, timetables would need to be adjusted. As stressed by some stakeholders in response to the public consultation it will therefore be essential to give a certain lead time for such a change.
yet goes on to say
Article 4 provides that Member States shall transpose the Directive by 1 April 2019. This assumes swift adoption of the present proposal by the Council and European Parliament, by March 2019 at the latest. Member States shall apply the Directive from 1 April 2019. This means that Member States shall notify by 27 April 2019, based on possible consultations and assessments at national level and concertation with other Member States, whether, in October 2019, they intend to move on a durable basis to a standard time corresponding to their current "winter-time", rather than to their current summer-time.
i.e. just six months official notice of changes :-(
Even Scharning said:
And the State of the Union 2018 subpage on Seasonal Clock Changes: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/state-union-speeches/state-union-...
Aha! That contains a draft Directive which is clear. * The present system applies to the 2018-10-28 transition to winter time and the 2019-03-31 transition to summer time. * The 2019-10-27 transition to winter time is optional; member states must announce by 2019-03-31 whether or not they will make it. * After that, no seasonal changes are permitted. * Member states can make one-off changes to a different UTC offset but must give at least 6 months notice and can't change their mind during the 6 month window (but can before that). (I suppose a state could give notice of one-off changes every 6 months, but I think that would be seen as a violation of the "no seasonal changes" rule, which takes precedence.) -- Clive D.W. Feather | If you lie to the compiler, Email: clive@davros.org | it will get its revenge. Web: http://www.davros.org | - Henry Spencer Mobile: +44 7973 377646
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