Clocks Change

aveatry · 26 Oct 2025

Its talked about every year but always just the day before so too late to change legislation. I heard a stat that over 80% of people want to stop the clocks going back in the winter. Its about time it ended.
What's the negatives compared to the positives - apparently its estimated that not putting them back would reduce road casualties.
Imagine the climate changing CO2 it would save as people will not need to put the lights on so soon. When it gets dark it also gets cold - so not putting them back will mean even more CO2 saved as people will not need to put the heating on an hour ago.
An extra hour of outside culture = increased GDP
So what's not to like.

aveatry · 27 Oct 2025

Looks like no one cares then

fillyboy · 27 Oct 2025

The time is my van is forever BST. I did change it once about 6 years ago but decided it wasn't worth the effort.

Brigadier · 27 Oct 2025

Utility Warehouse cheap rate overnight electric rate stays on BST 0130 - 0830, all year round.

Which means that I have to have a daylight saving schedule programmed into my EV charger too, and use that until the clocks go forward again, to ensure cheap rate charging.

aveatry · 27 Oct 2025

Brigadier said:
Utility Warehouse cheap rate overnight electric rate stays on BST 0130 - 0830, all year round.

Which means that I have to have a daylight saving schedule programmed into my EV charger too, and use that until the clocks go forward again, to ensure cheap rate charging.

Faff

aveatry · 27 Oct 2025

My record for not remembering to change the clocks is going to Asda on a Sunday at 4pm to find them shut --- because it was actually 5pm

Brigadier · 27 Oct 2025

aveatry said:
Faff

It's only a couple of clicks on my app, but it'd be simpler if UW just stuck to "the time it says on the clock".

I agree though on your point.

carmanmemoranda · 27 Oct 2025

aveatry said:
Looks like no one cares then

I'd prefer them not to change, but it's not high on my list of concerns. Just twice a year.

Ever been Iceland or very north in the winter? Or even the summer ?

aveatry · 27 Oct 2025

carmanmemoranda said:
I'd prefer them not to change, but it's not high on my list of concerns. Just twice a year.

Ever been Iceland or very north in the winter? Or even the summer ?

Nope, wouldn’t want perpetual darkness at all.
I can not see a negative reason to not put them back. Its all positive.
And I think the Summer needs to be an extra hour forward too, who needs it to be light at 4 am.

motorbiking · 27 Oct 2025

Been to Iceland and many of the Nordic countries regularly. I could never face living through their winters. Totally grim. The only benefit is they can really feel the spring coming as it warms up so fast with the extra daylight.

We should stay on BST all year round.

Diver Fred · 27 Oct 2025

The clock change is pretty much a world wide occurance. So would the UK stopping the time change be worthwhile?
I think it would cause international trade problems because overseas would have problems with not knowing what the time difference between the UK and the RotW at clock change date(s).
I rather the UK changed from using West European Time (WET) to Central European (CET) which the great majority of the EU uses.
My argument is based on my apart paid role where I represented my employer (and the UK) in a pan Europe forum; in that forum the UK was a hour behind while Finland and the ex-countries of the Soviet block are on East Europen time are a hour in front. The British isles are now the area within West Europe block using WET. The only other areas close to Europe using WET are the Canaries and Madera.

carmanmemoranda · 27 Oct 2025

Diver Fred said:
The clock change is pretty much a world wide occurance. So would the UK stopping the time change be worthwhile?
I think it would cause international trade problems because overseas would have problems with not knowing what the time difference between the UK and the RotW at clock change date(s).
I rather the UK changed from using West European Time (WET) to Central European (CET) which the great majority of the EU uses.
My argument is based on my apart paid role where I represented my employer (and the UK) in a pan Europe forum; in that forum the UK was a hour behind while Finland and the ex-countries of the Soviet block are on East Europen time are a hour in front. The British isles are now the area within West Europe block using WET. The only other areas close to Europe using WET are the Canaries and Madera.

Cet does make some sense

aveatry · 27 Oct 2025

Diver Fred said:
The clock change is pretty much a world wide occurance. So would the UK stopping the time change be worthwhile?
I think it would cause international trade problems because overseas would have problems with not knowing what the time difference between the UK and the RotW at clock change date(s).
I rather the UK changed from using West European Time (WET) to Central European (CET) which the great majority of the EU uses.
My argument is based on my apart paid role where I represented my employer (and the UK) in a pan Europe forum; in that forum the UK was a hour behind while Finland and the ex-countries of the Soviet block are on East Europen time are a hour in front. The British isles are now the area within West Europe block using WET. The only other areas close to Europe using WET are the Canaries and Madera.

EVERYONE should use our time - we invented it GMT

The USA dont seem to have a problem with different times in their own country

aveatry · 27 Oct 2025

motorbiking said:
Been to Iceland and many of the Nordic countries regularly. I could never face living through their winters. Totally grim. The only benefit is they can really feel the spring coming as it warms up so fast with the extra daylight.

We should stay on BST all year round.

I love it in - dont remember which country but they have a big party - celebration when the Sun first - all but briefly appears over the horizon for the first time in months - cute.

fixitflav · 27 Oct 2025

Diver Fred said:
The clock change is pretty much a world wide occurance. So would the UK stopping the time change be worthwhile?

But in the southern hemisphere (Australia, anyway) the hour goes the other way, so the time difference goes from them being 9 hours in front when we're on BST to 11 hours after we put them back.

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