Hey David

[Mando Pandango]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15512177

Russia has not put its clocks back for winter this year, after President Dmitry Medvedev decided the country would stay permanently in summertime.

Mr Medvedev announced his decision in March, saying it was in order to relieve the stress of changing clocks.

Officials at the time talked about an annual increase in suicides.

It means that this winter in Russia the mornings will be darker for longer, but there will be more daylight in the afternoons.

So, as almost all of Northern Europe set its clocks back overnight, Russia did nothing, opting instead to remain on summertime for the whole year.

But because Russia is almost alone in sticking to summertime it has meant that businesses like banks, and in particular airlines and railways, have had an extra complication this autumn.

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[Andria]

Asshole 

i just posted this in the chat thread, NOW i see yours

[PLEASEHELP1991]

this is russia's bid to take over europe

[ME##]

[move]WHAT THE FLYING FUCK, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GET RID OF DST/SUMMER TIME, NOT MAKE IT PERMANENT. [/move]

[Nyerp]

lmao

[bluaki]

I agree with David.

non-DST/winter time is what the expected geographical time should be for the region (though timezone borders are a little weird by themselves, DST screws them up further). But apparently people think it's a good idea to make everybody start their work day an hour too early and, instead of telling people to do so, it's apparently also better to permanently screw up the time system.

[Samus Aran]

yes it should just be eliminated

[ME##]

We should just get rid of time completely.

NO NO NO NO NO NO.  TIME SHOULD JUST BE CONSISTENT [NO DST] AND THE TIME ZONES SHOULD EVENLY DIVIDE THE WORLD.   


OH AND TIME ZONES OFFSET BY HALF AN HOUR SHOULD BE SHOT.

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

THE TIME ZONES SHOULD  EVENLY DIVIDE THE WORLD.

[piano moths]

I don't think DST affects me

[ME##]

hey hey hey 

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

hey hey hey 

FUCK THE ME POLICE

[Kalahari Inkantation]

NO NO NO NO NO NO.  TIME SHOULD JUST BE CONSISTENT [NO DST] AND THE TIME ZONES SHOULD EVENLY DIVIDE THE WORLD.   


OH AND TIME ZONES OFFSET BY HALF AN HOUR SHOULD BE SHOT.

lol oh my god why are you so right

WHY CAN'T WE EVER DO ANYTHING THAT MAKES SENSE :'(

[ME##]

lol oh my god why are you so right

WHY CAN'T WE EVER DO ANYTHING THAT MAKES SENSE :'(

ugh seriously :'(


WHY DOES NOBODY LIKE ORDERLY TIME ZONES?   

[bluaki]

WHY DOES NOBODY LIKE ORDERLY TIME ZONES?   

I understand wanting slightly jagged timezone borders so that like a major city isn't divided into two zones, but the real shapes of these borders make some regions be off by over two hours, like Iceland, part of Greenland, Argetina, and over half of Russia.

Speaking of orderly time system, what's your opinion of the date system where months vary in length from 28 to 31 days?