Comment DF Re: I think we should go back to calling it "War Time"

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When someone near me says "Daylight Savings Time" instead of "Daylight Saving Time" I ...

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I think we should go back to calling it "War Time" (Score: 2, Informative)

by norstadt@pipedot.org on 2014-03-10 20:51 (#DC)

In 1976, when the government evaluated the effects of DST, they found no significant energy savings. They did find that year-round DST kills children on their way to school.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_in_the_United_States

Re: I think we should go back to calling it "War Time" (Score: 1)

by koen@pipedot.org on 2014-03-10 21:07 (#DF)

In my country (Belgium), DST was introduced by the German invaders in 1916 (damn, wrong World War for a Godwin).

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