On Jul 5, 2012, at 7:18 AM, Henning Stener <h.ste...@sportradar.com> wrote:
> On 05/07/12 13:05, Nick Hilliard wrote: >> On 05/07/2012 11:34, Jared Mauch wrote: >>> Live further north and you will see the difference dst makes. >> >> This is true. Ireland, UK, NL, Denmark, northern Germany and northern >> Poland are at a similar latitude to Polar Bear Provincial Park by Hudson >> Bay. With DST, we get much more usable evenings March through October, and >> the sun rises at 05:00 instead of 04:00 in the morning, so early risers >> don't get woken up at 4 every day. During the winter, regular time means >> that we have sunrise after 08:30 for 5 weeks. At this latitude, DST is >> serious win. >> >> Nick >> >> > > Live further north and you will see the absurdity of dst. :) > I live in Norway. In summer the sun is up, in winter the sun is not up. > At this latitude, dst is..meh. I'm only at (aproxamately) 42.28755874876601 north. Once you go near 60 north the value changes significantly. There is a band of latitudes where it does make more sense.
