[time-nuts] The future of UTC

Chris Albertson albertson.chris at gmail.com
Mon Jul 18 16:17:07 UTC 2011


On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Mike Naruta AA8K <aa8k at comcast.net> wrote:

> If advancing the clocks one hour saves so much daylight,
> why not advance the clocks by two hours to save even more?

The amount of time to move the clock depends on how far north you
live.  Days being even longer at high latitudes.  I think one hour is
a compromise.  There have been proposals to do what they call "double
daylight saving time"
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Chris Albertson
Redondo Beach, California




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