04 Sep 07
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Originally posted by trevor33Shouldn't that be IST? From Wikipedia:
changing the clocks back/forward 😛
well i live in ireland, so its GMT for winter and BST for summer.
"Western European Summer Time is also known by other names:
* British Summer Time or British Standard Time (BST) in the United Kingdom.
* Irish Standard Time (Am Caighdeánach na hÉireann) or Irish Summer Time (Am Samhraidh na hÉireann) (IST/ACÉ/ASÉ ) in Ireland."
04 Sep 07
Originally posted by Nordlysn. ireland is BST 🙁
Shouldn't that be IST? From Wikipedia:
"Western European Summer Time is also known by other names:
* British Summer Time or British Standard Time (BST) in the United Kingdom.
* Irish Standard Time (Am Caighdeánach na hÉireann) or Irish Summer Time (Am Samhraidh na hÉireann) (IST/ACÉ/ASÉ ) in Ireland."
04 Sep 07
Originally posted by IronstarNo, we use Summer Time. BST in the UK, IST in Ireland (the republic), CEST in Central Europe.
Well, you all know that DST is "Daylight Savings Time", right? It says on Wikipedia that North America and Europe commonly use it...I've never heard of BST and IST...I thought it was all called DST...
04 Sep 07
Not sure where it started, but they started doing it for the farmers I hear. Farmers get up early every day to start work, and need lighting to do their job. It would be dark when they got up around harvest time, so they set the clocks back an hour making it light early in the day rather than late at night.
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04 Sep 07
Originally posted by Phlabibiti thought that the winter time was the 'correct' time and that they changed the clocks forward just to give everyone an extra hour of light at night.
Not sure where it started, but they started doing it for the farmers I hear. Farmers get up early every day to start work, and need lighting to do their job. It would be dark when they got up around harvest time, so they set the clocks back an hour making it light early in the day rather than late at night.
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