nzlegend 1 Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Oh why lord is there no daylight savings in this blessed nation????why cant mere mortals enjoy one extra hour of glorious sunlight in the evening? why must the sun come up at 4am and set at 6:30 in summer? do you also wish there was daylight savings time in Nippon? Link to post Share on other sites
akibun 0 Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 What is it? Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Daylight savings ended here about 2 weeks ago. I love daylight savings, but on the flip side its end means that winter is coming........ Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted April 7, 2003 Author Share Posted April 7, 2003 Quote: Originally posted by akibun: What is it? akibun, DST - Daylight Savings Time is where in summer you put clocks foward 1 hour to make better use of the sun. In Japan in summer it gets dark at about 7pm. If you have DST it gets dark at 8pm, one more hour to sit in a beer garden, go for a walk, etc. In summer in Japan the sun comes up at 5am which is no good because no one gets up at 5am and its a waste. so with DST the sun would come up at 6am instead. wakatta Akibun? Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 having no DLS time is good for getting a surf in before work, but then tokyo is the wrong city for that. No DLS is crap. Yet another thing that will make me dislike life here. I need therapy. I love DLS. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 I believe that if we had daylight savings here people would work longer until it was dark because that what they are used to! Anyway with that extra hours its not like you can stay out in the surf longer after work because you still wouldn't be able to reach it b4 dark.. on the bright side, i works most days 4pm-6pm so If i get to bed early, up at 3am I can be in the water by 430am and have 2 or 3 surfs before setting back home... Link to post Share on other sites
oblivion 5 Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 I agree, people would just work longer! Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 Are they considering it? Link to post Share on other sites
Glen Falting 0 Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 I hope they don't get DLS here, it fades the curtains! Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Barlow 0 Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 If you've got the decent curtains! Link to post Share on other sites
zebedee 1 Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 Got to admit, I kinda like dark evenings. Better for early drinking Link to post Share on other sites
wakaran 1 Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 I heard they've been continually considering it for a long time, but there are too many lobbys on eithr side fighting. Link to post Share on other sites
DeepProbe 0 Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 Bring it on! Link to post Share on other sites
oblivion 5 Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 ...but I wouldn't...bring them on! Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted October 4, 2003 Author Share Posted October 4, 2003 I see NZ is changing to DLS again this weekend.....sigh I miss DLS More interestingly " The only major industrialized country not to have introduced daylight saving is Japan." good ole obtuse Japan is holding out. also a strange one is China! " China has had a single time zone since May 1, 1980 observing summer DST from 1986 through 1991; they do not now." Interesting is not the fact they ditched DSL interesting is they only have only ONE time zone!in such a massive country. Mid Winter West - rises at 9:43 AM sets 6:43 PM East - rises at 7:08 AM sets 4:09 PM Mid Summer West - rises 6:30 AM sets 9:46 PM (luckily quite normal) East - rises 3:53 AM sets 7:11 PM West is Urumqi, East is Jilin, both Northern cities on similar lattitude for parity) that is massive disparity, the sun rising at 9:43! screw that especially when in New Dehli at the same longitude its 7:10am. Walk across the border into India and step back in time 2 1/2 hours! China is Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted October 4, 2003 Share Posted October 4, 2003 in the end they are just numbers - I wonder if they just changed the time that they do things in some parts of china ie start work at 10 or 11 and work till 8 or 9. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted October 4, 2003 Share Posted October 4, 2003 Just numbers?? Not when you are trying to execute a financial transaction from geographical area A with someone in Geographical area B. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted October 4, 2003 Share Posted October 4, 2003 db, don't even try to pretend DLS aids international financial transactions!!! Internationally, DLS is nothing but confusing, as one is constantly having to consider the time status of other countries. And yes, just numbers, one more set to add to the equation in international business. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted October 4, 2003 Share Posted October 4, 2003 That is indeed my exact point. They are not just numbers, they are real time differences that are a pain in the backside. I like DLS from a lifestyle perspective but work wise it is a hassle. Link to post Share on other sites
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