[tz] Europe/Glasgow looming?

John Haxby john.haxby at oracle.com
Tue Aug 19 08:11:34 UTC 2014


On 15/08/14 15:28, Philip Newton wrote:
> On 15 August 2014 09:34, Paul Eggert <eggert at cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
>> > However, it could cause Northern Ireland to lean more
>> > to switching to CET/CEST, and this in turn could make matters more
>> > interesting for the Scots, who tend to be opposed to such a change.
> I thought that Scots also tend to be opposed to summer time in
> general, due to their more northerly latitude enhancing the ‘children
> go to school in the dark’ effect.

It's the other way around.  They want the clocks to change in winter
because otherwise children will be going to school in the dark for most
of the winter months.

jch


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