[tz] event of interest: Future of Europe debates – The end of DST: how can it be placed back to the European agenda?

Arthur David Olson arthurdavidolson at gmail.com
Thu Oct 28 02:51:50 UTC 2021


> > I was just at events for the Barcelona Time Use initiative time use
week 2021 and the panel on changing DST in Europe was very interesting

> > and I thought some of you might want to take a look. It is free to sign
up and you can access recordings of all the events including the one on
time zones/DST.

> > Description and link below.

> > https://timeuseweek.beplanet.tv/en/


> Thanks for the pointer. I don't see recordings there yet but I assume
they'll be published in due course


Recordings are now available (after free registration).


    @dashdashado

On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 1:30 PM Paul Eggert via tz <tz at iana.org> wrote:

> On 10/25/21 09:16, BASTIAN Michelle via tz wrote:
>
> > https://timeuseweek.beplanet.tv/en/
>
> Thanks for the pointer. I don't see recordings there yet but I assume
> they'll be published in due course.
>
> If I had been there, my question would be "What will be the names of
> time zones in Europe if half of Europe sticks with standard time, the
> other half advances its clocks permanently, and the UK continues to
> switch back and forth?" For example, will "Central European Time"
> continue to mean UTC+1, or will it mean the time that Berlin observes
> even thought that becomes UTC+2; or will we come up with new names for
> the new time zone regime?
>
> Naming may sound like a minor issue but whichever way it's decided, a
> lot of reprogramming will need to be done. You might be surprised by how
> much software out there assumes that "CET" means UTC+1 despite our
> recommendations not to rely on these abbreviations.
>
> And it's not just software that will need reprogramming: the choice of
> names will affect how Europeans think about time.
>
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