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Winter time corresponds to standard Central European Time (CET), and daylight saving time was originally introduced to save energy. I would also support keeping daylight saving time permanently.

But it doesn’t really save energy. It’s only a very short period when you don’t need lighting in the morning and evening.

Fortunately, "the people" are not allowed to decide everything.
If anything, permanent standard time should be established.
But the fun-loving crowd wouldn’t go along with that – so it’s a good thing they don’t get to decide.

Tolentino schrieb:

If we choose to stay on winter time all year round, it would already be light outside by 3 a.m. in June, and people would be sitting in the dark around 8–9 p.m., unlike now when it can sometimes stay light until just before 10 p.m.
Of course, you could simply shift your daily routine, but general social life isn’t really designed for that.

At the summer solstice on June 21, sunset this year was at 9:53 p.m., with the last light lasting until 10:46 p.m.
If we stayed on winter time year-round, this would only shift about one hour earlier, meaning daylight until just before 9 p.m., and twilight until just before 10 p.m.

That sounds a lot less unpleasant to me than "people sitting in the dark at 8–9 p.m."

stefan_baut schrieb:

At the summer solstice on June 21, this year the sunset was at 9:53 PM, and the "last light" was around 10:46 PM.
If we were on permanent standard time (winter time) all year, these times would shift about one hour earlier, so the sun would set just before 9 PM and the remaining light would last until just before 10 PM.

To me, that sounds much less awful than "being in darkness between 8 and 9 PM."

You’re forgetting the Earth’s curvature; between Berlin and Karlsruhe there is about a 30-minute difference, which I experienced when my wife still lived in Berlin and we chatted regularly. In the eastern part of the time zone, it is already dark by 8 PM.

tomtom79 schrieb:

You’re overlooking the Earth’s curvature. Between Berlin and Karlsruhe, there’s about a 30-minute difference, something I’ve personally noticed when my wife still lived in Berlin and we chatted regularly. So in the eastern part of the time zone, it’s already dark by 8 p.m.

Sorry, you’re right. My data was from Hamburg, where it stays light a bit longer in summer. Interestingly, according to my overview, Berlin and Karlsruhe are almost on the same level—apparently, the longer daylight in the north and the earlier darkness in the east almost cancel each other out in theory.