• PetteriPano@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    The EU parliament had a vote to abolish DST, and it passed. They just forgot to hammer out the details, then COVID and Ukraine happened, so focus shifted.

    I hope they’ll pick up the ball again at some point.

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      9 days ago

      Perhaps if the US does it, they’ll follow. And then anywhere else left will do the same and we can be done with this nonsense.

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        8 days ago

        The decision is made. It just takes a while for the 27 countries to get their local legislation up to speed. Many haven’t decided whether they’d want to be on standard time or +1. There’s some business advantage to being on the same timezone as your neighbors.

        And then software manufacturers need some heads up to get their shit together.