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Move daylight saving changeover time to Friday afternoon

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The point at which clocks go forward for daylight saving should change from 1am on a Sunday to 3:30pm on a Friday. The point at which clocks go back should remain unchanged.
hippo, Mar 27 2011

When I rule the world, I'll implement this idea as well, at the same time Extra_20hour_20in_2...20in_20the_20winter
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       You're union, aren't you?
reensure, Mar 27 2011
  

       Now, had you said to start Winter an hour later on a Friday night *after* work, I'd have bunned this.
Dub, Mar 27 2011
  

       Last time the clocks went back, I was doing a 12-hour night shift and had to work an extra hour for free :-(
idris83, Mar 27 2011
  

       Everyone should get the hour as credit to use as they see fit.
rcarty, Mar 27 2011
  

       Sounds too good to be true.
blissmiss, Mar 27 2011
  

       excellent idea - I'm going to take it up with my MP
po, Mar 27 2011
  

       Impractical, costly and unnecessary. Bun.
methinksnot, Mar 27 2011
  

       // had to work an extra hour //   

       What is this "work" of which you hu-mons speak ? Your words are strange to us.   

       // Everyone should get the hour as credit to use as they see fit. //   

       Would they get debited in the Autumn, though ?   

       How long before there is a campaign to add extra hours into Saturdays and Sundays ?
8th of 7, Mar 27 2011
  

       Thus ariseth consesnsus, and the EU bureaucrats are happy.
8th of 7, Mar 27 2011
  

       Too simple. Let's just rock the clock five or ten minutes every month.
normzone, Mar 27 2011
  

       Actually, it would have to be ten minutes forward per month for six months, then ten minutes backward again, starting from the winter solstice.   

       Bizarrely, that would work out pretty much right.
8th of 7, Mar 27 2011
  

       So... 62 mins per hour in Winter, and 58 in Summer months - Would that work, too?
We could call the scheme GHT, "Greenwich Half Time"
Dub, Mar 27 2011
  

       So, is this every Friday?
DrBob, Mar 28 2011
  

       //12-hour night shift and had to work an extra hour for free//   

       If you work by the hour in the US, that's illegal.
nomocrow, Mar 28 2011
  

       //12-hour night shift and had to work an extra hour for free//   

       If you work by the hour in the US, that's illegal.
nomocrow, Mar 28 2011
  

       I work by the month in the UK
idris83, Mar 29 2011
  

       That's unamerican!
nomocrow, Mar 30 2011
  

       At these wages it should be.
nomocrow, Mar 31 2011
  
      
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