EU parliament votes to scrap daylight saving time

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The European parliament representing countries of the European Union voted Tuesday to end the practice of daylight saving time in 2021, allowing countries to choose whether they stay on summer or winter time.

Descendant of a Hungarian noble family Bela Hatvani adjusts a clock backward one hour in a museum displaying his family’s clock collection in Kunszallas, Hungary, 28 October 2017. EU countries will spring ahead or fall behind for the last time in 2021 after the European parliament voted Tuesday to end daylight saving time in 2021.that member states can choose to adjust clocks by an hour for the final time on March 28, 2021, or on Oct. 31, 2021.

“If the Commission finds that the foreseen time arrangements could significantly, and permanently, hamper the proper functioning of the single market, it may submit a proposal to postpone the date of application of the directive by a maximum of 12 months,” they said.Many jurisdictions around the world have hotly debated the tradition for years. Earlier this month, U.S.

 

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The world should split the difference - make a one time 30 minute adjustment and be done with this ridiculous biannual ritual.

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