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    Changing the clocks triggered my time zone autism again, so I made a website about it
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    Changing the clocks triggered my time zone autism again, so I made a website about it

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    1. turdas on

      It’s always annoyed me how Finland follows the EET (UTC+2) timezone instead of the Central European CET (UTC+1). In Western Finland, where most people live, CET corresponds to our geographical location practically just as accurately, but it would be much better for EU cooperation. On the other hand EET gives us no benefits now that we won’t be cooperating with Russia for a long time.

      According to research it seems to be more healthy to live on the eastern edge of a timezone rather than on the western edge. This way the clocks are slightly behind the Sun, which makes it easier to fall asleep in the evenings and wake up in the mornings (so the effect is the opposite of daylight saving time).

      Now that the clocks were changed again, I was spurred to make a little grassroots activism PSA website about it. The page has maps, concise info, and a calculator that shows what time it really should be in various cities in Finland.

    3. smaisidoro on

      My official position on DST: I do not care what timezone you pick. But PLEASE don’t change the clocks 2 times a year. I don’t think people even know _why_ we are doing it in the first place!

    4. Nebuladiver on

      Finland is well aligned with the EET, which has the midpoint on the 30th meridian east. Of course when it changes to the summer time it gets more out of phase. But during these times now it’s much nicer to have more light in the afternoon. In plain summer it won’t make any difference, there will be light early in the morning and late in the afternoon anyway. What’s most annoying is the change itself.

    6. Leprecon on

      Sometimes autism means that you have to make a website about how you think timezones should be. I love you, never change!

    7. 8dot30662386292pow2 on

      Summer time is the best time. The extra light at this time of the year is the greatest thing.

    8. GirlInContext on

      It bugs my mind that people make an issue about it.

      Nowadays you don’t even notice time changes when electronic devises take care of it.

      Current system is fine.

    9. Laiska_saunatonttu on

      Why do we move clocks one hour twice a year? We could reduce the daylight saving jetlag by instead moving clocks 20 minutes six times a year!

    11. Accomplished-Toe7014 on

      Agreed. Forget about the logic of how many people live closer to which of the two, Finland is bright all night long in summer and dark all day long in winter, so “daylight saving” doesn’t make any sense. Just pick one and move on.

    12. TinyAd1126 on

      Finland is located exactly on UTC+2:00, which is the winter time. 

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%2B02:00

      In the “Old School Finnish Culture”, or Traditional Finnish culture there was a clear understanding that we are somewhat distant country to Continental Europe, and we were sure that “Europeans” there don’t give a darn about Finland, and there is no need to change it, because we were fine, and they were too. That was time before internet and all cultures were extremely authentic. You had to read some books, if you wanted to know something or check something. Most people had books. 

      We didn’t think that we were “Europeans”, or some sort of “Vikings”. In my early childhood I didn’t even know what Vikings were, because no one ever told about them. Not my parents, not any other adults. There wasn’t any attitude towards Viking culture, because no one knew much about it. When I read some Viking stuff from Donald Duck, I asked my parents that what Vikings were. My father didn’t know clearly, said that those were Swedes long a go, and my mother knew that they were some sort of soldiers about a thousand years ago, but they didn’t bother to tell more, and I wasn’t that much interested either. Again, no attitude, just not our thing. 

      Sounds probably extremely hurtful but somehow we Finns were clear that other nations don’t like us that much, and that’s just business as usual, there wasn’t any bitterness in it. People had a misty feeling that Finland is “rich” and developed, meaning that Finns “know how to do things”, and that’s why we should help poor people and refugees if they happen to come here. Very few came, and that wasn’t a “heavy burden” in our souls, but because we had more than most countries in the Third World and so on, we can share some resources. 

      Finns were happy people with good morals, and quite naive too. Nothing bad ever happened to anyone, and the war when things were turbulent, happened 50 years ago. Sounds a total clichĂ©, but The Winter War really was the corner stone of our culture. People talked about it a lot, even 50 years after it, and it meant a lot for everyone that we survived. Nordic countries were seen as some sort of mental cousins, similar people with similar values, friends of us, but people definitely didn’t want more Nordic cooperation. Hard to say exactly why. It was important to be exactly what you are and do things properly. 

    13. Cyoor on

      I am totally for not changing the clock, however there are some factors to consider before making any change:
      – Finland is a dark place in the winter and moving to EU time during the winter might be to much since the sun is setting early enough as it is.
      – Keeping the current “summer time” during the winter, would probably give people an easier time due to the darkness coming one hour later in the day, on the other hand it would also be a bigger difference compared to the rest of the EU, so there are pros and cons of both.
      – Having half a timezone is just a no go for anyone interacting over the boarders since its just a mess. (Its hard to deal with as it is)

      Removing the summer/winter time thing is something that I think most people agree with nowdays though, since it just doesnt make any sense in todays world.