{"id":137133,"date":"2018-09-11T21:22:01","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T03:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/11\/the-eu-may-get-rid-of-changing-clocks-twice-a-year.html"},"modified":"2018-09-12T07:24:44","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T13:24:44","slug":"the-eu-may-get-rid-of-changing-clocks-twice-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/11\/the-eu-may-get-rid-of-changing-clocks-twice-a-year.html","title":{"rendered":"The EU may get rid of changing clocks twice a year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crap. If Europe gets rid of Daylight Saving Time \/ Summer Time, the US will <i>never<\/i> do the same, just because the Europeans did it first (cf. the metric system).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2018\/08\/eu-commission-president-supports-ending-seasonal-time-changes\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 650px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/QcnCOrbzr0m3uS9nyQ-aJgeRJ63C-krmlCSIrfOs1On13lz4Vn3-ea0xQQq3d8Vf02itWjIsQapMPYJXEFXBm1niRWTlPZv8Ib1dMhcrmNHdGoY9CWdI4zTIVKnWe_36FAYwQgIdrXM=w506-h910\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2018\/08\/eu-commission-president-supports-ending-seasonal-time-changes\/\">EU Commission President supports ending seasonal time changes<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nEurope is one step closer to stopping time changes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/MCnLS3DVDAE\">Original Post<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crap. If Europe gets rid of Daylight Saving Time \/ Summer Time, the US will never do the same, just because the Europeans did it first (cf. the metric system). EU Commission President supports ending seasonal time changes Europe is one step closer to stopping time changes. 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