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On Sunday, 7 January 2018 12:33:53 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Sun, 07 Jan 2018 12:25:07 +0000, Mick wrote: |
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> > > Although it was actually introduce, first by Germany then by Britain, |
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> > > in 1915 to improve productivity for the war effort. Britain also |
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> > > introduced licencing hours at the same time to avoid workers turning |
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> > > up hungover. |
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> > Hmm ... according to Wikipedia it was conceived in the 19th century, |
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> > well before the World Wars. Canada was the first place where DST was |
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> > introduced, in Ontario only. Tis true nevertheless that the German |
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> > Empire introduced it during the Great War to conserve coal, 5 years |
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> > later. |
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> I didn't know about the Canadian usage, only the wartime usage. |
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I've always understood it was to give farmers more evening daylight to work |
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in the fields and to get the harvest in. School summer breaks were long so |
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that the children could go out with them to help. |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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