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I average out the spring and fall changes and just set my clocks 39 minutes ahead year-round.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/British-Summer-Time/

In the UK it was brought in during the first world war as a method partly to save coal. Never had anything to do with farmers, but seems to have become a convenient explanation for it these days.