Daylight Saving Time — the twice-a-year clock change — was originally introduced to make better use of daylight and save energy. The idea was simple: move the clock forward in spring and back in autumn so that people could enjoy longer evenings and use less artificial light.
Today, though, the world is split.
In the United States, some states like California and New York still change their clocks, while others such as Arizona and Hawaii don’t — arguing that the practice is outdated and confusing.
In Australia, it’s the same story: New South Wales and Victoria adjust their clocks, but Queensland and Western Australia refuse to.
Even Ukraine, despite being in wartime, continues to follow daylight saving time. However, in the Russian-occupied regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, and Crimea, the local time follows Moscow Standard Time.
Irexandl on
Ukraine should be blue.
vikinxo on
I’m for normal time all year ‚round. When the sun is at its highest at noon.
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Dry_Mood5772 on
how can russia not have it? feels so weird
Dockers4flag2035orB4 on
Parts of Australia set their clocks back 5 years.
Talking about you Queensland.
Domino_RotMG on
Can someone explain Egypt and the west coast of the middle east?
cliveparmigarna on
Australia in the summer is a joke. You’ve got gmt +11, +10.5, +10, +9.5 and+7 where 10.5 is further west than 10. 8 states/territories and 5 timezones
Da_Seashell312 on
r/mapswithnewzealand
Ana_Na_Moose on
I will never miss a chance to downvote a World in Maps map. I have yet to see one not riddled with errors
JackpotThePimp on
Abolish daylight savings time.
Misaelz on
Outdated. Mexico stoped doing it
This-Wall-1331 on
So it’s only the „international community“.
Parzival_2k7 on
Green is honestly so stupid like, if you’re gonna change the clocks then change all the clocks wtf is some places are gonna change the timezone others aren’t it’s so stupid
obssesedparanoid on
Chile always different
Low-Consequence-5376 on
During the colder days you get up early while it’s still dark and travel to work, when you are finally off the clock you travel back and it is already dark. This messes up the mood because it is dark, my brain just wants to wrap up the day. Life then is just work, sleep work.
Changing the clock, allowing more „light“ hours for some periods really helps with that.
zyon86 on
R/mapswithouticeland
For once New Zealand was there but another island is missing.
West_Ad6771 on
As a European, this must be how it feels to be an American and find out everyone else uses metric. Why are we (and a select few other areas) still like this??
Felevion on
US would honestly be ‚practiced in *most* areas‘. It’s just Hawaii and most of Arizona that don’t change.
nekokattt on
Honestly daylight saving causes more problems technologically than it would to just accept obscure times of the day in the same way weeks can cross over months.
It’d be far easier if everyone used the exact same time zone. So what if the day changes halfway through your working day? You’d get used to it in the same way we are used to time systems using overly obscure units of measurement rather than uniform units of distance (e.g. 100 seconds to a minute)
WaltherVerwalther on
TIL!!! I actually thought it was only us Germans 😂
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Daylight Saving Time — the twice-a-year clock change — was originally introduced to make better use of daylight and save energy. The idea was simple: move the clock forward in spring and back in autumn so that people could enjoy longer evenings and use less artificial light.
Today, though, the world is split.
In the United States, some states like California and New York still change their clocks, while others such as Arizona and Hawaii don’t — arguing that the practice is outdated and confusing.
In Australia, it’s the same story: New South Wales and Victoria adjust their clocks, but Queensland and Western Australia refuse to.
Even Ukraine, despite being in wartime, continues to follow daylight saving time. However, in the Russian-occupied regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, and Crimea, the local time follows Moscow Standard Time.
Ukraine should be blue.
I’m for normal time all year ‚round. When the sun is at its highest at noon.
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how can russia not have it? feels so weird
Parts of Australia set their clocks back 5 years.
Talking about you Queensland.
Can someone explain Egypt and the west coast of the middle east?
Australia in the summer is a joke. You’ve got gmt +11, +10.5, +10, +9.5 and+7 where 10.5 is further west than 10. 8 states/territories and 5 timezones
r/mapswithnewzealand
I will never miss a chance to downvote a World in Maps map. I have yet to see one not riddled with errors
Abolish daylight savings time.
Outdated. Mexico stoped doing it
So it’s only the „international community“.
Green is honestly so stupid like, if you’re gonna change the clocks then change all the clocks wtf is some places are gonna change the timezone others aren’t it’s so stupid
Chile always different
During the colder days you get up early while it’s still dark and travel to work, when you are finally off the clock you travel back and it is already dark. This messes up the mood because it is dark, my brain just wants to wrap up the day. Life then is just work, sleep work.
Changing the clock, allowing more „light“ hours for some periods really helps with that.
R/mapswithouticeland
For once New Zealand was there but another island is missing.
As a European, this must be how it feels to be an American and find out everyone else uses metric. Why are we (and a select few other areas) still like this??
US would honestly be ‚practiced in *most* areas‘. It’s just Hawaii and most of Arizona that don’t change.
Honestly daylight saving causes more problems technologically than it would to just accept obscure times of the day in the same way weeks can cross over months.
It’d be far easier if everyone used the exact same time zone. So what if the day changes halfway through your working day? You’d get used to it in the same way we are used to time systems using overly obscure units of measurement rather than uniform units of distance (e.g. 100 seconds to a minute)
TIL!!! I actually thought it was only us Germans 😂