On Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 3:33 AM Alan Gauld via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: > > On 02/09/2021 19:30, Chris Angelico wrote: > > >> Without DST the schools opened in the dark so all the kids > >> had to travel to school in the dark and the number of > >> traffic accidents while crossing roads jumped. > > > > How do they manage in winter? > > That was the winter. Sunrise wasn't till 10:00 or so > and the schools open at 9. With DST sunrise became > 9:00 and with pre-dawn light it is enough to see by.
Are you saying that you had DST in winter, or that, when summer *and* DST came into effect, there was more light at dawn? Because a *lot* of people confuse summer and DST, and credit DST with the natural effects of the season change. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
