[timezonediscuss-l] Fwd: [tz] European Parliament votes to drop DST by 2021, leaving it to member states

[Dave.Thewlis at calconnect.org]

> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Tim Parenti <tim at timtimeonline.com>
> Subject: Re: [tz] European Parliament votes to drop DST by 2021, leaving it to member states
> Date: March 26, 2019 at 09:47:08 PDT
> To: "Clive D.W. Feather" <clive at davros.org>
> Cc: Time Zone Mailing List <tz at iana.org>, John Wilcock <john at tradoc.fr>
> 
> 
> On Tue, 26 Mar 2019 at 12:00, Clive D.W. Feather <clive at davros.org <mailto:clive at davros.org>> wrote:
> > According to 
> > https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/summary.do?id=1576465&t=e&l=en <https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/summary.do?id=1576465&t=e&l=en> 
> > (the committee report on which the full European Parliament voted 
> > today), only the last two options would be permitted; no further 
> > twice-yearly changes would be permitted.
> 
> That seems more likely; changes to the difference between countries cause
> far more problems than having a constant difference. That's why they
> harmonized the change date in the first place.
>  
> That certainly makes a lot more sense than what the article I was quoting suggested!  Summarizing:
> 
> Member states are explicitly encouraged to work together, which is encouraging, and each must notify the Commission of their (initial) decision by 1 April 2020.  Then, if significant disruptions to the common market are envisaged (perhaps e.g., an island of CEST/UTC+2 in a sea of CET/UTC+1), the Commission then informs the member states of the potential issue.  But ultimately, each member state can choose to maintain or reverse its initial decision until 31 October 2020.
> 
> It looks like those choosing to stay on summer time will "spring forward" for the last time on 28 March 2021; those choosing to stay on winter time will "fall back" for the last time on 31 October 2021.  Since everyone will spring forward in March 2021, this means that we should have roughly a year's notice before any timestamps are actually affected by only some states falling back in October 2021.  It's good that that got through, at least.
> 
> If the situation gets too complicated (presumably resulting in an inharmonious time zone "patchwork"), the Commission can delay implementation by a year while seeking a legislative solution.  The success of the scheme will also be evaluated by 2025.
> 
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> Tim Parenti


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