• Crashumbc@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I watched a documentary on it, it was actually a war thing. Back then many factories didn’t have lights so they could adjust to the sun easier using DST.

    It was only implemented during WWI and WWII until sometime in the sixties when it became permanent.

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      I always thought it was for office workers and was essentially a green energy program. I’ve never heard an argument that it had anything to do with farmers, especially since farmers set their schedule by dawn and dusk.