The Embodiment of RED 
It's time for an international census. (Boost for reach.)
Does the shift to Daylight Savings Time help you, the respondent, in any way?
yes
no
I somehow do not have a dog in this fight
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yelling jackal@thraeryn So I'm in the Netherlands, where the time got changed to match Germany's during WWII and didn't really get changed back (these days most of Europe is the same time zone, too).
Result of this is that geographically the time doesn't match with actual daylight. UTC would be great but we're stuck in UTC+1 and UTC+2, and north enough that it actually matters (without it being north enough that it doesn't matter either way).
So the situation is, as I understand it, keep doing the switch and keep the economic advantages of having similar time to most of Europe + sunlight, or stick to UTC+2 and have pretty much all office workers not see any sunlight during all of winter (instead of a lot of winter), or switch to either UTC or UTC+1 and lose the economic advantage.
I dunno, but I'd rather stick to switching than staying permanently in UTC+2, winter is depressing enough.
Result of this is that geographically the time doesn't match with actual daylight. UTC would be great but we're stuck in UTC+1 and UTC+2, and north enough that it actually matters (without it being north enough that it doesn't matter either way).
So the situation is, as I understand it, keep doing the switch and keep the economic advantages of having similar time to most of Europe + sunlight, or stick to UTC+2 and have pretty much all office workers not see any sunlight during all of winter (instead of a lot of winter), or switch to either UTC or UTC+1 and lose the economic advantage.
I dunno, but I'd rather stick to switching than staying permanently in UTC+2, winter is depressing enough.