11 Oct 06 10:52, DAVID WILLIAMS wrote to Sergi Reyner:

 DW> Back in the 1970's, the Yanks tried keeping DST all year round.

I've been around quite a while in the USA and I don't recall keeping DST
all year round. You're probably thinking of the Brits, who tried that from
1968-71.

 DW> (Here in Canada, we didn't.) The result was a big increase in road
 DW> accidents during the morning rush-hour. The experiment was soon
 DW> ended.

During WW2, the Brits kept BDST all year round. (BDST was British Double
Savings Time, aka 2 hours ahead of their normal GMT.


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