-> 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. 
  
No. I lived in Britain then. Nothing of the sort occurred. 
  
By the mid-70's, I was in Toronto. Somewhere around 1976 or '77, the 
Yanks across Lake Ontario kept DST year-round, so during the winter 
there was a time-zone difference between Toronto and Buffalo, NY, 
requiring people here who watched Buffalo TV stations to adjust their 
viewing habits. 
  
-> During WW2, the Brits kept BDST all year round. (BDST was British Double 
-> Savings Time, aka 2 hours ahead of their normal GMT. 
  
Not "Savings" time. "Summer" time. Brits still call
their daylight 
saving time "British Summer Time". 
  
BDST was certainly used during WW2, but not year-round. Doing so would 
have been carzy, since in mid-winter, in the north of the country, 
sunrise would not have occurred until approaching noon by the clock, 
allowing German bombers to attack cities in the midst of daytime 
activities. 
  
I remember it. 
  
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