tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8317244388455819331.post3500320984074744790..comments2024-03-14T08:17:51.561+00:00Comments on Ask the Chinese guy: Day light saving time?The Chinese guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02042709338416365751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8317244388455819331.post-89246818904130861532010-11-01T13:31:26.076+00:002010-11-01T13:31:26.076+00:00Many people in western China follow the unofficial...Many people in western China follow the unofficial Xinjiang Time Zone, 2 hours behind Beijing. The government doesn't seem to care though.KaiWenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15807115279983591853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8317244388455819331.post-28748763900656980772010-10-31T22:00:11.077+00:002010-10-31T22:00:11.077+00:00When daylight savings time was invented, the idea ...When daylight savings time was invented, the idea was to shift working time into the hours that actually had sunlight, to conserve candle wax. Cities loved it. Farms, not so much, because the cow expects to be milked at the same hour every day, and doesn't care if you call this hour 6am or 5am, and the farmer not moving his clock threw him or her off the rest of the social schedule. Professor Preposteroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07833576109973350556noreply@blogger.com