I live in the Netherlands.

In the summer the suns up at 5 am. But at 5am I am asleep. I could get up earlier but that's pointless since school and work doesn't start until 8.30.

So in stead of having an hour of sunlight before school and work we all change our clocks to have an hour of extra sunlight in the evening in stead, which fits our cultural preference for social activities.

We could also, as you say, change every single sign, post and display of opening hours for every school, business and organisation at the same time to achieve the same effect.

But in the real world changing the clock is simpler.

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literalAardvark a day ago | parent [-]

So change it... just permanently. GMT+2 will always be there for you.

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duckmysick a day ago | parent | next [-]

Then you will have the opposite problem in winter. Sunrises would be 9am-10am for about three months.

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stefandesu a day ago | parent | next [-]

> Sunrises would be 9am-10am for about three months.

At least you'd get some sun after work. Here in Norway, the only way to get sunlight during a workday in winter is to go out during lunch break. While I do acknowledge that getting sunlight in the morning is more important than in the afternoon, I feel like subjectively I'd have more use for a little bit more sunlight after work than before work.

	▲	tristanj a day ago \| parent [-]
		That means waking up for work 2-3 hours before sunrise, and starting work before dawn. I'd very gladly have a more natural sleep schedule than some sun in the afternoon.

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joquarky 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Maybe we should go back to sundials.

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apexalpha 21 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Then sun rises at 9am in the winter, which is too late.

Our daylight moves with the seaons. So therefor our clock does as well.

I understand some countries that are much closer to the equator might question it now but for us it just makes sense.