Time

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Bobo
There are a load of mongs commenting on this thread - a few sensible thoughts, but in the main very much one for the hard-of-thinking.Please - learn to use effective spelling, punctuation and grammar if you want to be taken seriously. Efforts which look like bog-wall scrawl have about as much effect in terms of supporting an argument.....

Errol Page
The change to 'double British summertime' should be applied in the UK as well. Itwas adopted during the Second World War and saved much energy. It would be a simple means of being 'green' as well asa beinf in the same time zone as the rest of Western europe

Peter Lambert
My comment is a general one, as the clocks go back in the Autumn approximately two minths before the shortest day (about 55 days last year) why do we have to wait over three months after the shortest day for them to go forward?

judith
I think it will be a great advantage to be on the same time zone as Europe

Peter
Being employed by the Finance Industry, I would say that being on CET would be better for business than being on GMT or BST so sorry Dan, I do not agree with your 'Finace Industry arguement. Alot of us work from 8 till 6 anyway!

Dan
Its fine the way it is, why does everything need to be changed!? It would just cause confusion especially in the finance industry as a lot of companies in Jersey have Offices in UK which they are in close contact with. It would just cause a lot of hassle for no reason whatsoever. Who ever thought of this stupid idea must have a lot of time on their hands!

George
It's a good idea, lighter evenings to stay outdoors!

Neil Johnstone.
Since the Channel Islands are self governing it should be up to them to decide what times they wish to follow.

kyle
there is no point because we are used to this tim and if you change it it would be confusing for children and the elderly but also we are apart of britain not france so why follow the french time to me that sounds like admitting were french.

bob
corrie and mallouin have quite simply summed up why it would be such a good idea. Also, as a surfer, its nice to have a quick surf after work to see the st.ouens sunset

viva la revolution
we change things emilie to make our lives better. Just like we watch dvds instead of vhs, and we drive cars instead of a penny farthing

IVOR BIGIN
BRING ON DOUBLE SUMMERTIME. MORE TIME 4 THE BEACH.

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dont change it

Jonathan Bale
I would strongly advocate a change in time to single and double summer time (i.e. GMT+1 in winter and GMT+2 in summer). It makes a considerable amount of sense for Jersey, given its geographical latitude and proximity to another country with the same time zone.

As to television schedules, the invention of the video recorder has reduced the force of this argument, and the JEP (which is read by the vast majority of Islanders) could easily publish the daily schedules in Jersey time. I would be surprised, however, if any current Jersey policition had the courage to bring a proposition for single and double summer time before the current States.

In the meantime, I commend the Hansard report (link below) on the second reading to a public bill entitled the "Lighter Evenings (Experimental) Bill" which took place on Friday 24 March 2006 in the House of Lords. The pro's and con's for the UK as a whole were, in my view, well rehearsed, but a great many of the con's were not relevant to Jersey. It makes interesting reading, and I note that the bill was passed. Lighter Evenings (Experimental) Bill

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Fraser
Spare a thought for Shetlanders please 60 degrees north! If you want our oil then do us a favour and keep the times as there are

therafturi
great for the farmers.

Gavin Harper
i live in scotland and Terrys comments are the typical ignorant comments i would expect from an english bloke! its not about independence anyway you simple man its about time! im happy with things the way they are. thanks

Jodi Greenslade
I think The clocks ought to be the same all the year round - its never healthy to loss a hour 1 month then change again 6 months later.

Wayne Smith
Double summer time "bring it on"

kevin fraser
Well this will be an argument that hopefully be resolved soon and hopefully come out in favour of the double summer time..for my own reason plus many more..with some people its important to feel well in themselves and unfortunatly i am one of thousands that suffer from the SAD syndrome and for the ones that don't suffer this symptom then they usually go abroad for there winters...And theres allways going to be the issue of child safety involved..If it means winding the clocks for permanent lighter evenings then as far as i am concerned this can only be a plus for saftey sake of our younger generation aswell as others outside on the dark winters nights Kevin

Emilie
Why is everyone so intent on changing everything? There is no real problem the way things are so what would be the point of changing?

Terry
I live in England and think we, like Jersey, should keep our time all year on BST and if the Scottish don't like it they can have their own time zone. Afterall, they are always moaning on about their independence, so what better symbol than their own time!!

Alistair Taylor
I personally think that Jersey would be better following CET from a location point of view (i.e being so close to France), but I can understand those who want to follow UK time.

As for the arguement about changing UK time "just to keep the Scots happy", see the comment from Carlos. Last time I looked, Lincolnshire was towards the south of England. Also, all of Europe changes, so if it is "just for the Scots" they must be the most popular people in Europe!

p.s. Liz, I hope the comment about the cows was tongue-in-cheeck!!

Corrie Stein
It will give us our own identity, why should we slavishly follow UK? The interests of the Scots are so different from ours. Yet all the Scandinavian countries have European Summertime as far as I am aware. I liked it when we tried it in the sixties and believe that it is the right thing to do.All the evidence from the UK also tells us that it is safer. Why do you not look up the latest research into summertime from the UK and you will find that it is the better way for so many reasons. The problem is political, I am sure.

Corrie Stein
I have always been convinced that European summertime is best for us. Longer evenings to enjoy oneself, in particular in August and September. Also cheaper on heating bills and energy alltogether

Jason
At the end of the day,it is a British thing.And yes we are British.

Mallouin
The islands IMO should be on CET as soon as is possible preferably sooner! The benefits to all would be plain 2 see.

Tourism would undoubtably be a winner with our continental neighbours enjoying the same time zone and our UK guests feeling they were a little bit more abroad and locals enjoying and benefiting from the extra daylight, children having more light time for activities after school and adults likewise.

Banking/finance surely no longer works so restrictivly as it is now a world player, lighter evenings appear to be safer for schoolchildren, farmers work by the natural cycle so who would actually lose out, could it be tv viewers (there you go JEP you would be on to a winner).

Winters would feel shorter thats got to be good.

Cyfrin
We should stay with GMT all year round...there is no real need to change every spring and autumn. By the way, the clocks go back an hour at 0200 BST to become 0100GMT !

Liz
Being so far south, why do we change the clocks anyway? Originally, it was for the farmers benefit, but there is the same amount of daylight whatever the clock says and with modern farming methods I can't see it makes any difference! The cows must get confused with the time change too! It would be so much more beneficial to have an extra hour of daylight in the summer, and being south, wouldn't make a lot of difference in the winter months!

Karlos
I beleive things are fine as they are! If we were to adjust our clocks to be the same as europe (+1hour), in winter it would not get light until 10am in Northern Scotland and 9am here where i live in Lincolnshire.Thats too long to wait to see the sun show its face in the morning! No one would want to get out of bed would they!