# EU citizens: are you tired of daylight saving time? The EU is surveying your opinion! **URL:** \ **Category:** Out Of Pod Experience\ **Created:** [July 7, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eu-citizens-are-you-tired-of-daylight-saving-time-the-eu-is-surveying-your-opinion/87549 "2018-07-07T06:59:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yiole\_Gionglao](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/yiole_gionglao/32/516090_2.png) [@Yiole\_Gionglao](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Yiole_Gionglao)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eu-citizens-are-you-tired-of-daylight-saving-time-the-eu-is-surveying-your-opinion/87549/1 "2018-07-07T06:59:54Z")
After many petitions by different agents, the European Council is pondering what to do with daylight saving time (keep it or remvoe it, and in this case, which time setting to keep, winter time or summer time). To gather data on the topic, they’re surveying governments, entities and citizens to know what do they think about the matter. Here’s the survey: [https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/2018-summertime-arrangements?surveylanguage=EN](https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/2018-summertime-arrangements?surveylanguage=EN) The server is usually overloaded with visitors during daytime but it works fine during nightime. Notice that you can fill the survey until August 16th. ---
**Author:** ![Dyver\_Phycad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dyver_phycad/32/358575_2.png) [@Dyver\_Phycad](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dyver_Phycad)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eu-citizens-are-you-tired-of-daylight-saving-time-the-eu-is-surveying-your-opinion/87549/2 "2018-07-07T07:22:39Z")
I noticed this yesterday. Sadly, it’s still unavailable. _sighs_ Though, it’s a good sign if so many people want to participate in this pan-EU survey about a matter that the infrastructure crumbles. 🙂 (And before someone starts gloating about how private companies would do it better. Just don’t. Their servers regularly die from overload as well. Just look at TQ. 😛 ) ---
**Author:** ![Yiole\_Gionglao](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/yiole_gionglao/32/516090_2.png) [@Yiole\_Gionglao](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Yiole_Gionglao)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eu-citizens-are-you-tired-of-daylight-saving-time-the-eu-is-surveying-your-opinion/87549/3 "2018-07-07T07:26:18Z")
I got through when I tried at 00:20 local time last night. Let’s be patient, it’s a very important survey. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dyver\_Phycad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dyver_phycad/32/358575_2.png) [@Dyver\_Phycad](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dyver_Phycad)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eu-citizens-are-you-tired-of-daylight-saving-time-the-eu-is-surveying-your-opinion/87549/4 "2018-07-07T07:31:10Z")
I just got through as well after reloading the page. 🎉 ---
**Author:** ![Solstice\_Projekt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/solstice_projekt/32/503293_2.png) [@Solstice\_Projekt](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Solstice_Projekt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eu-citizens-are-you-tired-of-daylight-saving-time-the-eu-is-surveying-your-opinion/87549/5 "2018-07-07T07:35:42Z")
Thanks, Yiole! ---
**Author:** ![Ima\_Wreckyou](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ima_wreckyou/32/235531_2.png) [@Ima\_Wreckyou](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ima_Wreckyou)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eu-citizens-are-you-tired-of-daylight-saving-time-the-eu-is-surveying-your-opinion/87549/6 "2018-07-07T09:00:29Z")
Funny, 40 years ago swiss people rejected daylight saving time in a referendum but it had to be adapted anyway a few years later to stay in sync with all the surrounding countries who introduced it without asking. Would have saved 40 years of this nonsense if only they did this earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Whitehound](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/whitehound/32/59604_2.png) [@Whitehound](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Whitehound)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eu-citizens-are-you-tired-of-daylight-saving-time-the-eu-is-surveying-your-opinion/87549/7 "2018-07-07T12:21:21Z")
I’d say people don’t know what they have with daylight saving time. Without it will one start the day later in summer and have a little less of the evening. With it does the working day get moved earlier into the morning, leaving one more daylight after work. And that’s what people want to get rid of. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Yiole\_Gionglao](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/yiole_gionglao/32/516090_2.png) [@Yiole\_Gionglao](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Yiole_Gionglao)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eu-citizens-are-you-tired-of-daylight-saving-time-the-eu-is-surveying-your-opinion/87549/8 "2018-08-31T13:07:36Z")
Follow-up: the European Commision has published the results and 84% of the people and entities who answered the poll (over 4,000,000 citizens) asked to stop the daylight saving and keep summer time instead. The Commision has now issued a suggestion to member states to discuss and eventually adopt this measure. > **[EU backs scrapping clock changes](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45366390)** > > Time could be up for the practice of changing clocks in the autumn and spring in the EU. ---
**Author:** ![Mii\_Lady](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mii_lady/32/380260_2.png) [@Mii\_Lady](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Mii_Lady)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eu-citizens-are-you-tired-of-daylight-saving-time-the-eu-is-surveying-your-opinion/87549/9 "2018-09-06T18:05:43Z")
i would love this. winter time sucks. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eu-citizens-are-you-tired-of-daylight-saving-time-the-eu-is-surveying-your-opinion/87549/10 "2018-12-05T18:05:55Z")
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