This is insane from an astronomer's point of view.
Make winter time permanent, when noon (the sun being on the local meridian) is at 12:00, and let public services and businesses shift the opening hours by one hour.
I very strongly agree with this. However, the time change is so terrible that I just want it to stop even if that means we start lying about what "noon" means.
On the other hand, there have been a couple of times in the past when we've eliminated the time change and settled on daylight savings, and they've failed. A very common hypothesis about why they failed is that it's because it settled on daylight time.
I didn't mean shifting openings every season like with DST. (although that is why it makes sense, and why it hurts the biorhythm of people)
I proposed a functionally equivalent solution to "making DST permanent" by fixing a 1 hour shifted time, without messing with the concept of noon. I know very well, that the above definition of noon is also not in line with the observations for many parts of a timezone, especially "wider" ones, yet it would feel strange to explain to a children, that...
You know the day is divided to 24 equal long hours. It is divided to two 12 hour long parts. It is based on the movement of the sun along its path on the sky, and when it is right above our head, on the so called meridian, we call that time... eleven o'clock, because... it is daylight savings time forever! :D
And I can see the justification: "reprinting/engraving all those open hours tables would cost so much to the economy!!!"
These is one of the discussions (referring to the ide proposed, and its supporters) make me very angry/upset, and disillusioned in the education.
I just wonder if people felt like me about the Julian and Gregorian calendar reforms, and if the problem is with me? :D
Make winter time permanent, when noon (the sun being on the local meridian) is at 12:00, and let public services and businesses shift the opening hours by one hour.