Residents of the Kremlin-controlled areas of four Ukrainian regions will soon have to put their clocks forward by an hour as their time zone switches to Moscow time, Russia’s Trade and Industry Ministry announced on Friday.

  • @mea_rah
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    32 years ago

    I’m somewhat confused. Isn’t Moscow in the same time zone as Ukraine?

    • 52fightersOP
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      32 years ago

      Half the year, yes. Ukraine uses Daylight Savings. Russia does not.

      • @Sir_Simon_Spamalot
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        62 years ago

        Oh fuck that DST. I’m affraid I’m gonna have to side with Russia on this one lmao

      • @mea_rah
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        32 years ago

        Ah thanks, didn’t realize that.

      • verity_kindle
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        12 years ago

        Ah ha! This is the sauce! I couldn’t figure this after looking at the time zones. Thank you for some sweet context. DST is the debbil. It was forced on much of the US by retail business lobbyists to, get this, have people commuting home earlier in the winter day so they’d shop more on the way home. They figured people would buy more if it were still daylight. There’s a county in Indiana that doesn’t recognize DST and never has.