[raverbashing]

"permanent summer time" yes, and have you checked how does that look like in winter, right?

It would mean a sunrise at 9h30 (given today's sunset/sunrise times)

[datadrivenangel]

Better than sunset at 4:30pm.

[serpix]

you're lucky, it is 3:30pm in Finland. Dusk at 3pm. Up north it is even worse, although they've got the Borealis and usually snow.

[euroderf]

One element in timezone decisions is that kids should make the trip to school in daylight. But that is futile in Finland. Today's sunrise in Helsinki (very south) is nearly 9 o'clock.

[hypnootis]

Just checked my weather app and yup, sun rises at ~10am and sets ~2pm here in northern Finland

A bit difficult to fulfill that sunlight exposure every morning.

[mrspuratic]

Winter and latitude, not longitude should of course guide the selection. Dublin today, Nov 30th, marks the start of the 6 week period where daylight is less than 8 hours, IMHO only wintertime (UTC) makes sense here. Oddly IST, Irish Standard Time and legal time, is UTC+0100. Sticking with IST all year round means 10:00 sunrise in late December for the north-western most parts of the country (Belmullet, for example).