Honestly, I didn't want to derail the subject, we Americans were built by rails and steam. And See appears to be correct, but it will possibly change next year when Putin fails to wrestle the next polar bear. The next Russian administration, which will also be authoritarian, will probably change the time change back.
As for your comments about "British stupidity," we Yanks rather appreciated it after 1812. Nobody fucked with us. Or Texas. Piracy was eliminated, and commerce flourished thanks to the Royal Navy. We dealt with building a nation that was big. The railroad helped.
And regarding your comment : "London is nearer to Paris than it is to Glasgow but the 55 million English are forced to suffer a different time zone to the rest of Europe." How the fuck could you have a problem with that!? ;D
No wonder we have global warming if it's daylight at 4 am. All that sun must be heating the planet!