That's what's probably going to happen, sadly:
"The European commission will recommend that EU member states abandon the practice of changing the clocks in spring and autumn in favour of staying on summer time throughout the year."
"The European commission will recommend that EU member states abandon the practice of changing the clocks in spring and autumn in favour of staying on summer time throughout the year."
The definition of noon is when the sun is at its highest point. Yes, due to timezones real noon may be half an hour from clock noon — but that's all (modulo places which are on a neighbouring timezone for reasons; regardless, being more than 1½ hours from real time is political stupidity).
Are you in China? I understand the PRC believes that all Chinese should be on Beijing time — c.f. above, under political stupidity.
A historically tenuous regional decision about naming, does not influence global reality beyond being contextually incompatible. So what?
+1 1PM middday.
Full disclosure : I am not a morning person.
For maximum health & energy efficiency, though, we probably ought to (just like we probably ought to build our houses so that air conditioning is optional & heating is efficient).
For instance normal time is pretty close to solar time when you're around Berlin.
Most people don't center their night around 00:00, it's usually centered around 03:00~04:00