Yeah, I hate it. I don't need more light in the morning, I'd rather have that as a bit more visibility when skiing after work. And it anyways only takes like two weeks before the gained light in the morning is gone.
25th of october day is from 08:21-17:39,
26th of october from 07:24-16:36 after dst,
and then 17th of November we're at 08:19-15:43 (so back to dark mornings). I'd rather the 17th have light until 16:43.
Could be so the time is better synchronised with the rest of Europe, which is relevant for business reasons. I seem to recall reading recently about some other country doing exactly that (though it wasn’t Norway).
Mexico used to have daylight savings even though they're close enough to the equator that it doesn't make sense - that's to harmonize with the US. When they did have daylight savings time, though, the state of Sonora didn't, because it borders Arizona, which doesn't.
Why? What help does it make adding one extra hour to the start of the day, when the day lasts like ~4 hours.