if we knew that people would be universally connected across the world, independent from the solar cycle. Than yes, absolutely this would have been considered.

We didn't know that then, we do know that now, and we also know that when gas pumps in finland experience a leap year, they stop working. It's literally Y2K but completely random, and entirely jumpscare based. You have no warning.

I mean i live in the midwest, in the summer i'm used to the sun setting at like 10pm. In the winter it sets at like 5-6pm.