Every time I hear people talk about DST, I start thinking of the classic discussion about amplifiers in "This Is Spinal Tap."
"These go to eleven." --Nigel Tufnel Maybe it's just me... --Tim ----- Original Message ---- From: "Lucero, Michelle - IST contractor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 2, 2007 12:23:32 PM Subject: Re: [ARSLIST] DST - Real Savings - Redemption Not Allowed !! ** Yeah, I noticed that RIGHT TO REVERT line, too.. I wonder if the people making this decision recognize the cost associated with making such a change. This almost reminds me of Y2K, except with much shorter notice. I wonder if the report to congress Sec. 110 (c) will include the impact to every business, school, personal computer owner, and government agency; I really think that there must be some belief that by changing the clocks that somehow the sun has been manipulated. Or, that the day is somehow longer. Which reminds me, my alarm clock and VCR (yeah, I'm old school) both have automatic DST. I wonder if there's a patch that I can download to update them ;) My two cents, Michelle From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grooms, Frederick W Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 10:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DST - Real Savings - Redemption Not Allowed !! ** The thing that get's me is the revert clause in the law (copied from http://www.doi.gov/iepa/EnergyPolicyActof2005.pdf ). SEC. 110. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS. (a) AMENDMENT.Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a(a)) is amended (1) by striking first Sunday of April and inserting second Sunday of March; and (2) by striking last Sunday of October and inserting first Sunday of November. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.Subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act or March 1, 2007, whichever is later. (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.Not later than 9 months after the effective date stated in subsection (b), the Secretary shall report to Congress on the impact of this section on energy consumption in the United States. (d) RIGHT TO REVERT.Congress retains the right to revert the Daylight Saving Time back to the 2005 time schedules once the Department study is complete. Which means that around the November / December time frame the US Congress can decide to scrap the whole change and go back to the old dates. Fred From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gidd Calden Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 10:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: OT:DST - Real Savings - Redemption Not Allowed !! ** Apparently DST issues are not a new thing !! Did a newspaper stage a contest to see who could save the most daylight? In 1984 a newspaper announced a Daylight Saving Time contest to see who could save the most daylight. United Press International, in 1984 asked its readers to save daylight during Daylight Savings Time, and has offered a prize for the person who saves the most. Beginning with the first day of Daylight Savings Time, those entering the contest must begin saving daylight. Those who save the most daylight by midnight of the last day of Daylight Savings Time will be awarded a prize." "Only pure daylight is allowed. No pre-dawn light or twilight will be accepted. Daylight on cloudy days is allowable. Moonlight is strictly prohibited and any of it mixed with daylight will bring immediate disqualification." "Contestants are instructed to save their accumulated daylight in any container they wish, then bring the container to the Daily Journal office at the end of or when they think they have saved enough daylight to win." "Save me!" Sun", the announcement that prompted the above-quoted report, Bob Ellis, the Eldorado Daily Journal's managing editor, promised: "All entries will be donated to less fortunate nations that do not observe Daylight Savings Time." What, pray tell, was the rationale behind this odd contest? As Ellis was quoted: It's about time that someone recognized how valuable Daylight Savings Time is to us. It allows us to participate in so many more activities during the summer. We are a nation of hard-working people, and this unique time schedule lets us enjoy ourselves after we get away from the day's labors. This will be a salute to the American worker and how he uses his free time. It was also - and much more importantly a salute to the leg-pulling abilities of one Bob Ellis. This beautifully tongue-in-cheek piece ended with a note that the rules were being announced early (until 1987, DST began on the last Sunday in April, not the first) because "it seemed appropriate to coordinate the announcement with Sunday, April 1, 'All Fools' Day.'" More than one news outlet missed the significance of that seemingly gratuitous statement: Ellis was stunned by the response. He was relaxing at home when the first call came, from CBS in San Francisco; they wanted to interview him for a live national radio broadcast. An hour later, it was NBC in New York - again, a live national radio program. After that, Ellis 'heard from every section of the nation.' His story appeared in a Chicago newspaper and on a Dallas television station. An acquaintance heard it on a radio station while vacationing in Florida. Moral of the story: even the most clear-cut, light-hearted April Fools' jest will take in somebody. 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