Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
I like DST, even if at latitude -23 deg it's almost irrelevant.
I agree. It is mainly useful for people who live further north or
south and whose lives are governed by clock times.
In the 1960s I spent some years in the UK. I remember enjoying the
year in which daylight savings time existed through the winter -- the
sun rose a little after 9 am, but I did not mind that. However, in
the US, one argument against daylight saving time in the winter is
that some children will have to wait for a school bus before the sun
rises.
I happen to live more to the west of my time zone than to the east of
it. In other parts of the US, people live in the eastern side of
their time zone, so the sun rises earlier by their clocks. So from
their point of view, the whole current set up makes more sense. But
for me, I wish I were in a state like Arizona, that does not follow
the Federal guidelines, but, in contrast to Arizona, permanently kept
itself one timezone to the east.
(My sister lived in Arizona for some years. She says that the reason
Arizona does not change is to minimize changes for tourists who come
to Arizona: in one season, North Easterners, in another season,
Californians. I do not know if this is true.)
Is at least one of the big Indian reservations in Arizona in a
different time zone? (Perhaps the one in the northeast corner of the
state?) I seem to remember that from a long time ago, but am not sure
(... I am not even sure whether I am remembering the map of the
state's reservations correctly. Is there a big reservation towards
the north east of the state?)
But the morons tried to use DST for br states that are crossed by
the Equator line!
That is crazy! You emulate the United States...
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