On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 10:58 PM, Chris Angelico <[email protected]> wrote:
> Of course, if DST were abolished world-wide, then everything would be > easy, and we could happily schedule things in each other's timezones > without any confusion. I could key in "11PM" and the program would > interpret that as being UTC+10, and then my friend in Florida could > see it as "9AM", and nobody would be confused at all. Alas, I fear > 'tis a vain hope... > I think all these DST-related scheduling problems are highly exaggerated. My kids go to a school in New York with a European curriculum. Apparently, schoolchildren in Europe study six days a week, so the program is organized on a 6-days cycle. This means that the first Monday is day 1, the second is day 6, the third is ... I am lost already. Guess what: the kids don't complain. Figuring out timezone difference between New York and Sydney is easy. Try to match up the school holiday schedules between New York and New Jersey!
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