On 2009-03-29_13:06:18, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-03-29 11:49, Paul E Condon wrote: > [snip] >> >> A few weeks ago, my Lenny system switched over from displaying time in MST >> (Mountain Standard Time) to MDT (Mountain Daylight Time). It did this, I >> believe, because the switch-over is mandated in the official locale coding >> for this region (Colorado). I would like to now how to take a pass on this >> switch-over part of the local locale. And how to do it ahead of time, so >> that for me, I don't have to find an unwanted task of undoing a unwanted >> change waiting on a Sunday morning. My version of what I think OP was >> asking for is a variant of locale that does not honor local mandates for >> switching to and from summer-time. It is very much a cultural thing. > > That's the point: it's cultural. And it's not an important moral issue > like Jim Crow. So why go against every other clock in CO, UT, WY, NM & MT > are now in MDT. > > -- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson LA USA > > "Freedom is not a license for anarchy."
In public, I pretend to be a bleeding heart liberal/progressive, but I am a closet libertarian. Its my computer, in the privacy of my home. I like to have the time of sunrise as displayed on the clock harmonized with what I know of the motion of the planet. Also, a little anarchy can be a good thing. Peace. -- Paul E Condon [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
