I think DST has outlived its usefulness. There was a proposal to move MA to the Atlantic Time Zone. There was a more recent proposal for CT to move, but it makes no sense without NH and ME. I think stability is more important.
-- Jerry Feldman <gaf.li...@gmail.com> Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7 PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6 B B6E7 On Mon, Mar 8, 2021, 2:44 PM Joshua Judson Rosen <roz...@hackerposse.com> wrote: > On 3/6/21 9:17 PM, Curt Howland wrote: > > On Saturday 06 March 2021, Ben Scott was heard to say: > >> Even that's not enough, because the stupid humans keep changing > >> what the time zones mean. > > > > With GMT as the standard time stamp, one can at least know relative > > times of files, even if one does not know such real-world details. > > > > I've gotten into a couple of heated arguments for/against the idea of > > using GMT for everything, and then adapting what time things happen > > to local conditions. The reactions to that idea have been > > fascinating. Much like the arguments about Daylight Saving. > > > > I mean, how silly can one be to object to it being dark when you wake > > up, and then demanding that everyone else change the time on their > > clocks so it's light at 7am the way you want it to be? > > Isn't that pretty much exactly the _opposite_ of what DST does? > > Every Spring, I get delighted that the sun is finally rising early enough > to make it easy to get up at what's supposed to be `a reasonable time' in > the morning, > and I then DST comes in and makes the sun not rise for another hour. > Ha-ha! Early April Fools'! Another month of dark mornings! > > And then all of the news channels are flooded with people opining about > how much `better' it would be `if we just had DST all year' because > all they care about is having daylight-fun hours at the _tail end of the > day_, > because..., I don't know--they're all unemployed? Or by the end of the day > they've forgotten how hard it was to get out of the bed and be useful > that morning? And I guess by the time *spring* rolls in they've forgot > that `winter' even was ever a thing.... > > -- > Connect with me on the GNU social network: < > https://status.hackerposse.com/rozzin> > Not on the network? Ask me for an invitation to a social hub! > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >
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