Israel in 1999 switched early to standard time for pre-dawn prayers. Palestinian bombers were still on DST and transporting bombs when they went off, thinking they had another hour. http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1999-38.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Summer_Time Oh, geeze, no define rule since the Lunar Hebrew calendar gets quite out of sync with the Gregorian Calendar, so a lot of last minute changes. And again in Ireland in 2014. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ireland/10739277/Device-exploded-in-bombers-face-after-he-forgot-about-clocks-changing.html On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 7:38 AM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > from http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1883 > > "Supervillains have reason to fear daylight saving time issues. In > 1999, two coordinated car bombings ended up killing the terrorists > transporting the bombs when they exploded one hour early. Details > explained e.g. on the Darwin Awards site. " > > Now, isn't there an unwritten rule not to refer to xkcd except on > Friday? Sheesh, another hour gone I have to make up :-) > > sas > > On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 7:47 AM, John McKown > <[email protected]> wrote: >> This is so true around here during the time change. >> >> https://xkcd.com/1883/ >> >> -- >> Caution! The OP is an hyperpolysyllabicsesquipedalianist and this email may >> cause stress to those with hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. >> >> Maranatha! <>< >> John McKown >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > -- > sas > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
