And then there are the clocks we have that automatically do DST--but which predate the semi-recent date adjustment. So instead of having to adjust the clocks twice a year like most clocks, we have to adjust these FOUR times a year. Yay. And no, there's no switch to disable it (so I guess they never wanted to sell 'em in Indiana or most of Arizona).
On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 1:54 PM, scott Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > So I guess no one ever thought about stopping the usage of DST.. > > A bunch of us would be grateful....lol > > > Scott > > On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 1:49 PM Paul Gilmartin < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 12:23:58 -0500, Allan Kielstra wrote: > > > > >The start date and end date for DST was adjusted sometime in the decade > > of the 2000s. ... > > > > > 2007: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_in_the_ > United_States#2005.E2.80.932009:_Second_extension > > > > > ... Again, this was done as an energy saving scheme. I can't find the > > evidence of it at the moment but I recall another instance of the law of > > unintended consequences. Apparently, (at least in the US) early in the > new > > DST period, a fair number of people got home from work while it was quite > > light and used the opportunity to drive to a mall or place of > > entertainment. As a result energy consumption actually went up in the > > first weeks. (Again, this may be apocryphal. Still, I found it a bit > > amusing.) > > > > -- gil > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > -- > Scott Ford > IDMWORKS > z/OS Development > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
