On Sun 2014-02-16T09:07:11 -0800, Brooks Harris hath writ: > I wonder why they avoid making clear definitions of Standard time > and Daylight? Is it because previous precedent had already confused > the meanings of the terms, or maybe because they emanate from the > "Western world" and can't be agreed on internationally? Or something > else?
These are questions better posed in the context of the tz mail list. In that list there exist examples where the pronouncements of impending (or sometimes already implemented) time changes are accompanied by words where the bureaucrats in charge show that they believe there is some sort of international scheme for time zones. Apparently nobody told them that there are no rules and that they can choose any offset they like and any dates of changes that they like. I would not be surprised if the ISO folks found that in many jurisdictions there is no statutory basis for the summer/daylight terminology, so no source of clear definitions. -- Steve Allen <[email protected]> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
