They don't want their names on it when what happened in the 70s happens again. The effect of setting everything to DST and staying there is that in the winter, especially in the norther latitude it will be pitch dark during most of the morning when children get picked up at school bus stops. When the tragedy happens again, and it will, they will end up undoing this again...
History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, then as a farce... Matthew Huff | Director of Technical Operations | OTA Management LLC Office: 914-460-4039 [email protected] | www.ox.com ........................................................................................................................................... -----Original Message----- From: NANOG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jay R. Ashworth Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 5:30 PM To: Tom Beecher <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] list <[email protected]> Subject: Re: "Permanent" DST Oh. This was "Unanimous Consent"? AKA "I want to vote for this, but *I do not want to be held responsible for having voted for it when it blows up*?" I'd missed that; thanks. ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Beecher" <[email protected]> > To: "Eric Kuhnke" <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected] list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 5:04:02 PM > Subject: Re: "Permanent" DST > I would say if something passes the United States Senate in our > current political environment by unanimous consent (which this did) , > I kinda feel like there won't be a ton of issues with everybody > figuring out how to line themselves up appropriately. > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 5:01 PM Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> That is true but at present everything business related in BC has a >> clear expectation of being in the same time zone as WA/OR/CA, and AB >> matches US Mountain time. >> >> On Tue, 15 Mar 2022 at 13:35, Paul Ebersman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> eric> If Canada doesn't do the same thing at the same time, it'll be >>> eric> a real hassle, dealing with a change from -8 to -7 crossing >>> eric> the border between BC and WA, for instance. It has to be done >>> eric> consistently throughout North America. >>> >>> You must not have ever dealt with Indiana, where it was DST or not >>> by choice per county. It wasn't quite the cluster***k you'd think. >>> -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [email protected] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
