Jose, In many countries, the government has no right to tell companies when they should be open or closed. However, they control when midnight is.
Didier KO4BB Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless thingy while I do other things... -----Original Message----- From: "Jose Camara" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:28:39 To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'<[email protected]> Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] The future of UTC Tony: The book is available at my local library - I'll check it out with an open mind, but I just can't see what would be the difference of telling people they need to go to work 1hr earlier instead of 'fooling' them by changing their clocks. Wikipedia has a long article, too - it seems the original justification (power savings) hasn't been realized. Thanks, Jose -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony Finch Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 5:24 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] The future of UTC Jose Camara <[email protected]> wrote: > I think before adding to the fire of UTC1, UTC7 etc. why not just abolish > this silliness called Daylight Savings Time? If there is any benefit to it, > just change business operating hours instead. If you want to know why your suggestion doesn't work, David Prerau has collected many many examples. http://www.seizethedaylight.com/ Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <[email protected]> http://dotat.at/ Fair Isle: Northerly or northeasterly 4 or 5 increasing 5 or 6, but 6 or 7 in far west at first. Moderate or rough. Rain or showers. Moderate or poor. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
