On 2026-02-20 20:09, David Braverman via tz wrote:
One thing I don't see in any of these proposals: simply _adjusting the
boundaries._ In the US, and I would expect in Canada also, states and provinces
are free to divide themselves between time zones.
So if Chicago wants to try "permanent DST," we could simply move to
America/New_York and see how we like it. (Probably not much.) Or more realistically, if
western Michigan doesn't like 8am sunrises for 3 months of the year, they can switch to
Central Time.
Some Canadian politicians have presented Private Members' Bills (unofficial
legislative changes) asking these questions and they have either been dropped
from or defeated in their respective legislatures.
Most Canadian provincial or territorial governments would want to add a
referendum question to the next general election of municipal or provincial
representatives, before presenting any legislative bills.
In 1921 50.24% of (38.73% of registered) voters in this province elected to
retain the switch from and to MST rather than make MDT permanent:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Alberta_referendum#Daylight_Saving_Time_3
Note that ~50k/1M ballots had no clear answer, about half of those with no
answer given (blank ballot), and the other half of those with no *clear* answer
given or some other (amused, facetious, amusing, sarcastic, enraged for various
or multiple reasons) comment written on the (rejected) ballot.
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retrancher but when there is no more to cut
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