On 2026-07-29 03:17 PM, James Bellaire wrote:
Yes, the patch assumes permanent standard time instead of permanent
DST. Part of Mr Harris' argument that permanent standard time would be
easiest.
That was my question.
The government is not making the decision based on what would be
easiest for programmers.
Probably not, although I wish it were.
Thank you for planning based on what is actually proposed.
I agree. We need to anticipate how to handle the Sunshine Protection bill.
-Brooks
On July 29, 2026, at 14:27, Paul Eggert via tz < [email protected] >
wrote:
On 2026-07-29 05:38, Brooks Harris wrote:
Yes it would propagate, though would be several issues:
* That aptch assumes the bill would be amended to take practical
effect in November 2027, whereas speculative patch takes the bill
as-is and so has practical effect November 2026.
* If that's the only patch, it would fail starting November 2027
because it would put New York at -05 when it should be -04. (Or maybe
you were assuming the US would go back to permanent standard time?
That's not in the bill.)
