"Permanent" DST

Tue Mar 15 19:28:05 UTC 2022

The bill is "permanently move all US time zones one hour earlier (-8 thru -5 is 
replaced permanently with -7 thru -4).

They are *calling it* "permanent DST", but that's not really what's happening, 
in my engineering appraisal.  Or my geopolitical one, but I don't lay claim 
to professional opinions there.
-- jra

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mel Beckman" <mel at beckman.org>
> To: "jra" <jra at baylink.com>
> Cc: "nanog at nanog.org list" <nanog at nanog.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 3:19:11 PM
> Subject: Re: "Permanent" DST

> I don’t follow why cancelling DST has the effect of moving the US fifteen
> degrees to the east. Also, your subject line reads “permanent DST”, but from
> your language the bill will be permanent standard time.
> 
> I haven’t read the bill, but I’m hoping you can explain your position more
> clearly.
> 
> -mel via cell
> 
>> On Mar 15, 2022, at 3:13 PM, Jay R. Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
>> 
>> In a unanimous vote today, the US Senate approved a bill which would
>> 
>> 1) Cancel DST permanently, and
>> 2) Move every square inch of US territory 15 degrees to the east.
>> 
>> My opinion of this ought to be obvious from my rhetoric.  Hopefully, it will
>> fail, because it's likely to be the end of rational time worldwide, and even
>> if you do log in UTC, it will still make your life difficult.
>> 
>> I'm poleaxed; I can't even decide which grounds to scream about this on...
>> 
>> Hopefully, the House or the White House will be more coherent in their
>> decision on this engineering construct.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> -- jra
>> 
>> --
>> Jay R. Ashworth                  Baylink                       jra at baylink.com
>> Designer                     The Things I Think                       RFC 2100
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Jay R. Ashworth                  Baylink                       jra at baylink.com
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