"Permanent" DST

Tue Mar 15 19:40:37 UTC 2022

If Canada doesn't do the same thing at the same time, it'll be a real
hassle, dealing with a change from -8 to -7 crossing the border between BC
and WA, for instance. It has to be done consistently throughout North
America.

On Tue, 15 Mar 2022 at 12:35, Jay R. Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:

> 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
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> --
> Jay R. Ashworth                  Baylink
> jra at baylink.com
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