"Permanent" DST

Wed Mar 16 18:00:01 UTC 2022

>
> How *would* the timezone libraries handle "DST always on"? They would still
> have to flap, twice a year, right?
>

AFAIK, the way stuff works now is essentially "always get the standard
time, adjust it if DST is enabled and in effect."

On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 1:42 PM Jay R. Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Owen DeLong" <owen at delong.com>
>
> > No development really necessary… Just pick the corresponding
> standard-time
> > timezone and turn off the DST flip flopping.
> >
> > E.g. if you are in California and go always-on, then simply mark it as
> MST year
> > round.
> > (i.e. just like you’re in Arizona today, which is MST year round, no
> DST).
>
> And... Owen illustrates my initial rhetoric about "moving to the east 15
> degrees".
>
> Have we not learned, yet, the "don't lie to the computers" rule?
>
> How *would* the timezone libraries handle "DST always on"? They would still
> have to flap, twice a year, right?
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra
> --
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