<div dir="auto">I think DST has outlived its usefulness. There was a proposal to move MA to the Atlantic Time Zone. There was a more recent proposal for CT to move, but it makes no sense without NH and ME. I think stability is more important. <br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">--<br>Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com">gaf.linux@gmail.com</a>><br>Boston Linux and Unix <a href="http://www.blu.org">http://www.blu.org</a><br>PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7<br>PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6<br>B B6E7</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 8, 2021, 2:44 PM Joshua Judson Rosen <<a href="mailto:rozzin@hackerposse.com">rozzin@hackerposse.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 3/6/21 9:17 PM, Curt Howland wrote:<br>
> On Saturday 06 March 2021, Ben Scott was heard to say:<br>
>> Even that's not enough, because the stupid humans keep changing<br>
>> what the time zones mean.<br>
> <br>
> With GMT as the standard time stamp, one can at least know relative<br>
> times of files, even if one does not know such real-world details.<br>
> <br>
> I've gotten into a couple of heated arguments for/against the idea of<br>
> using GMT for everything, and then adapting what time things happen<br>
> to local conditions. The reactions to that idea have been<br>
> fascinating. Much like the arguments about Daylight Saving.<br>
> <br>
> I mean, how silly can one be to object to it being dark when you wake<br>
> up, and then demanding that everyone else change the time on their<br>
> clocks so it's light at 7am the way you want it to be?<br>
<br>
Isn't that pretty much exactly the _opposite_ of what DST does?<br>
<br>
Every Spring, I get delighted that the sun is finally rising early enough<br>
to make it easy to get up at what's supposed to be `a reasonable time' in the morning,<br>
and I then DST comes in and makes the sun not rise for another hour.<br>
Ha-ha! Early April Fools'! Another month of dark mornings!<br>
<br>
And then all of the news channels are flooded with people opining about<br>
how much `better' it would be `if we just had DST all year' because<br>
all they care about is having daylight-fun hours at the _tail end of the day_,<br>
because..., I don't know--they're all unemployed? Or by the end of the day<br>
they've forgotten how hard it was to get out of the bed and be useful<br>
that morning? And I guess by the time *spring* rolls in they've forgot<br>
that `winter' even was ever a thing....<br>
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