Re: "Permanent" DST

["Jay R. Ashworth" <jra () baylink com>]

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 () beckman org>
> To: "jra" <jra () baylink com>
> Cc: "nanog () nanog org list" <nanog () 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 () 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 () 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

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Jay R. Ashworth                  Baylink                       jra () 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