Re: "Permanent" DST

[Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org>]

Ok, so the fifteen degrees is bogus, nothing moves, and all that is really happening is standard time is ending. The OP 
here wins an award for “obfuscating reality”.

No sweat. Fixing all the systems to comply with the new time rules is billable :)



-mel via cell

> On Mar 15, 2022, at 3:36 PM, William Herrin <bill () herrin us> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 12:33 PM Ray Van Dolson via NANOG
> <nanog () nanog org> wrote:
> > I think this is essentially the bill:
> > https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/69/text
> >
> > Not finding anything about 15 degrees.
>
> 360 / 24 = 15. Because we'd standardize on DST instead of the old
> railroad time zones. It's a variation on the old saw about Congress
> repealing the inconvenient laws of physics.
>
> -Bill
>
>
>
> -- 
> William Herrin
> bill () herrin us
> https://bill.herrin.us/