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Re: "Permanent" DST


From: Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 14:00:01 -0400


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 () baylink com> wrote:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Owen DeLong" <owen () 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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