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Re: "Permanent" DST


From: surfer () mauigateway com
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 16:31:21 -0400


        


 

On 3/16/2022 7:11 AM, John Levine wrote:


It appears that Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG <aaron () heyaaron com> said:



All that's left to solve is in-person stuff...which already currently sucks.

"My flight leaves at 6 AM local time and lasts 90 minutes, but I'm crossing
3 timezones heading west...



It could be worse.  In non-COVID times there are flights between Honolulu (HNL) and
Kirimati (CXI) which take about three hours but there is a 24-hour time change.


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Darn International Date Line.  Until a person gets used to it things are confusing.
Explaining it to folks is so painful I just stopped.  Me: "When dealing with Australia, 
it's the next day."  Other person: "What the heck do you mean???"  

scott






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