[conspire] A matter of time (zones and changes)

[Rick Moen]

(Lorne told me he accidentally replied offlist, so I'm directing back.)

Quoting Lorne S (salchootchkin at gmail.com):

> Thank you for the heads up and for thinking of us Canucks! It's British
> Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba that have opted for permanent daylight time
> starting this morning. Saskatchewan has always been permanent standard time
> as is Arizona. I agree that the time switching twice a year is madness, but
> being an early riser and a fan of noon being closer to actual solar noon, I
> prefer the Saskatchewan permanent Standard Time.

Yes, y'know, the moment I sent that, I thought "No, Manitoba!"  But I'd
been tired.

> In fact, a bill about permanent daylight time was passed in the US House
> but is stalled in the Senate, partly due to some scientists pushing for
> permanent standard time to better align human internal clocks with daylight
> hours. This is my first daylight savings winter, so I'll see how I feel
> about it by April.

For the USA to fix the problem has been difficult in large part because
of the complex way state and Federal law interact, secondarily because
of Congress's slowness to bother action, and thirdly because of lack of
consensus about the correct remedy.

I favour year-round standard time on belance, but it's a complex topic.

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