so i see a possibility of having to change manually on the computer since 
isn't daylight time already written in windows/linux hardcoded in 
otherwords, for a certain day?I heard this was just to give 
trick-or-treators another hour of light..come on, i mean how long has it 
been the now old way

just my 1 cent

matt


On Sun, 18 Feb 2007, mike wrote:

> Wow you Guys in the states how ever do you coordinate your time when
> travailing across the country.
>
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> On Behalf Of Howard Kaufman
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> Subject: Fwd: re: Daylight Savings change
>
>> This came out of a cw qso we have every Sunday morning on 3.552.
>
> Thought it was interesting article.
>
>
>> http://www.infoplease.com/spot/daylight1.html
>>
>> At 2 a.m. on March 11, groggy Americans will=20
>> turn their clocks forward one hour, marking the=20
>> beginning of Daylight Saving Time (DST).
>>
>> The federal law that established "daylight time"=20
>> in this country does not require any area to=20
>> observe daylight saving time. But if a state=20
>> chooses to observe DST, it must follow the=20
>> starting and ending dates set by the law. From=20
>> 1986 to 2006 this has been the first Sunday in=20
>> April to the last Sunday in October, but=20
>> starting in 2007, it will be observed from the=20
>> second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in=20
>> November, adding about a month to daylight saving time. (See: New Federal=
> Law.)
>> No More Sunlight in Arizona and Hawaii
>>
>> Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo=20
>> Nation) and Hawaii and the territories of Puerto=20
>> Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa=20
>> are the only places in the U.S. that do not=20
>> observe DST but instead stay on "standard time"=20
>> all year long. And if you've spent any time in=20
>> the sweltering summer sun in those regions you=20
>> can understand why residents don't need another hour of sunlight.
>> The Dawning of DST in Indiana
>>
>> Until April 2005, when Indiana passed a law=20
>> agreeing to observe daylight saving time, the=20
>> Hoosier state had its own unique and complex=20
>> time system. Not only is the state split between=20
>> two time zones, but until recently, only some=20
>> parts of the state observed daylight saving time while the majority did=
> not.
>>
>> Under the old system, 77 of the state's 92=20
>> counties were in the Eastern Time Zone but did=20
>> not change to daylight time in April. Instead=20
>> they remained on standard time all year. That=20
>> is, except for two counties near Cincinnati,=20
>> Ohio, and Louisville, Ky., which did use daylight time.
>>
>> But the counties in the northwest corner of the=20
>> state (near Chicago) and the southwestern tip=20
>> (near Evansville), which are in the Central Time=20
>> Zone, used both standard and daylight time.
>>
>> The battle between the old system and DST was=20
>> contentious and hard-won=97bills proposing DST had=20
>> failed more than two dozen times until finally=20
>> squeaking through the state legislature in April=20
>> 2005. As of April 2, 2006, the entire state of=20
>> Indiana joined 48 other states in observing=20
>> Daylight Saving Time. But it wasn't quite as=20
>> simple and straightforward as all that=97telling=20
>> time in Indiana remains something of a=20
>> bewildering experience: eighteen counties now=20
>> observed Central Daylight Time and the remaining=20
>> 74 counties of Indiana observe Eastern Daylight Time.
>> New Federal Law=97Springing Forward in March, Back in November
>>
>> Months after Indiana passed the law that got it=20
>> in step with the rest of the country, the=20
>> federal government announced a major change in=20
>> Daylight Saving Time. In Aug. 2005, Congress=20
>> passed an energy bill that included extending=20
>> Daylight Saving Time by about a month. Beginning=20
>> in 2007, DST will start the second Sunday of=20
>> March and end on the first Sunday of November.
>> Comparisons Around the World
>>
>> More than one billion people in about 70=20
>> countries around the world observe DST in some=20
>> form. Here are interesting facts about some of these countries:
>>
>>     * Most of Canada uses Daylight Saving Time.=20
>> Some exceptions include the majority of=20
>> Saskatchewan and parts of northeastern British=20
>> Columbia. In the fall of 2005, Manitoba and=20
>> Ontario announced that like the United States,=20
>> they would extend daylight time starting in=20
>> 2007. The attorney general of Ontario commented=20
>> that "it is important to maintain Ontario's=20
>> competitive advantage by coordinating time=20
>> changes with our major trading partner, and=20
>> harmonizing our financial, industrial,=20
>> transportation, and communications links."=20
>> Other provinces have indicated that they may also follow suit.
>>     * It wasn't until 1996 that our NAFTA=20
>> neighbors in Mexico adopted DST. Now all three=20
>> Mexican time zones are on the same schedule as the United States.
>>     * Also in 1996, members of the European=20
>> Union agreed to observe a "summer-time period"=20
>> from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.
>>     * Most countries near the equator don't deviate from standard time.
>>     * In the Southern Hemisphere, where summer=20
>> arrives in what we in the Northern Hemisphere=20
>> consider the winter months, DST is observed from late October to late=
> March.
>>     * Three large regions in Australia do not=20
>> participate in DST. Western Australia, the=20
>> Northern Territory, and Queensland stay on=20
>> standard time all year. The remaining=20
>> south-central and southeastern sections of the=20
>> continent (which is where Sydney and Melbourne=20
>> are found) make the switch. This results in=20
>> both vertical and horizontal time zones Down Under during the summer=
> months.
>>     * China, which spans five time zones, is=20
>> always eight hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and it does not observe=
> DST.
>>     * In Japan, DST was implemented after World=20
>> War II by the U.S. occupation. In 1952 it was=20
>> abandoned because of strong opposition by Japanese farmers.
>>
>>
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