Actually, I like it because it allows me more opportunity to work 30 megs
and up.  Lou WA3MIX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "matt V" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: Daylight Savings change


> it all seems stupid, lets all just use the one and leave it..i usually get
> messed up about a  week either side of the change
>
>
> pro is to con as progress is to congress
>
>
> On Sun, 18 Feb 2007, Steve wrote:
>
> > Depends on your operating system.  If you have XP, the update to correct
the DST
> > issue was in your February 16 update as I think 931836.
> >
> > Older systems, you need to do it manually.
> >
> > And, that article continues to perpetrate a damn stupid myth in my
opinion.  How
> > is it that if people switch to daylight savings time they get an extra
hour of
> > sunlight?  The reference in that article to Arizona not switching
because it is
> > hot enough already is just purely insane!
> >
> > Having once lived in Spokane, on the eastern edge of the Pacific time
zone, and
> > living in Michigan on the western edge now, I can see the benefits and
drawbacks
> > of daylight time.
> >
> > I don't know how people in Eastern Washington lived without it, it would
have
> > gotten daylight before 5 A.M. without daylight time in the summer.
> > Steve, K8SP
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "matt V" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 1:55 PM
> > Subject: Re: Daylight Savings change
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: For blind ham radio operators
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> >> On Behalf Of Howard Kaufman
> >> Sent: 18 February 2007 18:05
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> 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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> >>
> >