Colin,

Ironically, we tried a different version of this whole stupid experiment 
back in the early 70s, and it was a disaster.  To me, this is just a way for 
politicians to convince themselves that they're doing something while 
actually doing nothing significant.  I wonder how long it will be before we 
decide to return to the present system, or just change things again.  I give 
it a couple of years.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 04:41
Subject: Re: Daylight Savings change


> there is a microsoft patch for it.
> This whole stupid thing is going to cause huge problems in north america.
> Just think of the millions that will have to be spent on upgrading
> customized business systems.
> Something like the people software products will require huge updates and 
> it
> will literally range into the millions for individual large  organizations
> to get them done.
> Of course, politicians don't care about this factor, but only see the 
> short
> term benefits; though what those are, I have not a clue.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "matt V" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 11:55 AM
> 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
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> > 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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