The bill is "permanently move all US time zones one hour earlier (-8 thru -5 is replaced permanently with -7 thru -4).
They are *calling it* "permanent DST", but that's not really what's happening, in my engineering appraisal. Or my geopolitical one, but I don't lay claim to professional opinions there. -- jra ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mel Beckman" <m...@beckman.org> > To: "jra" <j...@baylink.com> > Cc: "nanog@nanog.org list" <nanog@nanog.org> > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 3:19:11 PM > Subject: Re: "Permanent" DST > I don’t follow why cancelling DST has the effect of moving the US fifteen > degrees to the east. Also, your subject line reads “permanent DST”, but from > your language the bill will be permanent standard time. > > I haven’t read the bill, but I’m hoping you can explain your position more > clearly. > > -mel via cell > >> On Mar 15, 2022, at 3:13 PM, Jay R. Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote: >> >> In a unanimous vote today, the US Senate approved a bill which would >> >> 1) Cancel DST permanently, and >> 2) Move every square inch of US territory 15 degrees to the east. >> >> My opinion of this ought to be obvious from my rhetoric. Hopefully, it will >> fail, because it's likely to be the end of rational time worldwide, and even >> if you do log in UTC, it will still make your life difficult. >> >> I'm poleaxed; I can't even decide which grounds to scream about this on... >> >> Hopefully, the House or the White House will be more coherent in their >> decision on this engineering construct. >> >> Cheers, >> -- jra >> >> -- >> Jay R. Ashworth Baylink >> j...@baylink.com >> Designer The Things I Think RFC >> 2100 >> Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover >> DII > > St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 > > 1274 -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
