What does Arizona do since you’re saying all of N America has to be the same?
From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+bkain1=ford....@nanog.org> On Behalf Of Eric Kuhnke Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 3:41 PM To: Jay R. Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> Cc: nanog@nanog.org list <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: "Permanent" DST WARNING: This message originated outside of Ford Motor Company. Use caution when opening attachments, clicking links, or responding. If Canada doesn't do the same thing at the same time, it'll be a real hassle, dealing with a change from -8 to -7 crossing the border between BC and WA, for instance. It has to be done consistently throughout North America. On Tue, 15 Mar 2022 at 12:35, Jay R. Ashworth <j...@baylink.com<mailto:j...@baylink.com>> wrote: 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<mailto:m...@beckman.org>> > To: "jra" <j...@baylink.com<mailto:j...@baylink.com>> > Cc: "nanog@nanog.org<mailto:nanog@nanog.org> list" > <nanog@nanog.org<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto:j...@baylink.com> >> Designer The Things I Think RFC >> 2100 >> Ashworth & Associates >> http://www.bcp38.info<https://clicktime.symantec.com/3BzmqZJWfDvcN9m2Tttvcqa6xn?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.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<mailto:j...@baylink.com> Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info<https://clicktime.symantec.com/3BzmqZJWfDvcN9m2Tttvcqa6xn?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bcp38.info> 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
