[FRIAM] Obligatory (and gratuitous?) screed about time changes.
Gillian Densmore
gil.densmore at gmail.com
Fri Nov 4 18:14:13 EDT 2022
Didn't the sunshine act already pass? but yes I agree I despise the clock
change bull sh**** It takes effect next year unless Turtle neck had his
usual tantrum.
On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 4:10 PM Steve Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote:
> as we all know I'm no fan of semi-annual clock changes... and I thought
> the Sunshine Act
> <https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/623>would put
> an end to that nonsense even if did fall on the "wrong side" with a
> year-round DST timesqew. Looks like it is going to fail despite
> bipartisan support in the Senate (unsurprising that Florida, closest to the
> equator, effected least, would be the one to sponsor/promote it?)...
>
> Oregon (in coordination with CA/WA) have tried to take things into their
> own hands independent of the rest of the country?
>
>
> https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2022/11/03/oregon-daylight-saving-time-november-march/69613463007/
>
>
> I suppose I could live with the sqew and just change the idioms from 12
> noon and 12 midnight to 11 noon and 11 midnight and call it a
> day/year/life. Seems like it would just make more sense to sqew the 8-5
> (or 9-4) for bankers) an hour earlier instead, but what is the point of
> having a state/federal/global government if it isn't going to decide for
> you how we index time?
>
>
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