Stop the US daylight saving madness!

The Register ^ | Feb. 6, 2007 | OUT-LAW.com (Pinsent Masons)

[BlueMondaySkipper]

I like the change..... More daylight in the evening which is more useful than in the morning. I already got my computers changed for the update. Pretty easy with Unix systems.

Better take another look. We have to change all our Unix servers. The OS portion is pretty easy, but LOTS of applications require work as well.

[Michael Barnes]

patch your time servers and use ntp.

[discostu]

Actually this one probably is going to screw things up. Mostly because of the lack of warning, Y2K was a non-problem because the software industry was working on it for years, most software companies didn't even bother to think about the new DST start and end times until December or so, and the MS patches for it are a little iffy.

[Michael Barnes]

java, system controllers, firmware, bios...lotsa fun things to mess with. Sucks too cause tzupdater.jar does not suport 1.3.1

[RockinRight]

Because then, in most parts of the US the sun wouldn't rise in winter until 8:00 or later.

[RobRoy]

>>Y2K all over again. I'm underwhelmed<<

If we had not fixed it, you would be quite OVERwhelmed.

[kinoxi]

It saves energy on a large scale from what I understand.

[marsh_of_mists]

Why don’t folks get up an hour earlier or later, depending on the season, and keep the same clock time.

Because they're dumbasses!

Daylight savings time is idiotic, like the metric system.

[RockinRight]

I like DST.

Why? Because I often work late in summer. And with DST, June 21 sunset is at 9:02, not 8:02. If I have to go to work at the time the clock says, at least with DST I have an hour more daylight when I get home from work.

[ichabod1]

Just another unintended consequence of the do-gooders in Congress, who would bring back the 55 mph speed limit if they could get away with it. Just another unfunded mandate of the federal gooberment.

[ichabod1]

It saves energy on a SMALL scale.

[discostu]

That's what they say, but it's a lie. Unless you've got big windows you probably have the lights on in whatever room you're in during daylight, so changing what the clock reads to "move" daylight later doesn't actually cut down on electricity usage.

[RockinRight]

Why don’t folks get up an hour earlier or later, depending on the season, and keep the same clock time.

Because business runs off the clock. By "forcing" clocks to change business adheres to the same clock time, therefore there's more daylight after business hours for most people.

[TomGuy]

IIRC, this change to DST was another of John McCain's brilliant ideas.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Because they're dumbasses!

Daylight savings time is idiotic, like the metric system.
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Thank you for your reply. You gave me a good laugh. I agree with you.

[TomGuy]

Windows: Preparing for daylight saving time changes in 2007

While the change in daylight saving time applies to U.S. and Canada, the change ... If Outlook Time Zone Update tool is run before Windows operating systems ...

[M-cubed]

Me thinks u better weigh in on the Capital of Daylight Savings first...> http://www.franklinmaine.net/

[Joe 6-pack]

"I've still got 50 rolls of toilet paper and three cases of MRE's left over from Y2K."

My dyslexic sister-in-law still has several cases of personal lubricant she bought in preparation for the 2KY crisis.

[AFPhys]

That was my first thought, too.

Linux is ready for this... wonder why other 'puters are worried

[kinoxi]

Macroeconomically it requires less light.