On 2/17/22 19:09, Arthur David Olson via tz wrote:
One suggestion I’ve thought of making is to change “the earlier of” to “the later of” for kick-in; that would buy at least a few guaranteed months of lead time.
For UTC offset purposes only the November deadline matters, since the March change would be a no-op. For the less-important timezone abbreviation and tm_isdst flag, both deadlines matter.
I’d also welcome any Marylander with more political weight than I have (read: anyone) to weigh in.
My Maryland contacts are pretty limited, unfortunately. Perhaps you know people at NIH who might be able to help? There are medical implications of fooling with clocks on short notice: this was an issue in 2007, the last time the US changed the rules (see, for example, <https://doi.org/10.1177/2374289518784222>), and I'd expect even more problems if Maryland changes with less notice than there was in 2007. Do you know Freeman Hrabowski, or know anybody who knows him? Although he's retiring from UMBC in July, a word from him might go far. Another possibility would be the NIST Gaithersburg Group; although the NIST Time Realization and Distribution Group is in Boulder I expect there's somebody in Maryland with metrology expertise and/or contacts.