Given that the bills in various states all require Congressional action, I would expect that Congress would set an "effective" date for a bill permitting permanent DST. This would supersede any state-level legislation. So while the concerns are valid, I think it will be easier to convince Congress of the havoc it would cause were it *not* coordinated than to convince up to 50 state legislatures of the same. Jacob Pratt On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 3:08 AM Clive D.W. Feather via tz <tz@iana.org> wrote:
Arthur David Olson via tz said:
Alas, if the contingencies are met there may be short lead time before a change: Section 1 of this Act shall take effect on the earlier of the second Sunday of March or the first Sunday of November after the [contigencies have been met]â¦
I would suggest:
Section 1 of this Act shall take effect on the first Sunday of November of the first calendar year after the [contigencies have been met]
That's relatively easy to explain and gives at least 10 months warning.
Of course, you need *all* the states that are listed in the contingencies to use the same rule, or you'll have a year or two when they're out of sync.
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