Aug. 17, 2007
11:10 p.m.
Some daylight-saving news from all over: Some National Party members in Western Australia are planning a campaign of civil disobedience against daylight saving time. Premier Alan Carpenter has ridiculed the idea. <http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Protesters-may-ignore-WA-daylight-saving...> The residents of one Amish community near Columbia, Missouri do not observe daylight saving time. <http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2007/08/16/heat-fact-life-amish/> Nippon Keidanren and major banks in Japan have begun an informal daylight saving time by scheduling the work day one hour earlier than usual for one month. <http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20070801p2a00m0na004000c.html>