State of Texas – A plan to end daylight saving time
‘ “It’s really time to end this archaic practice of springing forward,” said Rep. Jason Isaac, R-Dripping Springs. And he has a plan. Isaac filed legislation to exempt Texas from daylight saving time.’ http://kxan.com/2017/03/11/state-of-texas-a-plan-to-end-daylight-saving-time... Regards, F
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"Frank" == Vance, Frank <Frank_Vance@bmc.com> writes:
Frank> And he has a plan. Isaac filed legislation to exempt Texas from daylight Frank> saving time.’ No, it's another nutty proposal to *stay* on DST year round. Ugh. And I wonder how the Mexican communities on the border will deal with it. Probably be a patchwork of changes will ripple out of this, confusing everyone. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. Still trying to think of something clever for the fourth line of this .sig
On Mar 13, 2017, at 10:27 AM, Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com> wrote:
No, it's another nutty proposal to *stay* on DST year round. Ugh.
So let me think... TX on "year round DST" is essentially saying, "Let's move TX to Eastern Standard Time"? Right? Seems off. I can understand, say, that MA, NH, ME may wish to move to Atlantic Standard Time (as an MA resident, I endorse this plan), but putting Texas in Eastern Standard time seems very weird. Oh, and at this point, I should remind folks of my friend's proposal for easier springing forward, aka. the Don Hausen DST plan: 1.) Fall back stays as is. 2.) Spring forward happens on a Friday at 4pm, where time then jumps to 5pm. This means an earlier end to the work day, and provides an opportunity for celebration at various local establishments. Less sleep is lost, and honestly, another excuse to celebrate isn't a bad idea. Thank you! Dan
"Dan" == Dan McDonald <danmcd@omniti.com> writes:
Dan> Oh, and at this point, I should remind folks of my friend's proposal for Dan> easier springing forward, aka. the Don Hausen DST plan: Dan> 1.) Fall back stays as is. Dan> 2.) Spring forward happens on a Friday at 4pm, where time then jumps to 5pm. Dan> This means an earlier end to the work day, and provides an opportunity for Dan> celebration at various local establishments. Less sleep is lost, and Dan> honestly, another excuse to celebrate isn't a bad idea. +1 (in the spring, of course {grin}) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. Still trying to think of something clever for the fourth line of this .sig
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