In the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" episode "Paradise Lost," Captain Sisko, at Starfleet's San Francisco headquarters, mentions "19 hundred 47 hours P. S. T." Per one source*, theepisode is set in June 2372. Seems there's no daylight saving in San Francisco in 2372, but the "standard" "S" is still used. @dashdashado _ *http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/startrek/st-episodes-1.html
On 29 Jan 2019, at 03:31, Arthur David Olson <arthurdavidolson@gmail.com> wrote:
In the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" episode "Paradise Lost," Captain Sisko, at Starfleet's San Francisco headquarters, mentions "19 hundred 47 hours P. S. T."
Per one source*, theepisode is set in June 2372.
Seems there's no daylight saving in San Francisco in 2372, but the "standard" "S" is still used.
Perhaps Captain Sisko is one of those people who uses PST all year round, regardless of whether daylight savings is in force. (I had a manager who insisted that a meeting was going to be 10am PST the following Monday, in spite of the fact that the following Monday was just after the clocks changed. She actually turned up at 10am PDT.) jch
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 09:52:17 +0000 From: John Haxby <john.haxby@oracle.com> Message-ID: <CFBCA78E-7F34-483D-9931-8CB662807D2D@oracle.com> | Perhaps Captain Sisko is one of those people who uses PST all year | round, One might hope so, whether it means Pacific Summer Time, or Pacific Standard Time - and if the latter, whether it is standard because there are no more summer time variations, or simply becaus by then it has been recognised that summer time is the standard time when it applies. In any case, surely, by 2372, the absurd "daylight savings" label will have vanished from the lexicon. kre
"Robert" == Robert Elz <kre@munnari.OZ.AU> writes:
Robert> In any case, surely, by 2372, the absurd "daylight savings" label will Robert> have vanished from the lexicon. <pedant> Especially because it's "daylight saving", without the "s". :) </pedant> -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/Dart consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. Still trying to think of something clever for the fourth line of this .sig
On 2019-01-29 04:23, Robert Elz wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 09:52:17 +0000, John Haxby wrote:
Perhaps Captain Sisko is one of those people who uses PST all year round, One might hope so, whether it means Pacific Summer Time, or Pacific Standard Time - and if the latter, whether it is standard because there are no more summer time variations, or simply becaus by then it has been recognised that summer time is the standard time when it applies. In any case, surely, by 2372, the absurd "daylight savings" label will have vanished from the lexicon.
And PST (US) may soon mean UTC-7 if CA (US) Prop (UTC-) 7 and federal tweaks pass, depending on what then happens in OR and WA. PST (BC, CA) could become UTC-9 and MST (AB, CA) UTC-8. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised.
"Brian" == Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca> writes:
Brian> And PST (US) may soon mean UTC-7 if CA (US) Prop (UTC-) 7 and Brian> federal tweaks pass, depending on what then happens in OR and WA. As a native Oregonian, I hope there aren't enough insane fellow residents to even ever consider moving Oregon to UTC-7 year-round. Now, UTC-8 year round, I'd support. I think DST needs to be abolished world-wide. California has its nuts. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/Dart consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. Still trying to think of something clever for the fourth line of this .sig
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