[time-nuts] The future of UTC

Dennis Ferguson dennis.c.ferguson at gmail.com
Mon Jul 18 20:16:28 UTC 2011


On 18 Jul 2011, at 05:23 , Tony Finch wrote:

> Jose Camara <camaraq1 at quantacorp.com> wrote:
> 
>> I think before adding to the fire of UTC1, UTC7 etc. why not just abolish
>> this silliness called Daylight Savings Time?  If there is any benefit to it,
>> just change business operating hours instead.
> 
> If you want to know why your suggestion doesn't work, David Prerau has
> collected many many examples. http://www.seizethedaylight.com/

Yet most of the people on the planet live in a place where DST is
not observed now, and that includes people living as far north as 65 degrees
latitude and as far south as 55 degrees.  Should they all be told this doesn't
work?

Dennis Ferguson


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