[154520] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: F-ckin Leap Seconds, how do they work?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Thu Jul 5 13:47:01 2012
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120705170704.GA19613@puck.nether.net>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 10:42:01 -0700
To: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jul 5, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Jared Mauch wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 09:33:05AM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote:
>>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> I'm only at (aproxamately) 42.28755874876601 north. Once you go near =
60 north the value changes significantly.
>>>=20
>>> There is a band of latitudes where it does make more sense.
>>=20
>> Why punish the rest of us to accommodate a few people who live =
between about 50=BA and 55=BA latitude?
>=20
> (easier typing with a real keyboard)...
>=20
> This is a local/states rights issue imho :) AZ ignores DST and as a =
result
> I never know what time it is there ;)
>=20
> This is a local state-by-state and county-by-county issue as evidenced
> by the behavior of counties in Indiana that are close to or within
> the Chicago MSA. This is more a social issue than anything else.
>=20
> Many people prefer some daylight when they are not working.
As do I... Which, if we simply go with PDT all year long, I'd basically =
have most of the year. I don't get that with standard time during winter =
anyway and PDT wouldn't help with that.
Daylight time does not add length to the daylight period of the day, it =
merely reduces the time between wake-up and daylight for some portion of =
winter time. (Standard time has become the anomaly with daylight savings =
time being practiced for nearly 8 months each year now).
I'm fine with leaving all the clocks permanently on daylight time. Just =
get rid of the twice-a-year timezone shift. I don't care what timezone =
we pick, just pick one and stick with it.
Owen
