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> On Apr 29, 2005, at 3:28 PM, Frank Reed wrote:
>
>> this is still probably the biggest change in official time zone law in
>> the US since the start of DST was shifted back two weeks in 1987.

> Dan Reed responded:
> Think of all of the software that just broke and became obsolete:
> Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD - millions of computer systems
> quietly are affected.
>
> I say we should abolish all Daylight Savings Time changes and just
> stick to time zones.

And give up an hour of after work sailing or tennis games?  Heresy.

In Indiana, the best is yet to come.  A provision of passing the DST bill
(after "Our Man Mitch" twisted a few political arms to turn the initial vote
around from a loss to a win) is a federal ruling on what time zone Indiana
will be in.  Worst case scenario, IMHO, is Indiana will revert to Central.
A lot of lobbying for remaining Eastern.  Possible outcome, a
vertically-oriented state being split somewhere near the middle.

That should make it a true joy for pleasure craft and freighters passing
through the Michigan/Indiana/Illinois waters on Lake Michigan, as well as
barge traffic on the Ohio River.

There seems to be a lot of wisdom in the old saw, "Throw the rascals out."

Bill

   

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