Subj : Re: Daylight Savings
To   : steviant
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Mar 25 2025 02:02 pm

-=> steviant wrote to Ed Vance <=-

 st> Because there are zillions of different daylight savings zones around
 st> the world and politicians are constantly meddling with them, so if you
 st> want to make one model of clock and sell it everywhere the best option
 st> is just to leave it up to the end user.

 Didn't the soviet union *not* have time zones at one point in its'
 history? Breakfast time in Moscow would be dinner in Petropavlosk!

 st> I doubt people could handle entering the daylight savings schedule into
 st> their clocks, the amount of people who can't even set the time on the
 st> simplest of devices should be testament enough.

 I loved in the movie "Idiocracy" that the clock tower was digital, and
 flashing 12:00.

 
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