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    Daylight savings time?

    All this clock crap is nothing but a Royal PITA.
    It's ALWAYS daylight when I get up, and Always night when I go to bed. These gifted assoles are going to have to shift the time more than 3 hours to offset that fact for me.
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    well, it buys me an hour because I always get up with the sun.
    Last few weeks have been close.

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    I like eastern Standard time. I wish we could stay on this time sked all year round.
    I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.

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    Like like Daylight Savings. I think we should stay on the DST sked all year round.

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    Hello.

    why not Zulu time and we simply adjust events around that?

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    Why not just leave well enough alone? Back in the day when the US had a more agrarian economy, DST made sense.

    There is no savings in/of electricity; businesses run 24-7 nowadays. And don't get me started on car dealerships that run their lot lighting all night long; an energy hog if ever I saw one.
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    Feh. The heck with this base-12 time system. I say, let's go decimal!
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    Quote Originally Posted by n2ize View Post
    I like eastern Standard time. I wish we could stay on this time sked all year round.
    It has been decreed the clocks shall twitch twice per annum, the penny will always remain in use, and marijuana will NEVER be permitted by those in position to do so.

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    Errr, did you miss yer fruit cup again?

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    Quote Originally Posted by N5RLR View Post
    Why not just leave well enough alone? Back in the day when the US had a more agrarian economy, DST made sense.

    There is no savings in/of electricity; businesses run 24-7 nowadays. And don't get me started on car dealerships that run their lot lighting all night long; an energy hog if ever I saw one.
    Now-a-days, it costs money. The technological concerns are massive. If you ever want a good laugh, pull up the changelog for tzdata in Linux.

    You see stuff like.. "Jackfuckistan suspends DST for 2 weeks to observe King Allahbahbahusami's birthday August 1st thru 5th."

    Daylight savings time, standard time.. I don't care. Pick one. Stick to it.

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