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Subject: Re: SpringForward
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Date: Sat, 5-May-84 02:15:26 EDT
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Posted: Sat May  5 02:15:26 1984
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(Base article appeared in net.physics,math)
>Just before the change to summer time I had the electric timer
>that runs my outdoor light adjusted to come on exactly (to within five
>minutes) when I wanted it to -- just at dusk.  Now with this time
>change I can't figure out whether to set the timer ahead an hour or
>back an hour .. neither seems to work too well.  Any astronomers
>out there?
>Puzzled and perplexed...

Fun.  First, set the timer ahead an hour.  Now, since you've screwed it up,
reset the "on" time to an hour later.  Or, just leave it alone.

Yes, daylight savings time is a wonderful idea.  We can reset our clocks
and then wait for everyone to change schedules throughout the summer
to adapt to the lengthening day.
What was the result?  We spent a lot of time changing clocks.  That's it -
no free hour.  I'm not a nut who thinks that Standard Time was decreed by
God, but I haven't been able to figure out what we gain by messing with the
clocks, especially since most people's schedules change with the seasons
anyway.  If you want to get home for more daylight, leave work earlier.
(Or maybe I'm just annoyed at having to write code to take account of the
fact that when people record clock times, there's one invalid hour in the
year and one ambiguous hour in the year:-)
-- 
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