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From: res@ihlpe.ATT.COM (Rich Strebendt @ AT&T-C/IS (IW); formerly)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Congress considering changes to Daylight Savings
Message-ID: <2292@ihlpe.ATT.COM>
Date: Mon, 16-Nov-87 15:04:51 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 16 15:04:51 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 18-Nov-87 07:21:26 EST
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Summary: Don't abolish Daylight Savings Time -- abolish Standard Time !!

In article <717@auscso.UUCP>, johnm@auscso.UUCP (John B. Meaders) writes:
> Why doesn't Congress just abolish Daylight Savings Time?  I like it being
> daylight when I wake up, and I don't like it being daylight until 8:30 or
> so at night.  

NO NO NO
I like daylight as late as possible so I can get things done outside
after I get home from work.  Yardwork in the dark is the pits.  I don't
care if it is dark in the morning -- my eyes don't really open until
10am anyway!

> Plus, computers (Unix) get confused when they are told the
> rules and then some Politicos go and change them.  

Let's abolish POLITICOS then ... or come up with more adapable (not
hard-coded) software.

> Well... my system time
> is GMT now, so they can change all they want, I'll just have to edit the
> TZ in my .profile.  Anybody else tired of the changes to DST lately?
> Anybody wish it would go away?

Sounds like a reasonable approach for a private system.  As I said,
though, it is STANDARD (not DST) time that I wish would go away.  KEEP
THOSE CLOCKS SET ON DAYLIGHT/SUMMER TIME!!!!

				Rich Strebendt
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