On the DST shenanigans

[dsrtao]

The problem: Daylight Saving Time is a legal construct, governed in the US by the whim of Congress. After 20 years of a stable formula, they changed it.

The sensible answer: abolish it, and simply ask people to change their hours instead. (If work expects you in at 8, change that to 7. Keep a set of summer hours rather than changing the clocks.)

The answer that could actually be adopted: When Congress futzes with the clocks, they should guarantee that the change in algorithm is good for N years, and will give at least 2 years warning between passing a change and making it effective.At least that way it can be planned for a little more carefully.

Comments

[be-well-lowell.livejournal.com]

The whole idea of time zones is a legal construct. The natural system would be to give up the whole meddlesome government intervention completely, and define time as nature intended: by making noon the point where the sun is highest in the sky.