On: Perfect timing: a bug that only shows up in the first 250ms of a day

[yahelc]

"Bush's pointless Daylight Saving shift"

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Staunch Democrat though I may be, how is the Daylight Savings shift Bush's fault?

[xinsight → yahelc]

One of the last things he did in office was move it 2 weeks earlier. Canada followed along and now North America is out of sync with most other countries.

[mooism2 → xinsight]

North America was out of sync with Europe before this change. North America used to put the clocks forward on the first Sunday of April; now that happens on the second Sunday of March. Europe standardised on the last Sunday of March during the 90s.

[burgerbrain → xinsight]

So just use UTC and get on with your life?

[xinsight → burgerbrain]

I'd prefer to just get rid of DST.