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Re:U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings ti... by macintux on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:12PM (#25647762)
Seems like you could flip a coin. Daylight saving time is bad for some longitudes and latitudes in the winter, standard time is bad for other longitudes and latitudes in the summer.

I don’t think it matters in the grand scheme of things which one you pick: it’s going to suck for some.

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Re:U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings ti... by chrishas35 on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:21PM (#25647905)
Crazy idea here, but how about a....compromise! A one time 30 minute offset and we'll really screw everyone up, but it's equal to both sides.
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Re:U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings ti... by ianmcgowan on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:25PM (#25647966)
Will make working with IST India Standard Time slightly easier - the 30 minute offset is always slightly off-putting ;_)
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Re:U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings ti... by kibwen on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:25PM (#25647967)
Billions of people in the world exist at a 30 minute offset to UTC, so it's not quite as absurd as it sounds.
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Re:U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings ti... by chrishas35 on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:49PM (#25648396)
Not at all. The crazy/absurd part is compromise of opposing view points in Congress ;)
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Re:U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings ti... by macintux on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:23PM (#25647934)
India would probably appreciate that.
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Re:U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings ti... by 51Cards on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:23PM (#25647937)
In Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada the sun will "rise" officially at close to 10am for about a month.
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Re:U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings ti... by dwighttk on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:28PM (#25648027)
This is a US bill, not Canadian. Does Canada use US law to set their time ones?
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Re:U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings ti... by Mountain_Skies on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:39PM (#25648228)
No officially but for practical reasons they follow what the US does in regards to time. There was no widespread support for expanding the range of daylight saving time during the early 2000s but when George W. Bush changed the start and end dates of DSL to make it look like he was doing something about energy prices, Canada followed along. Given the size and depths of the ties between the two countries, it's impractical for Canada to not be in sync with the US on matters of time.
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Re:U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings ti... by 51Cards on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @04:24PM (#25651280)
We've already passed legislation up here saying that if North America switches, we're going to follow suit.
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Re:U.S. Bill H.R.69 introduced – To make daylight savings ti... by delecti on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:47PM (#25648384)
I think it's pretty safe to assume that a lot of places would follow the US's example if this law passes, and Canada is by far the most likely to do so. I don't think the US is responsible for that, per se, but it's not crazy to treat it as a given that Canada would follow suit.
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