US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time permanent

Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by exegete on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:23PM (#30690023)

Now when people write the time in the format 9:00 EST you can smugly correct them that it should always be EDT (for Eastern time zone).

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by schoen on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:35PM (#30690286)

Maybe the legislators will make things even more confusing by defining daylight time as "standard time"! (Because it will be the, well, standard time.)

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by exegete on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @05:42PM (#30692171)

Someone linked to the bill and it actually does that https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30689043&p=4#30690481

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by mark-r on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:44PM (#30690433)

If the bill is already passed it would be too late, unless it goes to committee to reconcile with the house. Or maybe they've already done it!

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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by thereddaikon on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:45PM (#30690453)

Ah yes, Eastern Dtime Tzone.

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