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Re:60 kHz (2022) by quintushoratius on Saturday June 01, 2024 @06:39AM (#40544502)
Not every region of the continental US respects DST.
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Re:60 kHz (2022) by lxgr on Saturday June 01, 2024 @08:37AM (#40545234)
I know, but if it does, it switches on the same day as all the others, which could be encoded in the signal, and it seems like it is [1].

So instead of a switch to “add an hour”, there could be one that says “add an hour if the signal says DST is currently in effect”.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWVB#Amplitude-modulated_time_...

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