Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone

Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by astrange on Thursday October 31, 2024 @05:36AM (#42004979)

I think it's the changing times that people don't like, rather than standard time.

I'd prefer California to stay on standard time instead of staying on DST, so noon will be aligned with solar noon. (It is, right? I never actually checked.)

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Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by wnoise on Thursday October 31, 2024 @11:57AM (#42008151)

Depends how far east or west you are...

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Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by SllX on Friday November 01, 2024 @02:19PM (#42019975)

Well… it’s not uniform.

Take today, Nov 1st 2024, solar noon is at the following times in the State in these locations:

1pm, Crescent City: https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/@11788520

12:53pm, San Francisco: https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/usa/san-francisco

12:36pm, Los Angeles: https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/usa/los-angeles

12:32pm, San Diego: https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/usa/san-diego

It’s tempting to want to put stock in solar noon as the the thing the day should be aligned around, but honestly it’s probably overrated. Personally, I much prefer daylight savings time over standard time if I had to pick only one.

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