This seems like such a simple thing to me, and yet the US just can’t seem to get it done. What are the issues preventing this?
This seems like such a simple thing to me, and yet the US just can’t seem to get it done. What are the issues preventing this?
I read that some senator was working on a bill to permanently switch to half-DST, which is where we set our clocks to halfway between regular time and DST. I’ve been advocating for that forever so I hope it will at least get people thinking/talking about it. It should solve the argument between whether to permanently stay on one time or the other. Split the difference and just get it done already!
As a software developer, that idea can fuck right off. India being on a half hour is enough of a pain in the ass. 6 more half-off time zones is just too much.
Yeah, I regularly deal with logs and its frustrating enough with them in UTC or local and trying to figure out which is being used. "This log is UTC and needs to be local? What’s 13:28 minus my offset which includes a half hour. " or vice versa and having to add the offset. A half hour time zone can fuck right off.
God forbid we finally get rid of DST and save people from car wrecks, industrial accidents, and heart attacks if it makes you have to adjust offsets once in some software.
*watches downvote counter while all the techies rage-click the down arrow*