Arizona does not observe DST, either. The whole state is in the same time zone though, so it is less confusing than Indiana.
The main reason that Indiana has been resisting daylight "savings" time all these years is because it is physically in the Central time zone, but it is legally in the Eastern time zone. Because of this, most of the state is basically already on DST year round. If the US Congress does not change Indiana's time zone to Central then they will be on "double daylight" time next summer. Sunset would be very late in June and July, and sunrise would be very late in April and October.
Wendell Sexson
Jerry Feldman
On Friday 06 May 2005 2:44 pm, Wendell Sexson wrote:
Arizona does not observe DST, either. The whole state is in the same time zone though, so it is less confusing than Indiana.
The main reason that Indiana has been resisting daylight "savings" time all these years is because it is physically in the Central time zone, but it is legally in the Eastern time zone. Because of this, most of the state is basically already on DST year round. If the US Congress does not change Indiana's time zone to Central then they will be on "double daylight" time next summer. Sunset would be very late in June and July, and sunrise would be very late in April and October. Congress does not define the time zones in the US. They assign the authority to a government agency, which is currently the Department of Transportation. In all actuality, Indiana could actually put itself in just about any time zone it wants.
In any case, the problem is that computer software must be able to determine
the correct time for the proper interchange of information. This is why
Unix always used UTC for it's base time.
Correct time is even more important today with distributed development
projects, databases, and emails. There is one case mentioned in the URL I
posted earlier where Daylight time caused the death of some palestinian
terrorist bombers. Israel is on Daylight time, and Palestine is not.
essentially, the bombs went off 1 hour too early because they were set to
standard time, they they apparently used some Bill Gates software.
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Jerry Feldman
On Friday 06 May 2005 14:04, Jerry Feldman wrote:
On Friday 06 May 2005 2:44 pm, Wendell Sexson wrote:
Arizona does not observe DST, either. The whole state is in the same not change Indiana's time zone to Central then they will be on "double daylight" time next summer. Sunset would be very late in June and July, and sunrise would be very late in April and October.
The ET/CT line is essentially at the Indiana/Ohio border. There are towns and cities near that border that have 'commercially and society-wise' affinity.those Indiana counties that have more going on with Ohio counties are the ones that want to at least have part of the year in the same time zone. If Indiana goes all CT and DT then there is the possibility that some Ohio counties will want to change their DT observance to coincide with their Indiana partners.
Congress does not define the time zones in the US. They assign the authority to a government agency, which is currently the Department of Transportation. In all actuality, Indiana could actually put itself in just about any time zone it wants.
There is one case mentioned in the URL I posted earlier where Daylight time caused the death of some palestinian terrorist bombers. Israel is on Daylight time, and Palestine is not. essentially, the bombs went off 1 hour too early because they were set to standard time, they they apparently used some Bill Gates software.
Are these "Palestinians" an Irish sub-tribe? PeterB
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