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Looking at this from a 'Unix in Europe' perspective, the timezone data has rules. So as long as the rules don't change you don't need updates. And due to the ne
by phicoh 11y ago
Looking at this from a 'Unix in Europe' perspective, the timezone data has rules. So as long as the rules don't change you don't need updates. And due to the need to coordinate with many countries, timezone rules in the EU essentially don't change.
It seems that in some countries, time zones just change randomly. Maybe people should just stop doing that. Countries only move a couple of centuries a year. And there is no reason to mess with DST other than to get rid of it all together.
- maw 11y agoMaybe people should just stop doing that. I don't disagree, but how do we get there from here? Our "betters" have even had the gall to make this type of change in the recent past, and even to claim "energy efficiency" as a motivation. This is is--how do I put this?--a wronger than wrong version of not even wrong.
- phicoh 11y agoOne option is to get one of those big name companies to write a report on how much that change cost to the economy due equipment that had to be written off, downtime, etc. Doesn't have to accurate, just impressive. And then maybe next time, circulate the report just before the decision has to be taken.
- greggyb 11y agoI can't help it... > Countries only move a couple of centuries a year. That's some pretty advanced time travel tech.
- phicoh 11y agoWow, how did that happen? I meant to write centimeters.