2 ms·
To me, one of biggest culprits of DST is also the reason why offsets and timezones aren't in 1:1 relationships. The arbitrary mandates of time changes from all
by devy 10y ago
To me, one of biggest culprits of DST is also the reason why offsets and timezones aren't in 1:1 relationships. The arbitrary mandates of time changes from all levels of local/state/nation governments had made it a big mess in figuring out local times. Time should be continuous in nature. But it's not when you apply all these manmade rules.
Here is the table[1] of most but probably incomplete rules.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_by_country#Daylight_Saving_Time_rules_as_of_2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_by_countr...
- jedrek 10y agoDST is an issue, as is the political selection of time zones. There's a great map[1] that shows how arbitrary time zone shifts are. Even in the EU, the eastern edge of Finland is over an hour east of the center of CET, while western Spain is two hours west of it. That means that during the spring and autumn solstice, even though we have 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night, the sun over western Spain sets three hours after eastern Norway. For Norway it makes sense, most of its people live smack in CET, but for Spain it's a purely political gesture. [1] http://blog.poormansmath.net/how-much-is-time-wrong-around-the-world/ http://blog.poormansmath.net/how-much-is-time-wrong-around-t...