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Seems like you could flip a coin. Daylight saving time is bad for some longitudes and latitudes in the winter, standard time is bad for other longitudes and lat

Seems like you could flip a coin. Daylight saving time is bad for some longitudes and latitudes in the winter, standard time is bad for other longitudes and latitudes in the summer. I don’t think it matters in the grand scheme of things which one you pick: it’s going to suck for some.

chrishas35 6y ago
Crazy idea here, but how about a....compromise! A one time 30 minute offset and we'll really screw everyone up, but it's equal to both sides.
- macintux 6y ago
  India would probably appreciate that.
- ianmcgowan 6y ago
  Will make working with IST India Standard Time slightly easier - the 30 minute offset is always slightly off-putting ;_)
- kibwen 6y ago
  Billions of people in the world exist at a 30 minute offset to UTC, so it's not quite as absurd as it sounds.
  - chrishas35 6y ago
    Not at all. The crazy/absurd part is compromise of opposing view points in Congress ;)
51Cards 6y ago
In Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada the sun will "rise" officially at close to 10am for about a month.
- dwighttk 6y ago
  This is a US bill, not Canadian. Does Canada use US law to set their time ones?
  - Mountain_Skies 6y ago
    No officially but for practical reasons they follow what the US does in regards to time. There was no widespread support for expanding the range of daylight saving time during the early 2000s but when George W. Bush changed the start and end dates of DSL to make it look like he was doing something about energy prices, Canada followed along. Given the size and depths of the ties between the two countries, it's impractical for Canada to not be in sync with the US on matters of time.
  - delecti 6y ago
    I think it's pretty safe to assume that a lot of places would follow the US's example if this law passes, and Canada is by far the most likely to do so. I don't think the US is responsible for that, per se, but it's not crazy to treat it as a given that Canada would follow suit.
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  - 51Cards 6y ago
    We've already passed legislation up here saying that if North America switches, we're going to follow suit.

chrishas35 6y ago

Crazy idea here, but how about a....compromise! A one time 30 minute offset and we'll really screw everyone up, but it's equal to both sides.

macintux 6y ago
India would probably appreciate that.
ianmcgowan 6y ago
Will make working with IST India Standard Time slightly easier - the 30 minute offset is always slightly off-putting ;_)
kibwen 6y ago
Billions of people in the world exist at a 30 minute offset to UTC, so it's not quite as absurd as it sounds.
- chrishas35 6y ago
  Not at all. The crazy/absurd part is compromise of opposing view points in Congress ;)

51Cards 6y ago

In Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada the sun will "rise" officially at close to 10am for about a month.

dwighttk 6y ago
This is a US bill, not Canadian. Does Canada use US law to set their time ones?
- Mountain_Skies 6y ago
  No officially but for practical reasons they follow what the US does in regards to time. There was no widespread support for expanding the range of daylight saving time during the early 2000s but when George W. Bush changed the start and end dates of DSL to make it look like he was doing something about energy prices, Canada followed along. Given the size and depths of the ties between the two countries, it's impractical for Canada to not be in sync with the US on matters of time.
- delecti 6y ago
  I think it's pretty safe to assume that a lot of places would follow the US's example if this law passes, and Canada is by far the most likely to do so. I don't think the US is responsible for that, per se, but it's not crazy to treat it as a given that Canada would follow suit.
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- 51Cards 6y ago
  We've already passed legislation up here saying that if North America switches, we're going to follow suit.