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I support the change, but the timeline seems a bit unrealistic to me. There are a lot of systems that will need to be updated to not expect time changes, and k
by tempestn 6y ago
I support the change, but the timeline seems a bit unrealistic to me. There are a lot of systems that will need to be updated to not expect time changes, and knowing how long such things tend to take, expecting everything to be ready within a few months (minus however long the bill actually took to pass) seems unlikely. Plus ideally you'd give other jurisdictions like Canada and Mexico a chance to see if they want to come along. I'd think planning to keep DST in 2022 would be a lot more realistic than planning to never change again as of now.
- jedberg 6y agoTime zones change multiple times a year throughout the globe. For example, the time zone database changed five times in 2020. If your time code doesn't already depend on an externally updating time database, you're already doing it wrong.
- tempestn 6y agoYeah, I know in theory that's the case (although I didn't realize how often time zones changed). I still expect there will be problems on that timeline. As for how serious they would be or how much difference an extra year would make, I don't know.
- jedberg 6y agoI recently change the subnet my house network runs on. 90% of my devices just switched with DHCP, but there were a couple of laggards. It was a good exercise in figuring out where I had gotten lazy with my setup. I feel like this would be a good exercise in how we handle clocks. :)