> First, eliminate DST completely. The time should reflect the position of the Sun, and forget the complexity and IMHO bizarre self-delusion, a bad habit. I ag

> First, eliminate DST completely. The time should reflect the position of the Sun, and forget the complexity and IMHO bizarre self-delusion, a bad habit. I agree. However, while sundials will use apparent solar time (and should not be disregarded), the time zones and clocks should be based on mean solar time, in my opinion. > Second, use a time half-way between Mountain and Central Time (i.e., on the half-hour), and create a North American Time. Give the entire US a single time zone. I disagree. If you need to coordinate time between different places, you can use UTC instead of mean solar time. That is what UTC is for, and UTC can be useful for other purposes too. When specifying the time you can write "Z" on the end to indicate UTC.