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But the reasoning for that was a preference for DST. Obviously all this is arbitrary including standard time.
by wvenable 7mo ago
But the reasoning for that was a preference for DST.
Obviously all this is arbitrary including standard time.
- throw0101c 7mo ago> But the reasoning for that was a preference for DST. There was no reasoning for the Dubya alteration: the change was not debated anywhere, and (AIUI) no one was ever able to figure out how it actually got slipped into the legislation.
- wvenable 7mo agoThe DST extension was included in Section 110 of the 2005 Energy Policy Act, debated as part of the bill, and justified on energy-savings grounds. Congress even required the Department of Energy to study its impact afterwards!