Dealing with Date/Time offsets is already confusing enough for programmers and causes all kinds of problems from PLCs to databases on up.
Either make DST permanent or eliminate it, and while we're at it go to 24 hour time, eliminating the AM/PM nonsense.
Link: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/02/19/daylight-act-of-2026-proposing-half-daylight-saving-time/88760725007/
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Daylight savings needs to go, but not on the half hour.
Replies to: "Daylight savings needs to go, but not on the half hour."
- Daylight savings needs to go, but not on the half hour. [LINK]
- iairishcheeks - 3:48pm 2/20/26
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- The Amish between Nappanee and Bremen were ahead of the curve in the 60s. - MAS - 4:12pm 2/20/26
- Akin to Newfoundland time… [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 4:33pm 2/20/26
- That must have been difficult on Amish coders. - iairishcheeks - 4:13pm 2/20/26
- Quite a few central Asian zones have 30 min or even 45 min offsets. - NedoftheHill - 5:06pm 2/20/26
- 45? WTF? [NT] - iairishcheeks - 5:07pm 2/20/26
- A lot of apple cider gone hard was chugged for some time. [NT] - MAS - 4:19pm 2/20/26
- Quite a few central Asian zones have 30 min or even 45 min offsets. - NedoftheHill - 5:06pm 2/20/26
- The Amish between Nappanee and Bremen were ahead of the curve in the 60s. - MAS - 4:12pm 2/20/26
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