[plug] daylight savings

[Patrick Coleman]

On 10/25/06, Craig Foster <craig at fostware.net> wrote:
> From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au on behalf of Adrian Chadd
> Sent: Wed 10/25/2006 5:42 PM
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] daylight savings
>
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2006, Patrick Coleman wrote:
> > On 10/25/06, Adrian Chadd <adrian at creative.net.au> wrote:
> > >Hiya,
> > >
> > >So are you all ready for the fun that is quick daylight savings
> > >alterations?
> > >
> > >Crazy scripts with the wrong time, servers with the wrong
> > >timezone information, Outlook calendaring a bit wonky.. :)
> >
> > I like how they're going to trial it - meaning it'll be a nightmare
> > twice; once when they change it with *a months notice* and again when
> > (if :E) they change it back, just as you finally fix that last broken
> > script.
>
> Even more fun is how this went over in Tasmania, if what I read
> on this mornings plane flight is correct. Three year trial - first year lots of complaints,
> second year some complaints, third year no complaints. THen it passed.
>
<snip>
>
> Ahhh, the old boiling toad trick.
>
> The theory goes "If a toad is put in a pot with water which is gradually boiled, it wont notice the temperature change and die - but it will notice a sharp temperature rise and then escape"
>
> (Results should not be retested, and I haven't done this myself :P )
>
> <rant>
>
> This is a federal issue, and should be decided for all states / territories as a whole. Not 1 hour there, 30mins over there, and none here...
> Either that, or the three expensive referendums we've previously had on the subject should stand...
>
> </rant>
>
> (I realise that the two points may be opposite outcomes)

I agree. We've had three referendums on the subject - it seems to me
to be a case of "keep asking the question until you get the answer you
want".

--Patrick