[LEAPSECS] Seems relevant somehow

[Brian Garrett]

This expresses my views about DST better than anything ever written:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4AsMTYD4is


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hein" <jhein at timing.com>
To: "Leap Second Discussion List" <leapsecs at leapsecond.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 11:54 PM
Subject: Re: [LEAPSECS] Seems relevant somehow



> Steve Allen wrote at 22:35 -0700 on Mar 30, 2008:

> > Someone please tell me again why the zoneinfo files would need 10

> > years of advance notice if they were to absorb responsibility for leap

> > seconds.

> 

> There are a wide variety of applications that don't care about local

> time.  If some politicians decide to change DST rules, these

> applications couldn't care less.

>   

> For those applications that do care about local time, there are other

> forums for discussing this class of problem.  It's certainly a real

> issue for some, but is separable from the issues associated with leap

> seconds.

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