On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 9:28 AM, David Nicol <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Randal L. Schwartz > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >>>>> "sc" == sc <[email protected]> writes: >> >> sc> we should start a movement to eliminate DST -- i think i heard >> sc> they got rid of it in Russia -- they don't struggle with it in >> sc> Arizona -- not just the United States, but all countries should >> sc> just eliminate it -- it was a bad idea to begin with, never had >> sc> any merit, and should be relegated to the dustbin of history >> >> Indeed! >> > > People offer the argument from authority that Benjamin Franklin suggested > it. He was a very subtle fellow and may have been kidding or making a straw > man argument against some other point.
I recommend reading http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/franklin3.html and forming your own impression. Mine is that he had tongue firmly inserted in his cheek. > I like the proposal for US time simplification forwarded at > http://standardtime.com/ > and mention it whenever the subject comes up. Initially I found it > oversimplistic but then came around to believing that the compromises > inherent in their proposal are well thought out. > > So now whenever there is a daylight savings shift (and accompanying > statistically significant bump in traffic accident numbers) I note which > half of the US is "in compliance" and which is out. I would love to get rid of DST altogether. But good luck getting something so sensible through Congress.
