Back in the 1974 oil crisis the US made an 'emergency' change to its
DST schedual. I don't recall the legal mechanism used. It was likely
an executive order from the President.
But it most definitely was with less than 6 months notice so the legal
precedent is exists in the US.
I also have noticed that 'critical security patches', to which linux is
less prone than some operating systems, often require action in less than 6
months from the time issued.
Richard Clark
rcl...@noao.edu
On Wed, 12 Feb 2014, Hal Murray wrote:
E) Leap seconds are tied to observations of the earth's spin, rather than
predicted years in advance. With only 6 months warning for leap seconds,
this produces operational difficulties for many environments that have
burdensome change control policies.
What do those organizations do when Congress changes the DST rules?
Do they work on UTC/GMT so they can ignore DST? They must have to interact
with the rest of the world occasionally.
How much notice did people get the last time Congress changed the DST rules?
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