On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Kristopher Johnson wrote:
> Taupter wrote:
> >
> > John Hasler wrote:
> > >
> > > I suppose this is a dumb question, but why would anyone bother with
> > > daylight savings time in a tropical country?
> >
> > Despite some opinions, we have a large industrial park, 180 million
Taupter wrote:
>
> Really, daylight savings could be useful during
> all the year.
Is this a joke?
- Kris
> I don't think the original poster intended to imply that Brazil
> was "uncivilized". Rather, being in the tropical zone, the
> country gets roughly the same number of hours of daylight all
> year long and so a summer daylight savings time doesn't make
> sense.
>
> - Kris
Kris,
I understand y
Taupter wrote:
>
> John Hasler wrote:
> >
> > I suppose this is a dumb question, but why would anyone bother with
> > daylight savings time in a tropical country?
>
> Despite some opinions, we have a large industrial park, 180 million
> people, a high energy comsumption. There is no outdoors with
Taupter wrote:
>
> John Hasler wrote:
> >
> > I suppose this is a dumb question, but why would anyone bother with
> > daylight savings time in a tropical country?
>
> Despite some opinions, we have a large industrial park, 180 million
> people, a high energy comsumption. There is no outdoors with
I wrote:
> I suppose this is a dumb question, but why would anyone bother with
> daylight savings time in a tropical country?
Taupter writes:
> Brazil is not one immense rain forest, as some people would think.
What's that got to do with it seasonal variation in daylight?
--
John Hasler
Hi,
I was able to find some info about daylight savings setting in
other Linux list.
Thanks for your concerns about Brazil. BTW, I think we'll have
daylight savings for while :-))
BTW again, zic(8) is the program which compiles the time zone and
somebody provided an update
John Hasler wrote:
>
> I suppose this is a dumb question, but why would anyone bother with
> daylight savings time in a tropical country?
Despite some opinions, we have a large industrial park, 180 million
people, a high energy comsumption. There is no outdoors with "Coming
soon... Coca Cola!". B
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Kristopher Johnson writes:
> > Why should anyone bother with daylight savings time in ANY country?
>
> If there is anything dumber that daylight savings time, it is daylight
> savings time in the tropics.
It isn't much better in the north, where daylight
Kristopher Johnson writes:
> Why should anyone bother with daylight savings time in ANY country?
If there is anything dumber that daylight savings time, it is daylight
savings time in the tropics.
--
John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain.
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John Hasler wrote:
>
> Mario O.de Menezes writes:
> > That is, in Brazil, unfortunately, our daylight saving day changes from
> > year to year, and as a consequence, some times my date is wrong for 1 or
> > 2 days till it changes.
>
> I suppose this is a dumb question, but why would anyone bother
On 30 Sep 1999, John Hasler wrote:
> Mario O.de Menezes writes:
> > That is, in Brazil, unfortunately, our daylight saving day changes from
> > year to year, and as a consequence, some times my date is wrong for 1 or
> > 2 days till it changes.
>
> I suppose this is a dumb question, but why would
Mario O.de Menezes writes:
> That is, in Brazil, unfortunately, our daylight saving day changes from
> year to year, and as a consequence, some times my date is wrong for 1 or
> 2 days till it changes.
I suppose this is a dumb question, but why would anyone bother with
daylight savings time in a t
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