Time change?

Ghot · 24 Aug 2023

There was talk in late 2022 and early 2023, about "not" doing the Fall time change.
I wonder if they're really gonna do it... this time.

U.S. Senate approves bill to make daylight saving time permanent | Reuters

Senator Marco Rubio, one of the bill's sponsors, said supporters agreed the change would not take place until November 2023 after input from airlines and broadcasters.

Congress - Time change Bill

User2468 · 28 Aug 2023

Only input from two sources? There's a whole hell of a lot of other things that need to be recoded and whatnot than just two sources.

I say change it for good, but make the transition at least one to two years for companies and whatnot to transition.

Heck, back during Y2K the Air Force invited the Russians to NORAD so as to prevent a nuclear war...

Edit-

Ah, as of March it's in committee. Congress.gov

Ghot · 28 Aug 2023

F22 Simpilot said:

Ah, as of March it's in committee. Congress.gov

It was "in committee" last year, too. :/

User2468 · 29 Aug 2023

Doesn't indicate where this is at though...

Marie SWE · 29 Aug 2023

They talked about (or actually decided) to skipping the summer/wintertime change here in sweden too a couple of years ago.. i think it was just before covid hit.. but nothing has happen yet..

So if the U.S. government is as slow as ours.. don't expect it to happen for the next five years. *LOL*

User2468 · 31 Aug 2023

Marie SWE said:

So if the U.S. government is as slow as ours.. don't expect it to happen for the next five years. *LOL*

That's pretty much the mantra of our Congress. The platitudes of congressional representatives, their lackluster of care and all around dereliction of duty says it all. I recently withdrew my right to vote. For one, this state has voted straight moron for the past four elections in a row and 2, my voter record is considered "public record" so anyone can lookup my name and home address. Got tired of that...

cereberus · 31 Aug 2023

If you think US is complicated on time zones - look at Australia lol.

Marie SWE · 31 Aug 2023

F22 Simpilot said:

That's pretty much the mantra of our Congress. The platitudes of congressional representatives, their lackluster of care and all around dereliction of duty says it all. I recently withdrew my right to vote. For one, this state has voted straight moron for the past four elections in a row and 2, my voter record is considered "public record" so anyone can lookup my name and home address. Got tired of that...

That do not sound fun... Voting here is not public record.. so i do vote.... so i have the right to complain that almost all politicians sucks. *LOL*

User2468 · 01 Sep 2023

Yeah, in my opinion it's very dangerous to have your voter record public. If for example you have an R or a D next to your name (Republican/Democrat) people or your employer can treat you differently.

I have been voting since 2000 and it was only two weeks ago I withdrew my right to vote. Country has gone to shit and no return anyway... My vote means nothing...

"9-11, what's the address of the emergency?" "The United States of America!"

"We the people are pissed!"

Borg 386 · 01 Sep 2023

Time to stop the madness with this time change thing, I know I'm tired of it, feeling off kilter for a week after we have to do it.

Yeah, they have been talking about it for a while...but that seems to be the extent of it.