[Discuss] How Daylight Saving Time Messes With Hospitals

[smallm at sdf.org (Mike Small)]

Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> writes:
>  If we wanted to join India and Newfoundland as rebels, we could even
> split off N.E. as a half-hour timezone based on our local meridian, or
> adopt permanent DST by joining NB/NS/PEI as AST (but without ADT/DST).

If we join Newfoundland in taking a half hour offset we should also
start celebrating Guy Fawkes day like they do. I'm sure people around
here would love a good bonfire.

> 20 years ago either permanent DST (=AST year round) or half-hour zone
> would not have been practical because network TV only recognized 2 TZ,
> ET & PT, but with streaming/binging/DVR today, would anyone care if
> GoT came on an hour "later" in Boston just as it is an hour "earlier"
> in Chicago today?

Well, there's still the late night shows. Sure you can time shift them,
but somehow it's just not the same. I grew up on Atlantic time and
staying up for Letterman was a special little rebellious indulgence. And
then there's sports. People like to watch with others in bars and so
on. It's hard in Boston to stay late in bars, what with transit not
running very late and with so many people having to live so far away
from the affordability problems. On the other hand maybe fans would like
the idea of being in a different time zone than NYC just because.

-- 
Mike Small
smallm at sdf.org