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Mexico Abolishes DST

by JackMcMack on 10/27/22, 5:18 PM with 18 comments

  • by anikom15 on 10/27/22, 11:33 PM

    DST makes no sense to begin with, but it makes even less sense as you get closer to the Equator. On the other hand, permanent DST is a disaster for high-latitude places, where you’ll have kids walking to school in the dark. Russia trialed permanent DST for a short time, and then switched to permanent standard time.

    With so many caveats related to DST, why even bother with it at all?

  • by jakeogh on 10/27/22, 9:04 PM

    US Senate passed Permanent DST unanimously: https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/us-permanent-dst.html

  • by dusted on 10/28/22, 11:29 AM

    Good on them! I wish Denmark would do the same.

    Though, as a software developer, I'm slightly worried how many weird/interesting side-effects it will have, how many places are there strange hardcoded edgecases due to this..

  • by resuresu on 10/27/22, 10:24 PM

    I hope the US will follow suit.

  • by tinus_hn on 10/29/22, 10:51 AM

    I like how DST switches things up twice a year. But unfortunately there’s a very big and dramatic lobby against it.

  • by BillSaysThis on 10/27/22, 9:48 PM

    Great!

  • by Jemm on 10/28/22, 12:00 PM

    I wish Canada would make DST permanent year round.