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   Ed P to Cindy Hamilton   
   Re: warning: daylight stupid time   
   06 Mar 26 20:03:52   
   
   From: esp@snet.n   
      
   On 3/6/2026 5:53 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:   
   > On 2026-03-06, Jim Joyce  wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 12:07:50 -0500, Ed P  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 3/6/2026 12:00 PM, Frank wrote:   
   >>>> On 3/6/2026 6:32 AM, redacted wrote:   
   >>>>> On 3/6/26 01:50, T wrote:   
   >>>>>> USA: Daylight Stupid Time starts on Sunday, March 8, 2026   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I don't know a single taxpayer who wants DST and I've never heard a   
   >>>>> reasonable explanation to keep it.... yet here we are.   
   >>>   
   >>> I want it.   
   >>   
   >> +1   
   >>   
   >> I'd like to keep it permanently.   
   >   
   > We tried "permanent" daylight savings time in 1974.  People   
   > hated it so much the two-year trial period was abandoned after   
   > about 10 months.   
   >   
      
   Vaguely remember it.  There are morning problems though   
      
   https://washingtonian.com/2022/03/15/the-us-tried-permanent-dayl   
   ght-saving-time-in-the-70s-people-hated-it/   
      
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