It would make much more sense to get rid of DLST permanently rather than make DLST permanent.
I agree it’s madness! I blame Big Candy and the Halloween Lobby who want to maximize trick or treating daylight hours.
So, I have an interest in eventually adding the AT World Timer. If I understand it correctly, it has color markings to indicate regions that are not on DLST. That might soon be true for the United States if the bill that just passed the Senate goes through the House and signed law. That would render the dial as it is right now incorrect, right?
Except that DST starts in November. So you can blame the outdoor hobbyist interests instead (say, the golf industry in Florida). DST currently runs for 65% of the year, so for most of the US it’s the norm for most of the year. There are arguments for and against it (and I lean pro-DST year round for the record), but if the accuracy of World Time watches is something that tips the scales then god help us all 😉
I too like DST year round better than DLST. I like my light to last into the evening rather than start at 6 AM.
That was exactly my point, not so much the pros and cons of DLST - but the fact that if this passes the US will be an outlier compared to most of the rest of the world and times and timezones will be off - and all existing worldtimers, many software and hardware tools etc will be non functioning as designed.
But... we won't be an outlier. We (the United States) are an outlier now. Only 40% of countries across the globe practice daylight savings time, and whether by population, land mass, or number of nation states, countries practicing it are in the minority. It's really just North America less a few states/provinces, a couple countries in South America, and Europe. Two countries in the middle east and parts of Australia. Asia and Africa don't participate. (Let's not get into semantics about how the Middle East is actually Asia... I know)
Well, in my book that 40% equates the vast majority of places that would ever be relevant to me and most other people who seriously be interested in a $10,000 watch with a worldtimer complication. And yes, the US would become an outlier since this is not about getting rid of DLST - but making it permanent. I'm not sure if there is any other place that has done that.
Well, in my book that 40% equates the vast majority of places that would ever be relevant to me and most other people who seriously be interested in a $10,000 watch with a worldtimer complication. And yes, the US would become an outlier since this is not about getting rid of DLST - but making it permanent. I'm not sure if there is any other place that has done that.
@7enderbender - another note briefly... you say that the 40% represents the "vast majority ... who seriously [would] be interested in a $10,000 watch."
In fact, Asia, and China specifically, is the largest market for Swiss luxury watches on earth. They don't do DST.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/fashion/watches-china-swiss-export-leader.html
i will refrain from commenting on that. And it remains to be seen I guess.
I personally would find it highly problematic - and maybe telling - that our times zones would be in sync with Russia, China, and the Middle East - but not with Western Europe, the inhabited parts of Australia, our immediate neighbors…
But again, my question was how this would be addressed on something like the AT worldtimer that is color coded for places that don’t have DLST. It would now need a third color for the US if the law passes that we’ll now be on permanent daylight savings time.
I saw some news reports today that this may not even go up for a vote in the house. So maybe it’s all a moot point in the end - and literally a first world problem.
(great job also editing the quote to give it a completely different meaning).
i will refrain from commenting on that. And it remains to be seen I guess.
I personally would find it highly problematic - and maybe telling - that our times zones would be in sync with Russia, China, and the Middle East - but not with Western Europe, the inhabited parts of Australia, our immediate neighbors…
But again, my question was how this would be addressed on something like the AT worldtimer that is color coded for places that don’t have DLST. It would now need a third color for the US if the law passes that we’ll now be on permanent daylight savings time.
I saw some news reports today that this may not even go up for a vote in the house. So maybe it’s all a moot point in the end - and literally a first world problem.
(great job also editing the quote to give it a completely different meaning).
