U.S. Congress may extend daylight savings time

Jonathan Lennox lennox at cs.columbia.edu
Fri Apr 8 13:26:17 UTC 2005


On Thursday, April 7 2005, "Jonathan Lennox" wrote to "TZ-list" saying:

> A heads-up to everyone on the list:
> 
> "Lawmakers crafting energy legislation approved an amendment Wednesday to
> extend daylight-saving time by two months, having it start on the first
> Sunday in March and end on the last Sunday in November."
> 
> <http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/07/daylight.saving.ap/index.html>

The text of the amendment in question is at
<http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/Markups/04072005%5CScan001_upton.PDF>.

Notably, as far as I can tell, it would seem to take effect as soon as the
bill becomes law.

-- 
Jonathan Lennox
lennox at cs dot columbia dot edu



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