[tz] Maryland permanent DST?

[Arthur David Olson]

The Maryland state legislature has adjourned. The "passed by both chambers"
status page...
    http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Report?id=passedByBoth
...includes neither of the (identical) permanent DST bills (HB1610 and
SB0517). However, according to a Washington Post item...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/historic-session-abbreviated-by-coronavirus-md-lawmakers-speed-through-500-bills/2020/03/18/aba64d70-691d-11ea-abef-020f086a3fab_story.html
..."General Assembly leaders vowed to return for a special session at the
end of May..."

We'll see what happens.

'    @dashdashado

On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 5:46 PM Arthur David Olson <
arthurdavidolson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Word from a staffer in the office of Lorig Charkoudian, a Maryland
> Delegate to whom I wrote regarding the desirability of a bill being
> considered requiring lots of advance notice of Daylight Saving changes: "at
> this point, the bill does not look like it will progress favorably this
> session."
>
> @dashdashado
>
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 8:06 PM Paul Eggert <eggert at cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
>
>> On 3/5/20 4:12 PM, Arthur David Olson wrote:
>> > 1. What's the best available statement on desirable lead times?
>>
>> <https://data.iana.org/time-zones/tz-link.html#changes> says this:
>>
>> "If your government plans to change its time zone boundaries or daylight
>> saving rules, inform tz at iana.org well in advance, as this will
>> coordinate updates to many cell phones, computers, and other devices
>> around the world. With less than a year's notice there is a good chance
>> that some computer-based clocks will operate incorrectly after the
>> change, due to delays in propagating updates to software and data. The
>> shorter the notice, the more likely clock problems will arise; see 'On
>> the Timing of Time Zone Changes' for examples."
>>
>> > 2. In the case at hand, is changing to "on the second Sunday of March
>> in
>> > the year after the change" sufficient?
>>
>> Most likely. It depends on whether the federal change gives us enough
>> notice. Last time it did, and I'd expect the same this time.
>>
>
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