<div dir="ltr"><div>The Maryland permanent DST bill* includes this text:</div><div style="margin-left:40px">If the Department of Legislative Services receives notice of the change to 15 U.S.C. § 260a on or before December 31, 2025, Section 1 of this Act shall take effect on the second Sunday of March or the first Sunday in November after the change to 15 U.S.C. § 260a becomes effective, whichever occurs first.</div><div>Which means that the switch could occur with one day's notice.</div><div><br></div><div>I'd like to avoid the embarrassment of My Fair State causing time zone problems; I'd like to send something to my state senator.</div><div><br></div><div>1. What's the best available statement on desirable lead times?</div><div>2. In the case at hand, is changing to "on the second Sunday of March in the year after the change" sufficient?<br></div><div>3. My guess is that IANA would not want to weigh in on time zone changes, but would IANA want to weigh in on lead time requirements? (Would the benefits to IANA's community outweigh the costs of weighing in?)<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for any light folks can shed.</div><div><br></div><div> @dashdashado</div><div>_</div><div>*<a href="http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0517F.pdf" target="_blank">http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0517F.pdf</a>
</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 5:15 PM Arthur David Olson <<a href="mailto:arthurdavidolson@gmail.com">arthurdavidolson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>For those interested, the text of the Maryland Senate bill is available at...</div><div> <a href="http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0517F.pdf" target="_blank">http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0517F.pdf</a></div><div>...and, since it has been cross-filed in the Maryland house, at...</div><div> <a href="http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1610F.pdf" target="_blank">http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1610F.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>Bill status is available at...</div><div> <a href="http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0517" target="_blank">http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0517</a></div><div>...and...</div><div> <a href="http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1610" target="_blank">http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1610</a></div><div><br></div><div>(Alas, "https" URLs do not seem to work.)</div><div></div><div><br></div><div>Tomorrow's action is a committee hearing; there's a long road to any change.<br></div><div><br></div><div>
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</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 12:27 PM Arthur David Olson <<a href="mailto:arthurdavidolson@gmail.com" target="_blank">arthurdavidolson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">"<span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Maryland could spring forward permanently with Daylight Saving Time bill."</span><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" dir="auto"><div style="width:328px;margin:16px 0px"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://wtop.com/maryland/2020/03/maryland-could-spring-forward-permanently-with-daylight-saving-time-bill/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244)" target="_blank">https://wtop.com/maryland/2020/03/maryland-could-spring-forward-permanently-with-daylight-saving-time-bill/</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">State Senate action is set for tomorrow; stay tuned.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> @dashdashado</div></div></div><div style="height:0px"></div></div><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" dir="auto"><br></div></div>
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