[tz] Unfortunate time zone names in the United States

Max Harmony maxh at maxh.name
Thu Mar 17 20:20:26 UTC 2022


On 17 Mar 2022, at 16.07, Fred Gleason via tz <tz at iana.org> wrote:
> So, despite all of the talk in the mainstream press about “permanent Daylight Saving Time”, this is actually a redefinition of *standard* time to one hour earlier than before, along with the *abolishment* of Daylight Saving Time.

Yes, that does seem to be the actual implementation. I wouldn't blame the press too much, though, since the section title "making daylight saving time permanent" is in the bill.


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