[tz] Extra transition for Europe/London with 2023d

Doug Ewell doug at ewellic.org
Tue Jan 9 22:32:27 UTC 2024


Derick Rethans wrote:

>>> The leap-second is evil.
>>
>> Presumably in the same way that leap year is “evil,” and for the same
>> reason.
>
> I'd add DST to the evil pile too 😂

I agree with this one, because — unlike the others — DST exists not to bring human-calculated time in line with the behavior of the earth, but rather to perpetuate an illusion of “longer days” when a more honest solution would be to adjust the civil time of events that depend on sunlight.

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