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From: "Robert Comer"
I think they ought to get rid of it altogether.
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Bob Comer
"mike" wrote in message
news:e7klu2pg5blbabhs9jv03k8738gtg2dtme{at}4ax.com...
> On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:37:20 -0500, Tim Boyer
> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>Embedded systems in a plant are the killer. We've got two old time clocks
>>that
>>I'm now going to have to change next week at 2AM, and then three weeks
>>later,
>>and then twice in the fall... forever.
>>
>>Picture the same situation at, say, GM. Or PLCs that aren't networked in
>>but
>>do certain functions at certain times of the day - I've only got one of
>>those,
>>but it's going to report an illegal lunch break for three weeks. Or
>>hand-held
>>devices at hospitals.
>
>
> Congress should require that DST start and end dates move each year to
> force everyone to come up with a more flexible system to handle it.
>
> /m
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