DAVID WILLIAMS wrote in a message to Roger Nelson:

 DW> This is experimental. If the energy savings turn out to be slight,
 DW> or  if there are other problems (such as an increased number of
 DW> road  accidents during the morning rush, which will now be partly
 DW> in  darkness), the change will be reversed next year or the one
 DW> after.    

Well, I for one don't like it.  I didn't even know about it until last week.

 DW> Back in the 1970s, the US kept Daylight Saving Time year-round for
 DW> a  year or two. A large increase in morning accidents occurred, so
 DW> the  change was abandoned. This latest experiment is a compromise.
 DW> We'll  see... 

How soon we forget.  I really don't remember that.

 DW> I wrote a few lines of BASIC, a few months ago, to calculate the
 DW> dates  of the time-changes according to this new rule. If anyone's
 DW> interested,  here it is. 

I'm interested.  Thanks for the program, David.


Regards,

Roger 
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