On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 12:48:01PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Thursday 13 July 2006 12:11, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Thursday 13 July 2006 10:32, Jerry DuVal wrote: > > >> I am trying to determine if the timezone data in libc6 has been > > >> updated already for next years extension of daylight savings > > >> time in the United States. > > > > > > Not that this surprises me given the current administration, but > > > the US extended a bad policy without informing the public when it > > > happened? WTF? Should be getting rid of DST, not extending it... > > > the half the justification for DST shot himself in the head > > > somewhere in Europe in 1945, and we nuked the other half...so why > > > do we still have our clocks fighting World War II? > > > > I've heard people blame Bush for a lot, but unilaterally changing > > DST? Get a grip, and do some Googling. > > > > http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/b.html > > On August 8, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of > 2005. This Act changed the time change dates for Daylight Saving Time in the > U.S. Beginning in 2007, DST will begin on the second Sunday of March and end > the first Sunday of November. The Secretary of Energy will report the impact > of this change to Congress. Congress retains the right to revert the Daylight > Saving Time back to the 2005 time schedule once the Department of Energy > study is complete. > > Sounds unilateral to me.
It was only unilateral by default: He apparently *failed* to issue a signing statement in which he could have *clarified* his understanding of the intent of Congress ;-) -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
