Daylight Savings Time and train travel

Gee, Mark. Comprehension problem? I never said I believed it was only an
American scheme. A question mark means it's a question (because I didn't
know)!

Susan


Mark Hewitt wrote:

"Susan Wachob" wrote in message
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Is this particularly an American scheme?

Of course not! Only an American would believe it is.

(Evelyn=A0C.=A0Leeper) wrote:

Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:

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When we were in Peru in 1985-1986, they
apparently switched over sometime between
December 29 and January 3 while we were
on the Amazon.

Oh, and they also changed the currency at
the same time.

Well, naturally. "Time is money," after all.

Alan Follett

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 15:21:55 -0000, "Keith Willshaw"
wrote:


"Hatunen" wrote in message
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On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 23:26:43 +0100, "Keith Willshaw"
wrote:


"Hatunen" wrote in message
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On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 17:35:41 GMT, Susan Wachob


Europe goes on summertime, but the earliest reference to the
concept I know of was from Benjamin Franklin.


Franklin certainly referred to it but given that there was no centrally
recognised time around until the invention of the railroads made
it necessary I think we can ascribe it more to humor than policy.

It could be hard to tell with Franklin, but there was centrally
recognized time, to wit, the time noon when the sun passed over
the local meridian in each community. As was common until the
1960s in the USA each community could choose for itself whether
to use daylight time. Needless to say, such local option could be
very confusing.


Thats why I said there was no 'centrally recognised time'

Ah. I apologize. I took your implication to be that daylight time
was pointless without such a 'centrally recognised time'.

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"Hatunen" wrote in message
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On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 15:21:55 -0000, "Keith Willshaw"
wrote:

Thats why I said there was no 'centrally recognised time'

Ah. I apologize. I took your implication to be that daylight time
was pointless without such a 'centrally recognised time'.

No apology necessary, we all misread things from time to time.

Keith

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 13:43:42 -0700, "Carmen L. Abruzzi"
wrote:

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this is done incorrectly alot of the time. :-)

Your lot is alotted your lot of mistakes, but don't make a lot of them.

Unless you live in Alot.


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Susan Wachob wrote in message ...
Gee, Mark. Comprehension problem? I never said I believed it was only an
American scheme. A question mark means it's a question (because I didn't
know)!

Susan


Mark Hewitt wrote:

"Susan Wachob" wrote in message
...


Is this particularly an American scheme?

Of course not! Only an American would believe it is.


For a good history and discussion of DST see:

http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/