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Seems like you could flip a coin. Daylight saving time is bad for some longitudes and latitudes in the winter, standard time is bad for other longitudes and latitudes in the summer.

I don’t think it matters in the grand scheme of things which one you pick: it’s going to suck for some.

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Crazy idea here, but how about a....compromise! A one time 30 minute offset and we'll really screw everyone up, but it's equal to both sides.

India would probably appreciate that.

Will make working with IST India Standard Time slightly easier - the 30 minute offset is always slightly off-putting ;_)

Billions of people in the world exist at a 30 minute offset to UTC, so it's not quite as absurd as it sounds.

Not at all. The crazy/absurd part is compromise of opposing view points in Congress ;)

In Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada the sun will "rise" officially at close to 10am for about a month.

This is a US bill, not Canadian. Does Canada use US law to set their time ones?

No officially but for practical reasons they follow what the US does in regards to time. There was no widespread support for expanding the range of daylight saving time during the early 2000s but when George W. Bush changed the start and end dates of DSL to make it look like he was doing something about energy prices, Canada followed along. Given the size and depths of the ties between the two countries, it's impractical for Canada to not be in sync with the US on matters of time.

I think it's pretty safe to assume that a lot of places would follow the US's example if this law passes, and Canada is by far the most likely to do so. I don't think the US is responsible for that, per se, but it's not crazy to treat it as a given that Canada would follow suit.

We've already passed legislation up here saying that if North America switches, we're going to follow suit.

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