Re: [Datetime-SIG] PEP-431/495
On 08/27/2015 10:54 AM, Tim Peters wrote:
Heh. Try explaining the concept to 99.9% of humanity ;-) I live near farm country. Every year, when DST ends in late fall, there are "letters to the editor" complaining that the late crops really _need_ more sunlight - why can't the damn fool city-slicker politicians just leave the sun alone, as God created it?
I spent some time in rural southern Mexico, where people referred to DST as "government time" and non-DST as "God's time."
Most local affairs were scheduled on "God's time," even when DST was supposed to be in effect.
Carl
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Carl Meyer carl@oddbird.net wrote:
I spent some time in rural southern Mexico, where people referred to DST as "government time" and non-DST as "God's time."
Interesting. In Russia it was sometimes called the "decree" time even though historically the "decree time" was something different. (And guess what: the spring-forward/fall-back mnemonics don't help non-English speakers.)
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