On Friday, June 20, 2014 11:59:56 AM UTC-4, Stephen Sprunk wrote:   
      
   > ... and many countries don't do DST anyway; even within the US, there   
   > are two (formerly, three) states that don't.  It's a silly idea anyway;   
   > maybe it made sense a hundred years ago, but now the theoretical energy   
   > savings are easily wiped out by all the energy we expend switching our   
   > clocks back and forth.   
      
   further, for whatever reason, DST was changed to start earlier in the year and   
   end later.  Disruptive and wasteful, as you say.   
      
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