19 Jan 2006
Indiana counties to go back in time

Backwards ClockActually, it's just begun. We've not switched time yet - that won't happen until just after the primary election here in April. And we'll switch back just before the generals in November.

There are a dozen bills in the legislature this session that seek to modify/reverse this idiocy. There's a movement afoot locally to just ignore DST and stay on standard time: government offices and banks can't follow it, but lot's of other folks will be.

I predict that by the next gubernatorial election, most of the state will be back on Eastern Standard Time, where it belongs. And if not by then, at some point we'll go back to it, and breathe a collective sigh of relief.

The federal government Wednesday granted the requests of eight Indiana counties to switch from the Eastern to the Central time zone, ending a long battle involving daylight-saving time.

(link) [CNN.com]

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