Re: Error with the leap year

On Sun, Mar 04, 2012 at 09:46:44PM -0600, Dave Rolsky wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Mar 2012, Michael G Schwern wrote:

> >Date math is not commutative and this leads to all sorts of problem.  They
> >cannot be dismissed as some silly authoritarian demand.

> Indeed, it's not authoritarian. It's more like a nightmare inspired
> by the crack-addled madness of our calendar, plus the crystal meth
> inspired madness of DST changes, with a hint of LSD courtesy of leap
> seconds.

> It's a bad fucking trip, and I've been on it for a long time.

we should start a movement to eliminate DST -- i think i heard
they got rid of it in Russia -- they don't struggle with it in
Arizona -- not just the United States, but all countries should
just eliminate it -- it was a bad idea to begin with, never had
any merit, and should be relegated to the dustbin of history

sc