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I hope everyone who wants to be on permanent DST experiences an eternity of the first day of spring forward, never rested again

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[โ€“] joe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

"East Coast" doesn't provide enough information. If you look at a map of America and draw a straight line south from the western end of Massachusetts, it doesn't really touch another state at all, just the ocean. What really needs to happen is that the Northeast needs to be in a different time zone, and then we stick to standard time. But as it is now, it really sucks being in EST in the winter in the northeast, which is why so many of us prefer permanent DST, when given the choice without the option of being in a different time zone.

[โ€“] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Split the time zones in half and offset them by an hour.