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I don't think so. It wouldn't matter that much in Texas, but up around the Canadian border they would have sunrise after 8 a.m. and sunset after 10 p.m.

- Jim

I'm in the software business. On Dec. 31, 1999, the company had everyone who could perform telephone support in a "war room" with water, food, and emergency generators. Nothing happened. The scuttlebutt was that they didn't get a single call except for some wrong numbers.

Every year, when DST starts switching on or off, they get hammered with customer problems.

DST was supposed to save energy, but no one can demonstrate that it does now. I'm sure you remember when the whole country was on DST for most of the year in the 1970s. IMO, they might as well do that permanently -- just advance all the time zones by one hour. I don't care if sunset is at 6:30 or 7:30 p.m. in the winter.

- Jim

I personally don't care one way or the other. I wake up at dawn, whenever that is, and I don't have to commute.

DST is a huge pain in the patootie for people who run worldwide computer networks, though. Many countries switch on different days. Some, like India, have time zones that are 15 or 30 minutes off the GMT hour. When we're switching onto DST, countries in the southern hemisphere are switching off. And all of this changes every year.

- Jim

Here's a site that displays the correct (AFAICT) local time in various cities: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Texas is pretty easy, except for El Paso; but we do have members elsewhere.

Your mobile phone will probably display the correct time if you are in your home area.

- Jim