[Info-vax] Time change

[AEF]

On Mar 12, 11:03 pm, Neil Rieck <n.ri... at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> On Mar 12, 8:32 am, AEF <spamsink2... at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > On Mar 11, 11:05 pm, Neil Rieck <n.ri... at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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> > > On Mar 9, 2:21 pm, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spam... at vaxination.ca> wrote:
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> > > > Woke up this sunday and to my surprise, the TV clock had changed. I
> > > > hadn't even seen that one coming. The ALphas changed their time, as did
> > > > the thermostat, and my switch. Had to change time manually on the VAX
> > > > and on my DSL modem.
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> > > > Are there any hopes that a patch would be issued to get VAX-VMS 7.3 to
> > > > have auto auto-daylight stuff working ? Would this be a very complex
> > > > change or fairly simple one ?
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> > > > How is this implemented in alpha ? Does the system do a glorified
> > > > SYS$SETTIM to call a routine to execute at the next scheduled time
> > > > change ?  or is there some other type of mechanism that allows VMS to
> > > > schedule some event in the long term ?
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> > > > Also, if I have an alpha that was shutdown during this time, when it
> > > > next boots, will it automatically change its time ?
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> > > There is a good article in the March issue of Scientific American
> > > claiming that the supposed energy savings involved with time changes
> > > is too small to be relevant. The only validated metric involves the
> > > amount of extra moola pulled in by golf courses and country clubs.
> > > (which means the lobbyists will make sure we never get rid of it)
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> > > Neil Rieck
> > > Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge,
> > > Ontario, Canada.http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/
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> > Is this for DST or the recent changes in the dates of switching to and
> > from DST?
>
> > AEF
>
> Both. The article questions if time changes are necessary at all since
> the "measured" energy savings are below the margin of error.
>
> Neil Rieck
> Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge,
> Ontario, Canada.http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/

Here is Sky and Telescope's take on the issue:

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/41435482.html

They don't like it either.

AEF