TZ and TERM per process

[Moderator, John Quarterman]

>From: ihnp4!mecc!sewilco (Scot E. Wilcoxon)
Date: Sat Feb  1 15:52:38 1986

U.S. Congress is concerned about election projections affecting
the results of some elections.  One of the people working on
legislation to close polls at the same time across the
nation was being interviews on NPR this week.

Because of the four-hour time zone difference across the continent,
the current proposal includes extending Daylight Savings Time
only in the west and only during (Presidential?) election years.

This proposal highlights the need for a very flexible time algorithm.
Before this, I certainly hadn't thought of election year as a
factor to consider.

(Observations about computerized forecasting affecting computerized
time probably belong in another group.)
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