18 Dec
2017
18 Dec
'17
10:45 p.m.
On 2017-12-18 08:03, Norman Wilson wrote:
Suppose I'm planning to board a train at 0300 on
the morning
Daylight Time ends.
Now suppose the train actually departs an hour early, at 0200,
because it originated before the time change and some nerd who
never rides trains declared that it shall not wait the extra
hour until scheduled departure time.
Nerds may be happy, but the paying passengers won't be.
Yes, this was the problem I was asking about. Plus the even more vexing
problem of time discontinuity when the train is already en route.
I can still remember the days of thick bound paper schedules in Europe,
and I think for overnight routes there usually was a tiny footnote
about the 2 critical days. New book schedules were issued each year so
the footnotes could be specific about the dates. What I don't know is
how this transitioned into the digital age.
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