I haven’t used a clock in years that I need to manually reset. Older people don’t seem to realize clocks on phones and other devices reset automatically.

  • LiveLM
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    6 hours ago

    Yeah, I suppose the issue lies with the fact that something like this shouldn’t be tied to OS updates, specially in Android land where most manufacturers stop offering them long before the devices become obsolete.

    • larks@lemm.ee
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      6 hours ago

      Indeed, but it is a bit hard to disable DST without some sort of “intervention” from the manufacturer. The code to change DST is already in the phone, at the time when you buy. And let’s assume at a later time, a country decides to abandon DST. The code in your phone needs to be altered by the manufacturer to disable this. Which happens via updates