The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced its final plan for time zones in Indiana. Eight counties will be moved into the Central zone to join the 10 already there, leaving 74 counties in the Eastern zone. St. Joseph County's petition to switch from Eastern to Central, the most controversial aspect of the issue, was denied. That seems sensible, leaving Michiana a cohesive unit. Masson's Blog, which has provided the most coverage of the time-zone/daylight-saving-time question, has a different take, though.
Time zones are a little archaic, don't you think? They came about when transportation and communications were a little more problematic than they are today. If you had trouble getting from here to there, and even more trouble talking to people when they were there and you were here, it really mattered what time it was everywere. It doesn't so much these days. Why don't we just go to one worldwide time and be done with it?
