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Orangeair
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2014 Seven Day Roguelike Challenge
Why did they start a contest with a running time measured in hours right before daylight savings time? Are they trying to confuse people?
kbenson
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Because not everyone observes DST and the challenge probably isn't meant to be US centric. Even in the US, Hawaii and Arizona don't bother[1].
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http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/2014.html
waqf
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And a lot of people (think Europe) observe DST but not on those dates.
jcd748
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It's a conspiracy theory to help out devs in Saskatchewan, Alaska, and Hawaii.
jere
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I think it was voted on. That was the most popular week selected.
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