From: QIQ Solutions Support <support@...>
Date: 2003-03-14T17:04:00+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby accounts for 25 Hours in a day (2003-03-30)

> Bug me! I didn't think of the daylight issue. And yes, Australia's daylight saving time
> ends on the last Sunday of March, thus the 25 hours day. I just don't
> understand why the change occurs between 2:00 and 3:00 am!

That's just how it's defined to be.  Presumably, it's because everyone ... other than programmers :-) ... are asleep at that time, and won't notice it so much.

H.