CST vs. CDT

Over the past couple of weeks, I've read four different announcements and web sites which state that a particular event in the near future is occuring at a certain time "CST". The reference is most likely to Central Standard Time, since I live in the Central Time Zone.

There's only one problem. Most of the Central Time Zone is not using CST right now. Since the "spring ahead" a few weeks ago, we are now on Central Daylight time (CDT), which is one hour ahead of CST.

For example, if an event starts at 7:00 p.m. CST, that's the equivalent of 8:00 p.m. CDT. However, it would be silly for someone to use CST when everyone else is on CDT. The likely scenario is that the person writing the announcement means to say "CDT", but he/she is used to always writing "CST".

In my opinion, it's perfectly acceptable to just say "Central time" or "local time", and then it doesn't matter if we're currently on Daylight saving time or not.

Perhaps I'm the only one who notices these kinds of details. However, when making statements to the masses, I think it's important to get it right.

And while I'm at it -- it's called "Daylight saving time". There's no "Savings". If you can figure out how to keep extra daylight in a bank, I'll reconsider my position. :)