Daylight Savings Time

[Kegler300]

Don't forget to set your clocks ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning, or Saturday night before you go to bed.

[malnila]

And on a side note, this is also a good time to change the batteries in your smoke detectors and if you have an emergency kit at home, rotate the water and food.

I'm so looking forward to not to have to drive home from work in the dark.

[Samm]

And on a side note, this is also a good time to change the batteries in your smoke detectors and if you have an emergency kit at home, rotate the water and food.

I'm so looking forward to not to have to drive home from work in the dark.

I can never remember... did I last change my smoke alarm batteries on New Years, Day Light Savings time (fall or spring) or on the 4th of July... :think:

[BillBrown]

I wonder if I can get a wake-up call at 2 AM, so I can set my clocks.

[dittoheadAZ]

Don't forget to set your clocks ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning, or Saturday night before you go to bed.

Say what?

I live in a place where we KNOW what time it is... we don't keep CHANGING OUR MINDS every six months!

:dance: :dance: :dance:

This month, people turn their clocks ahead one hour.
Last month, Obama turned the entire country back 75 years!

:mrgreen:

[Pudge]

Already?

Great. I'm as nasty as a bear for about a week because the jump forward screws up my internal clock.

They really ought to end this pointless ritual.

[Safiel]

I agree with the previous poster. Lets go on year round standard time.

[Dreamy]

Already?

Great. I'm as nasty as a bear for about a week because the jump forward screws up my internal clock.

They really ought to end this pointless ritual.

I wonder why we do not stay on one time all year? DST

[gdoane]

The thing with Arizona not changing the clock is there's always some stupid clock on something that's too smart for its own britches and changes itself anyway.

I have to spend Sunday on a search and destroy mission to find the clock that changed itself. Is it the iPod? My new cell phone? The Nintendo Wii?? The stupid laptop? Somewhere, somehow some clock is going to do me a favor I don't want done and change itself.

[Dreamy]

The thing with Arizona not changing the clock is there's always some stupid clock on something that's too smart for its own britches and changes itself anyway.

I have to spend Sunday on a search and destroy mission to find the clock that changed itself. Is it the iPod? My new cell phone? The Nintendo Wii?? The stupid laptop? Somewhere, somehow some clock is going to do me a favor I don't want done and change itself.


And ironically because we do observe DST up here at the People's Republic aka the Kennedy compound of Massachusetts I am gratfeul for the auto time change devices. lol

http://www.timeanddate.com/time/daylight-saving-debate.html

[bella-day]

I agree that this time change is something that should have fallen to the wayside many years ago.

[rob_b52]

I wont have any problems remembering.

On sunday morning, I will be at work. The time change on Mid-range systems do not change themselves...stupid mainframe....

anyway, rant over.... the good news, I only work an 11 hour shift on saturday night!!! and the clock in my car will finally be correct too...

[Safiel]

I wonder why we do not stay on one time all year? DST

If we went to one time year round, I would MUCH prefer it be standard time.

No reason it needs to be light all the way until close to 9:00 at night.

I would MUCH rather have that hour in the morning that is stolen away by DST.

[drylok]

I love it when the time changes, that coupled with warmer temperatures does something good for ones demenor it seems.

[Samm]

I agree with the previous poster. Lets go on year round standard time.

That's fine for you folks in the lower latitudes, although I would think Pennsylvania could benefit somewhat from switching to DST. Up here, I would rather see DST all year long.

[sgdp]

I can never remember... did I last change my smoke alarm batteries on New Years, Day Light Savings time (fall or spring) or on the 4th of July... :think:

I know mine are fine. I burned my grilled cheese the other day, and it wouldn't stop beeping for 15 minutes. I thought I was going to go deaf. :eeK:

[rckirby]

So wait......does this mean I lose an hour ???? God, I hate that. I have enough trouble waking up in the morning.

[Safiel]

That's fine for you folks in the lower latitudes, although I would think Pennsylvania could benefit somewhat from switching to DST. Up here, I would rather see DST all year long.

Not sure it would make all that much difference in Anchorage. :)

For example on December 21st in Anchorage on standard time you are getting a sunrise at 10:14 A.M. and sunset at 3:43 P.M. If you went to DST year round that would change to 11:14 A.M. and 4:43 P.M. Not much to write home about. If anything, it would make your midwinter lunch seem more like mid winter breakfast. :)

[Samm]

Not sure it would make all that much difference in Anchorage. :)

For example on December 21st in Anchorage on standard time you are getting a sunrise at 10:14 A.M. and sunset at 3:43 P.M. If you went to DST year round that would change to 11:14 A.M. and 4:43 P.M. Not much to write home about. If anything, it would make your midwinter lunch seem more like mid winter breakfast. :)

It would make a big difference up here in the winter. As it is now it is dark when you get up and go to work or school and dark when you come home. With the clocks moved ahead an hour it would at least still be light when you get off work or out of school. In general, the higher the latitude the more pronounced the benefit is. For the US, there is virtually no benefit for the southern tier States, but a substantial one for the northern tier States... and even more for Alaska.

The greatest benefit of DLS for Alaska though is in the summer. Without DLS the sun come up in the area of 3-4 am and goes down about 10-12 over most of the summer. With DLS the sun isn't up until 4-5 (plenty early enough for virtually everybody) and goes down between 11-1 which give people an extra hour of daylight at a time when it can be used for things like baseball or tennis or whatever.

[Talk2Bill]

the way i remember is:

in the 'spring' you have to spring out of bed because your late!
in the fall you can fall back asleep for another hour.

[Kegler300]

I like having more sunlight in the evenings after I get off of work. Gives me more time to work outside around the house during the week so I can go fishing on the weekends!

[terri910]

The thing with Arizona not changing the clock is there's always some stupid clock on something that's too smart for its own britches and changes itself anyway.

I have to spend Sunday on a search and destroy mission to find the clock that changed itself. Is it the iPod? My new cell phone? The Nintendo Wii?? The stupid laptop? Somewhere, somehow some clock is going to do me a favor I don't want done and change itself.
Yes!!! And normally, it isn't that big of a deal for me....and won't be, here at home.

But apparently the UK isn't changing until March 28th...and I will be in London, then. I usually use my cell phone for keeping track of time. And now I'm wondering: will my cell phone know when I have changed time zones? And once I know it is on the right time for London, will it automatically know to set itself forward an hour when England switches to their DST (I think it is called something else, but same basic thing)?

It's going to be fairly important for me, because it is at the end of my trip and we will need to make sure we make it to the airport on time!

[gdoane]

Yes!!! And normally, it isn't that big of a deal for me....and won't be, here at home.

But apparently the UK isn't changing until March 28th...and I will be in London, then. I usually use my cell phone for keeping track of time. And now I'm wondering: will my cell phone know when I have changed time zones? And once I know it is on the right time for London, will it automatically know to set itself forward an hour when England switches to their DST (I think it is called something else, but same basic thing)?

It's going to be fairly important for me, because it is at the end of my trip and we will need to make sure we make it to the airport on time!

In my travels, my cell phone keeps track of time via GPS which basically makes it as good as a Stratum 4 clock (drift of less than 4 seconds per month) but it's based on GMT or "Zulu time" and then offsets that by its internal time zone setting.

For example, Arizona is GMT -7, meaning that if it's high noon 12 O'clock GMT that it's -7 hours here or 5 AM. Being as how this is Arizona GMT -7 is always the case. Right now, at least until tomorrow, we're synchronized with "Mountain Standard Time."

If I drove to Colorado today, I wouldn't have to change my watch.
If I drove to Colorado tomorrow, I would.
If I drove to California today, I would have to change my watch.
If I drove to California tomorrow, I wouldn't.

Cell phones are basically GPS clocked. They know GMT with an offset for time zone, and they have to be told which time zone. They're stone cold accurate, your cell phone is likely the most accurate clock you own but they know GMT or Zulu time. They know when you are but not where you are.

[terri910]

They know when you are but not where you are.
Okay....that's confusing! :))

My hotel is half a block from Big Ben...I'll make sure I listen for it!

[Safiel]

My T-Mobile phone automatically changes as I change timezones. When it pings a tower in another timezone it automatically changes the time on the cellphone to the appropriate time for that timezone. On T-Mobile for sure, and most likely on most other networks, your nearest tower determines your cellphone time.

[Safiel]

Which actually could be quite a problem if you happened to live in a house that lays right next to a timezone line and your tower was on the opposite side of the line from you. :)

[FidelisAdMortem]

I dont own any clocks that are set manually. My cable boxes set themselves and so does my cellphone. I wake up not realizing the change has even taken place.