"Spring" Forward -- Daylight Savings Time Begins

Gollnick

Gollnick

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I know, it's not exactly spring yet. But, nevertheless, tomorrow (Sunday, March 9th) is the first day of Daylight Savings Time. So, before you turn in tonight, set your El Primero ahead 36,000 beats. Those of you with slower movements will need to scale your adjustment accordingly.
 
My state doesn't believe in daylight savings time.

It's quite nice, not having to deal with all this constant clock resetting silliness.
 
kozak6 said:
My state doesn't believe in daylight savings time.

It's quite nice, not having to deal with all this constant clock resetting silliness.
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I used to love that fact when I lived in Tucson... problem was I had to keep the rest of the family (on the East Coast), apprised as to what time it was... "What are you... 2 or 3 hours different now??":D

"Time"... a relative concept invented by man so that bosses can yell at employees.:)
 
I really hate this twice a year clock setting deal, as I have 4 wrist-watches, and about 10 clocks that I have to reset...But at-least it does give me a chance to get all of my timepieces set on the exact same time.
 
@%#^*&%()&*

I looked at my watch and thought I'd been at my post for two hours. I forgot I already set the wristwatch ahead so I'd have at least one correct time in the morning so I'm not late to pick up my fiance. I've only been here an hour.

Argh...
 
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I am doing the same thing as last year. I am holding out until April before changing the clocks and will just ignore it for the time being. It doesn't matter that the TV on screen guide is off by an hour. DST has just gone too far.

They should just ban it and leave it on standard time. I like long evenings instead of this go to bed an hour earlier and get up an hour earlier madness, heck there are still only 24 hours in the day, and it is too long anyways.
 
I love it when it gets dark early , now we go back to the dark at 8pm stuff.

Maybe I'll try ignoring it for a while too , I'll claim religious differences. :D
 
I don't know what the heck is going on...

The clock on my phone adjusted itself. My partner at work uses his cell phone as an alarm clock, but his phone didn't change time. Luckily I called him a half-hour before work to see if he was getting ready - woke him up.

My computer didn't change. Computer at work didn't change. Atomic clock at work didn't change. The atomic clock in my library is now two hours fast (it wasn't right before the time change either). None of my wrist watches adjust automatically, nor do any of the vehicle clocks (work truck, personal truck, wife's car, convertible, or motorcycle).

This crap is really starting to piss me off...
 
Computers won't change automatically on the new date if you haven't updated the operating system. They'll spring ahead when the old change date comes, so you'll have to set them manually twice.

Radio-controlled clocks won't change until they get a good strong signal. Mine hasn't yet and it usually doesn't until I take a walk up the hill with it late at night. If yours is exactly two hours off, though, it's set for the wrong time zone.
 
I really don't like daylight savings. I'm not 100% sure, but last time I checked, it didn't prove conclusively that it had much of a positive affect. And the rest of the world goes on fine without it. I can do without it.
 
It really makes no difference to me as long as I am not working the night we do the "fall back". It really blows adding another hour onto an already long work shift. For some reason, I'm all to happy to work on the "Spring Forward" night. Hmmmm :confused:

Really, is it that hard to change a few clocks?
 
Really, is it that hard to change a few clocks?
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Two in the kitchen. One in the den. One in the library. One in the bathroom. One in bedroom. One in the shop. One each in five vehicles. Guest room. Third floor. VCR/dvd player/stereos. Heater thermostat. Three watches. Multiple computers. etc., etc., etc.

It adds up.

And the dang computer changed back after I fixed it yesterday...

Computers won't change automatically on the new date if you haven't updated the operating system. They'll spring ahead when the old change date comes, so you'll have to set them manually twice.
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My own computer has the automatic updates turned off, but I should be able to download and install the clock fix. Computer(s) at work do not have internet access.

Radio-controlled clocks won't change until they get a good strong signal. Mine hasn't yet and it usually doesn't until I take a walk up the hill with it late at night. If yours is exactly two hours off, though, it's set for the wrong time zone.
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Atomic clock at work had poor signal - maybe if we move to a mountain top for the next well. Atomic clock at home is set to the correct time zone, but it's always off anyway. I think it needs to be set to New York's time zone to give the correct time.

ARGHH!!!
 
The radio controlled clocks are looking for a signal on a very low frequency, 60KHz. Noise from the sun (literally) makes reception on this frequency very difficult for cheap receivers with small antennas during the day. The signal these clocks need is only transmitted at the "top" of the hour. And running the receiver is very consumptive of the battery. As a result, these clocks generally make four attempts to receive the signal per day. Attempt number one starts at 10:55PM and runs until 11:05PM. If it don't get the signal on that attempt, the clock shuts its receiver off until 11:55PM and runs until 12:05AM. If that fails, the clock will try again from 12:55AM to 1:05AM and then again from 1:55AM to 2:05AM. So, first you have to set the clock to within about +/-three minutes of the correct minutes after the hour. Then, if you do need to reposition the clock, you'll need to do it late at night or very early in the morning.




By the way, when we did the fall back thing last fall, it cost me a new dishwasher! "What," you may ask, "Some sort of Y2K bug or something?" No. I climbed up onto the kitchen counter to set the clock above the kitchen sink. Being near the sink and having a tile top, the counter was wet and slippery and I fell backwards to the floor. Sort of puts a whole new meaning on "fall back." On the way down, my feet hit the dishwasher door and broke it right off its hinges. I was black-and-blue down my whole left side for weeks. And the clock over the kitchen sink? Well, as of Sunday morning, it was finally back on the correct time.
 
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