standard time

[mrzed]

So i moved my clocks at about 3pm Saturday. Looking forward to having morning light.this 8am sunrise is depressing. Good news is that the darkest morning of the year is passed!

[Mr Jules]

So i moved my clocks at about 3pm Saturday. Looking forward to having morning light.this 8am sunrise is depressing. Good news is that the darkest morning of the year is passed!

Just gone through the same thing here in the UK. The clocks went back last weekend for winter time. Here in London, it's light at 07:00, but dark before 17:00.   

[bennett11]

I normally get up around 5:30 AM.    I forgot to change the clocks when I went to bed and I was ready to get up when I realized that it was only 4:30.  I am wondering if our dog has changed his time yet.  He normally want to go out early in morning. 

[tomcj2]

I normally rise at 4:15.  The dog got me out of bed at 3:15 AM today.

Switching the time twice a year is confusing, expensive, and in my opinion a stupid practice.  We should adjust our clocks by 1/2 hour once and be done with it.  (and then Newfoundland Canada would seem "normal" to us)

[tomgallagher]

I normally get up around 5:30 AM.    I forgot to change the clocks when I went to bed and I was ready to get up when I realized that it was only 4:30.  I am wondering if our dog has changed his time yet.  He normally want to go out early in morning. 

Funny thing about dogs, you can't reset them like you do your watch.

[tomgallagher]

I normally rise at 4:15.  The dog got me out of bed at 3:15 AM today.

Switching the time twice a year is confusing, expensive, and in my opinion a stupid practice.  We should adjust our clocks by 1/2 hour once and be done with it.  (and then Newfoundland Canada would seem "normal" to us)

I agree. If there is a modern day reason for it I wish somebody would explain it to me.

[theman]

I have thought about this for years.  Back in the old days it was never done, and they got by with out any problems.  So I have to agree with tomcj2.

[Mr Jules]

I agree. If there is a modern day reason for it I wish somebody would explain it to me.

Moving our clocks forward by one hour in Northern Hemisphere during between March and October gives us all an extra hour's light in the evening. Saves on lighting and gives us the feeling we are getting extra daylight.

[Mike]

The extra hour of light makes no difference to me anyway. On my early days, I am up before the sun around 5 am to do chores and leave for work, then get home around 7 pm. On my late days, I get to 'sleep in' until 7 am, then slave away at work and get home around 10 pm.
 But on my days off, it will make the farm work easier for now in the mornings

[Slynito]

I agree. If there is a modern day reason for it I wish somebody would explain it to me.

I agree, too. When I travel around China the time is the same...the same east and west in a country the size of the US. I was told they had DST for a couple years until the people rejected it and the different times through out the country. I was in Tibet a few years ago and it was daylight long into the night. Interesting, eh?

 

[tomcj2]

Moving our clocks forward by one hour in Northern Hemisphere during between March and October gives us all an extra hour's light in the evening. Saves on lighting and gives us the feeling we are getting extra daylight.

but we loose an hour of daylight in the morning
and
the saving on lighting in the evening is offset by the loss in the morning

I am still looking for a cogent reason.

[Sir Harry]

I envy Arizonans....they NEVER change their clocks.  FWIW, Iraq didn't observe daylight savings time, either.

[Hingatao]

Neither does Hawai'i.

[tomcj2]

I envy Arizonans....they NEVER change their clocks.  FWIW, Iraq didn't observe daylight savings time, either.

The Navajo First Nation in AZ does observe DST

[Sir Harry]

Oops, my bad. I meant to say MOST of Arizona doesn't observe DST