British Summer Time 01:00am Tomorrow

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  DesertRat

  Mar 26, 2016

  Did you know that Arizona is one of the few places in the US that doesn't change it's clock setting for daylight saving time. We have enough daylight here so we don't need to save any.

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  ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster

  Mar 26, 2016

  [quote]Did you know that Arizona is one of the few places in the US that doesn't change it's clock setting for daylight saving time. We have enough daylight here so we don't need to save any.[/quote]Thanks for that info, DR, I thought all states changed clocks. They say one learns something new every day.
  

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  noodengr2

  Mar 26, 2016

  [quote]Did you know that Arizona is one of the few places in the US that doesn't change it's clock setting for daylight saving time. We have enough daylight here so we don't need to save any.[/quote]
  Hawaii is the only other one not to now.  Until a few years ago us hoosiers in Indiana did not.  But we got tired of being lined up with the East Coast for part the year and Central time zone for the other part of the year.  Try being the receptionist of a company that straddles that mess.   I wish we would call it "daylight useful time" and jump ahead and stay ahead.
  
  

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  ooigor

  Mar 26, 2016

  of course, in the US it is referred to as "daylight savings time."  but, then, the alternative is standard time.  now with DST going from march through oct/nov, it is more "standard" than standard time.  that is, we have DST for about 8 1/2 months and "standard" time for the rest of the year.  another thing i hadn't known before, was that all the timetables for flights and such get all messed up when some areas of the world (and the US) are on daylight savings time and others are not.  makes for a more curious scheduling of departures and arrivals since the flight times remain the same.

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  Tom === Thomas S. Tierney

  Mar 26, 2016

  Many of my friends complain about losing an hour of sleep. I don't. I change my clocks at 3pm Sunday afternoon. I lose an hour afternoon time not sleep.
  

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  ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster

  Mar 26, 2016

  I go to bed 1 hour early, and don't loose any sleep.
  

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  Tom === Thomas S. Tierney

  Mar 26, 2016

  [quote]I go to bed 1 hour early, and don't loose any sleep.
  [/quote]So you lose 1 hour Saturday night time. Maybe I'll try that.
  

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  ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster

  Mar 26, 2016

  [quote] [quote]I go to bed 1 hour early, and don't loose any sleep.
  [/quote]So you lose 1 hour Saturday night time. Maybe I'll try that.
  [/quote]Yeah it's better that way, and record any tv show so as not to miss anything.
  
  

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  Tom === Thomas S. Tierney

  Mar 26, 2016

  [quote] [quote] [quote]I go to bed 1 hour early, and don't loose any sleep.
  [/quote]So you lose 1 hour Saturday night time. Maybe I'll try that.
  [/quote]Yeah it's better that way, and record any tv show so as not to miss anything.
  
  [/quote]By changing my clocks at 3pm Sunday afternoon I don't miss any Saturday night programs. Sunday afternoon is boring.
  

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  M_JimmieM_M

  Mar 29, 2016

  I feel sorry for you Brits, I thought it was only here in the US they thought it was possible to make the earth shift on it's axis for one hour twice per year. Now in Oregon they started doing a study on the health effects of this. They have said so far that the number of heart attacks and strokes increase around 20-30 percent for a two to three weeks each time the change happens. They also said the number of auto accidents makes a big spike for about three weeks due to people falling asleep at the wheel.

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  Keith

  Mar 29, 2016

  [quote]Did you know that Arizona is one of the few places in the US that doesn't change it's clock setting for daylight saving time. We have enough daylight here so we don't need to save any.[/quote]Queensland in Australia, tried it once and gave it up. Now during the summer there is a 1 hour difference between neighbouring states on the eastern seaboard.

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  noodengr2

  Mar 29, 2016

  [quote]I feel sorry for you Brits, I thought it was only here in the US they thought it was possible to make the earth shift on it's axis for one hour twice per year. Now in Oregon they started doing a study on the health effects of this. They have said so far that the number of heart attacks and strokes increase around 20-30 percent for a two to three weeks each time the change happens. They also said the number of auto accidents makes a big spike for about three weeks due to people falling asleep at the wheel. [/quote]
  i am always skeptical about these studies.  Remember figures lie and liars figure.  I find it hard to believe that anyone's schedule is that inflexible not to be able to adjust one hour either way.  Personally do you go to bed at the exact same time each eve and get up at the exact same time , weekdays and weekends?     Shifting an hour is not that uncommon day to day get over it.
  

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  noodengr2

  Mar 29, 2016

  [quote]of course, in the US it is referred to as "daylight savings time."  but, then, the alternative is standard time.  now with DST going from march through oct/nov, it is more "standard" than standard time.  that is, we have DST for about 8 1/2 months and "standard" time for the rest of the year.  another thing i hadn't known before, was that all the timetables for flights and such get all messed up when some areas of the world (and the US) are on daylight savings time and others are not.  makes for a more curious scheduling of departures and arrivals since the flight times remain the same.[/quote]as for flight times, yep things get mixed  up a bit.  one time very much to my relief.  My flight schedule said flight time between J-burg South Africa and Atlanta Georgia was 18 hrs and 40 minutes.  Ugh.  I know they normally pad it a bit,  but imagine my relief when we got on board and the pilot said " our flying time today is 16:40 minutes.   "   We were flying home on the weekend time changed back in the States which had not been picked up on the schedule.  that with the padding shaved 2 hours off a very long flight which was very much a mental whew before we even took off.
  

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  Kohaan

  Mar 31, 2016

  I call it daylightshiftingtime, and at least 1 clock in my house never changes. It's fun to watch what happens to TV and radio programming when the time shifts.  :-)    ... BTW, are there really some time zones that are only 1/2 hr different than the zones on either side of them?  That could really be confusing :-?

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  noodengr2

  Mar 31, 2016

  India is on the half hour.   nepal is 15 minutes ahead of india.    Mongolia used to be listed as no standard time.  I think Iran or Iraq is also 45 min off from some of it's neighbors.   North Korea just shifted itself to be on a different time zone than South Korea.  Why aren't 24 time zones enough to choose from?
  
  

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