I have one clock in the garage and one in the house that need to be reset for this. Also the oven and microwave. Everything else does it automatically.
When I am absolute ruler of the world, we will switch our clocks one time, by 30 minutes, to put us halfway between standard time and DST.
I like it too…I don’t see any real need for DST.When I am absolute ruler of the world, we will switch our clocks one time, by 30 minutes, to put us halfway between standard time and DST.
You could even eliminate all the different time zones so everyone is on the same time! Bonus!
Some days, the sun doesn’t come up until 10 a.m. or later. People eat lunch after 2 p.m., or even after 4 if they’re not in a rush. The school day stretches so late that children can’t get home in time to catch their favorite cartoon shows.
Why are the clocks in Urumqi, China, so far out of kilter with the cycles of the sun? Because of a legacy of Mao Zedong and the Communist Party’s desire for unified control. Though China is almost as wide as the continental United States, the whole country is officially in just one time zone — Beijing time.
So when it’s 7 a.m. in the Forbidden City, it’s also officially 7 a.m. 2,000 miles to the west in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region — even if the stars are still out there.
That can lead to headaches — and lost sleep. “It’s hard to adjust,” says Gao Li, a sanitation worker in Urumqi. “I often think we must be the only people who eat dinner at midnight.”
There is always Mexico.Not everyone has that kind of money. I was hoping to go down to Florida for a couple months this winter but rising rental costs have priced me out.
I've been saving my annual hour each year since retiring in 2005. I plan on splurging when I get to 24 and doing something really special. Unfortunately DW isn't on board. She thinks the whole idea is simply my LBYM lifestyle run amok.
My 2 car clocks do it automatically too - I just have to wait 6 months for them to auto-correct.
Drives my wife crazy in the interim.
I vote for staying on Standard time year round. No clocking changing twice a year and thus the elimination of DST. I would rather have a little more daylight early in the day during the winter months. Seems to work out well in AZ.
You'll only have to wait about four months, we're already on DST about eight months each year.
this is the correct answer.
As someone in FL, I hate the fact that DST means dark mornings in October and April - not light until 7 is horrid. The idea of that getting worse would be bad. But, I also hate that it will be dark by 6pm starting tomorrow. I want a middle ground!
The shifting of the clock does make sense but it is hard to adjust to especially when going from ST to DST and it seems to be harder with each passing year.