DST again?

[folivier]

Good friend lives in AZ. Always have to check the time when I call so it's either not too late or too early.
On our Alaska trip last summer one of the couples (G just turned 80) refused to change the time on his phone or in his RV. Said he was on Colorado time since he was born and will be 'til he dies!
Myself? I don't care just pick one and quit changing.

 

[Koolau]

Since we don't have DST in the Island, our issues are all about what's happening on the mainland - such as TV programs. So everything comes on an hour earlier except our few local programs. We also have a standing ZOOM meeting with our old mainland church which means we have to tune in an hour earlier. None of it is a major issue but a minor hassle. Nice to sleep through the whole transition and never touch the clock!

 

[Andre1969]

I think the actual time changes stopped bothering me back in 2020, once I started working from home. And now that I'm retired, even less so. The November change usually doesn't throw me off so much, but the Spring Forward messes up my internal clock a bit more.

Right now, as I'm typing this, I feel really disoriented. It's around 6:30, but the clock sitting by the tv says 5:30, and my body feels like 5:30. Worse, there's an old episode of "Barnaby Jones" playing in the background, from YouTube. Normally "Barnaby Jones" comes on at 4, on MeTV. So that's throwing me off a bit, too.

 

[Time2]

I already set my clocks forward. I like doing so early for less shock in the morning when I wake up.

To further reduced shock, try moving them forward 10 minutes a day for 6 days!

 

[MichaelB]

A new day. The sun rose, earlier than normal. Enjoy and celebrate that goodness while we can, for tonight we will pay. Darkness comes soon and will extract a hefty price.

 

[Car-Guy]

Getting up in the dark to eat breakfast really confuses my dog. But he struggled though it, ate, and just went back to bed. He's not going to let something as stupid as a human time change disturb his sleep.

 

[Turbo29]

Since we don't have DST in the Island, our issues are all about what's happening on the mainland - such as TV programs. So everything comes on an hour earlier except our few local programs. We also have a standing ZOOM meeting with our old mainland church which means we have to tune in an hour earlier. None of it is a major issue but a minor hassle. Nice to sleep through the whole transition and never touch the clock!

It really messes up some of the TV channels doesn't it.

It also makes all of the cutoff times for bank transfers and the stock market opening and closing times an hour earlier relative to us here in Arizona.

But it's nice to sit here after I just got up and realize that I got up the same time today and everybody else is probably trying to get up an hour earlier.

 

[MichaelB]

One thing I will say, now that I’m old, an additional hour of morning sunlight does not offset an hour of earlier darkness. Darkness at night is more challenging for me because my eyesight is declining, so going out at night isn’t as easy, and now it’s even less so.

 

[Car-Guy]

^^^^^"Getting old", maybe you are just forgetting to turn on your headlights.

 

[SecretlyFI]

A new day. The sun rose, earlier than normal. Enjoy and celebrate that goodness while we can, for tonight we will pay. Darkness comes soon and will extract a hefty price.

One thing I will say, now that I’m old, an additional hour of morning sunlight does not offset an hour of earlier darkness. Darkness at night is more challenging for me because my eyesight is declining, so going out at night isn’t as easy, and now it’s even less so.

Now that we've moved ahead 1 hour for Spring, aren't the sunrise and sunset 1 hour later?

 

[Andre1969]

One thing I will say, now that I’m old, an additional hour of morning sunlight does not offset an hour of earlier darkness. Darkness at night is more challenging for me because my eyesight is declining, so going out at night isn’t as easy, and now it’s even less so.

That got me thinking, and I seriously can't remember the last time I've even driven at night. I've been out at night, but lately it's always been someone else driving.

Now that we've moved ahead 1 hour for Spring, aren't the sunrise and sunset 1 hour later?

According to the what the clock says, yes. However, in absolute time, around this time of year the Sun usually rises about a minute earlier each day.

 

[Qs Laptop]

I watched the time change live earlier this "morning". I had a bathroom break at 1:56am and was lying in bed watching my phone's clock. It jumped from 1:59 directly to 3:00.

I thought the jump was supposed to be at 2:03am or some such. My phone carrier is US Mobile, which is leasing cell phone tower space from Verizon system.

 

[Luvtoride]

Ok, I changed the 3 Manual wall/ credenza clocks we have in our home to reflect the new time. Easy!
The tough part will be resetting all of my watches in my watch case/ winder …I will probably lose another hour today doing that! lol

 

[jim584672]

Now the watch in my drawer is correct again. (Never wear it).

 

[sengsational]

Now the clock in my car is right again...a cause for celebration!

 

[audreyh1]

A new day. The sun rose, earlier than normal. Enjoy and celebrate that goodness while we can, for tonight we will pay. Darkness comes soon and will extract a hefty price.

Wait! The sun rose an hour later and darkness comes an hour later unless you don’t change your clocks.

One thing I will say, now that I’m old, an additional hour of morning sunlight does not offset an hour of earlier darkness. Darkness at night is more challenging for me because my eyesight is declining, so going out at night isn’t as easy, and now it’s even less so.

I think you went the wrong way!

 

[MichaelB]

Now that we've moved ahead 1 hour for Spring, aren't the sunrise and sunset 1 hour later?

Wait! The sun rose an hour later and darkness comes an hour later unless you don’t change your clocks.


I think you went the wrong way!

See what happens when we mess with the time!

 

[GrayHare]

And then one day you find ten clocks have got behind you,
No one told you 'bout this one, you missed the rising sun!

 

[marko]

I dunno.

I spent 34 years chronically jet-lagged by 6 to 12 hours. I'd no sooner acclimate and it would either be time to head home or head back out again.

An hour? Yeah, that's a killer.

 

[flyoverstate]

I am old enough to remember 1974, the year the US experimented with DST "all year". It actually started in January, and they killed it almost immediately. I was in middle school, had to walk 1.4 miles to school every morning, (uphill both ways), and it was pitch dark when I set out at 6:55AM. I was not a fan.

 

[OK EE]

What is a clock? (with apologies to the Downton Abbey Dowager Countess). But seriously, unless I'm trying to make a doctor appointment I don't need to worry much about it. Since TV is all on demand I don't have to warm up the set to watch my show at the appointed time. Then again, it's nice to know if the bar is open yet.

LOL warm up the set. The 60s called, they want their tube TV set back!

 

[OK EE]

To me the best solution would be to have two timezones in the US, two hours apart.

Pacific and Central stay DST permanently. Mountain and Eastern stay standard time permanently. The dividing line is in a fairly non-populated area and it would help with coast to coast business.

Of course once I retire next year I just won't care. I'm setting all my clocks to ZULU

 

[Turbo29]

I read a proposal somewhere that we should just use UTC time and allow everyone to set what times (in UTC) that they start and end things at their location as desired.

For example: It's 10am here in my local timezone, MST, but 5pm (17:00) UTC. I just finished eating. Who says I have to eat at 9:30, I could just eat at 16:30UTC instead.