Daylight saving time is here again for some of us.Time to Fall back.

Lately, when I've needed to replace a clock, I've gone with the "atomic" type that adjust themselves. But I still have a bunch of the old style that I will have to change manually. I always seem to forget one somewhere and find it a day or two later.

The only clock I have that doesn't change on its own is in my car, will have to remember to change it this weekend.

yayyyy. extra hour of sleep

Ditto, I converted essentially all my watches/clocks to radio-controlled as well (plus solar-charged for watches) but I still have work to do with two of the clocks.

I live in AZ that's on Standard Time year round in a majority of the state.

But two of my "atomic" clocks are cheapies that won't let me select No DST. Consequently, for those two, I need to remember to change to Pacific Time during DST and return to the correct Mountain Time after DST ends. Now I need to remember to do this on Saturday night.

WWVB will take care of most of my house clocks and haven't worn a wristwatch since retiring

Thank you for reminding me, so I wont go to work 1 hour early.

Autosetting clocks rock!

The clocks in my house and car auto correct themselves in about 5 months. Yes, that's right, I don't touch any of them

I haven't worn a wristwatch since retiring either...

This has got to be a good thing

I remember to set all the clocks, but I have a big problem with my(brain)clock, it keeps wanting to go back to the 1970's. Oh by the way what is a smoke detector?
Just kidding...

Most all new electronics will make the adjustment for you.

I think we should do away with DST, it was started ,I think, originally for the farmers working in the fields. If you go by a farm at night, their tractor lights rival most airports. Besides my dog doesn't give a rats ass about DST, he needs to go out NOW

Oh well, extra hour of work.

...it saves energy costs. Though, see this article:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=does-daylig...

It presents some interesting findings which suggest that the savings vary by state, and in some states, it actually wastes energy (though nationally it helps, on average).

Ah well...

Here is a good site with a lot of interesting information:

http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/index.html

An extra hour of boozing at the bars! At 0200 it becomes 0100 and my beer goggles will have an extra hour to work their magic!

and life moves on lol

Don't forget the thermostat if you have a programmable one.

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I agree, we should do away with it completely. It is suppose to save energy (which it doesn't). It's just an annoyance which messes with our biological clock twice a year.
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/robert-schlesinger/2009/...

By the way, farmers operate by the sun not some artificial time keeping machine. DST was never something done for farmers.

Imagine all the "fun" that some states have had with those multiple times zones such as listed below:
" There are thirteen states in the USA that are divided into two time zones.
Oregon and Idaho are split between the Mountain and Pacific time zones. Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, North and South Dakota are divided between Central and Mountain time zones. Florida, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee are split between Eastern and Central time zones. Also, Alaska is split between the Alaska time zone and the Hawaii-Aleutian time zone."

If Daylight Savings Time saved energy then we should switch to DDST (Double-Daylight Savings Time) and save even more.

does the gps time change, or you got to change manualy? I do not remember?

Another way that you can check is just keep running the WebUpdater program with your device connected to the computer. When an update is available for your device, it will list the changes that have been made in that update. You can see there if the DST update is ready for your device.

Hate having to change all my clocks here. Seems every little knick knack has a clock in it.

Yes I agree. We should do away with daylight savings time and just keep one version all year long.

As long as doing away with the time change means we stay on DST all the time. That extra hour of daylight comes in handy year 'round.

- Phil

But honestly, I wish we would do away with this twice a year change too. Individuals/businesses/institution can change their business hours seasonally if they want to, don't need to change the clock.

I'm lucky to be in Arizona where we don't have to go through that time changing nonsense.

My new neighbors who just moved from New Jersey had a rude awakening this morning though. Most of their electronics (including a bedside alarm) automatically turned back an hour. They had to go through everything and move clocks back ahead and turn off the Daylight Saving feature.

Cheers

I kind of like that idea of Daily DST instead of annual DST that I read about somewhere online (maybe it was in this forum but I can't find it now). You "spring forward" every day at 2 PM. That way you get to go home from work 1 hour sooner and enjoy an extra hour of daylight. You then "fall back" at 2 AM to get the hour back and enjoy that extra hour of sleep.

All in favor ...

Sure got dark early today.

Yeah, I hate that.

I'd be perfectly happy staying on DST year round.

Daylight Saving Time is not the problem! It's the fact that daylight hours shorten during the winter months. And even on sunny days it's cold

From November till April, I go to work in the dark and I drive home in the dark... and I hate it

And it ain't no better in Saskatchewan, where they ignore DST entirely.

Winter is great. No mosquitoes or flies.

No just cold and snow.

It is hard to catch up to the hour of sleep I gained!

You need to take more naps during the day to get caught up.

No window in my office. I try to go outside for a few minutes to see the sun otherwise I miss it during the week.

If DST is so great, why don't we just stay on it all the time. Think how much productivty would be gained by not having to reset all the clocks twice a year.

The smoke alarm battery reminder was apropos because Sunday morning one of our smoke detectors started to chirp signifying a low battery warning. lol

Unless you're visiting a place which doesn't change. Very confusing.

Now if only my microwave, stove and car would change automatically...

I hear a lot of people complain about DST but I LOVE it. When it's summer and it stays light until 10:00 it's awesome. Now that it's changed back I get to get up when it's sort of light again for a while. I don't have any complaints about DST at all except.............

I wish people would learn that it's "Daylight Saving Time" and NOT "Daylight Savings Time". There is no extra "s". Sheesh...........

Well time for a power failure, every time the clocks need to be changed we have a power failure either a week or so before or after so I get to do all the clock setting twice. Didn't have a pre change failure this year so I figure I'm do soon.

Jim...

I've already checked mine, it works. Plus my alarm clocks all have battery backup to power them through the 40-45 seconds before the generator takes the load. The one good thing about digital TV is that my VCRs no longer work so I don't have to figure out how to set their clocks.

Well said, I agree 100%

In south america, they are springing forward. We learned that the hard way when we were on our honeymoon in Oct and missed a flight.

Aye! Now THAT's a great idea.

I couldn't agree more. I will have to admit that it made a bigger difference before I retired in September. I always hated to loose that hour of my weekend when we sprang ahead,

They should change it by 30 minutes before they do away with it for good.