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2AM Sunday, if your region/country participates in such stuff.I wish they'd not "fall back" so I could still have some daylight after work.

This whole daylight savings time thing is outdated. We should just all stop.

I believe several attempts have been made to do away with it, but because society is so accustomed to it, they opted to just leave well enough alone.Indiana rocks -- they have Indiana time. No clock changes. Ever!

The main purpose of Daylight Saving Time is to make better use of daylight. If you live near the equator, day and night are nearly the same length (12 hours). But elsewhere on Earth, there is much more daylight in the Summer than in the Winter. The closer you live to the North or South pole, the longer the summers.Thanks to Benjamin Franklin. Over two centuries later, nations around the world use a variation of his concept to conserve energy and more fully enjoy the benefits of daylight.

Here in Fort Wayne, Indiana we don't change our clocks at all.

It seems as if genvibe automatically adjusted for standard time, I had my option set for times in "Eastern time", and it's now GMT - 5. Yesterday it was GMT - 4

I hate Daylight Savings it is useless now. When I go to work at 8 it is still very dark and I work in a warehouse with no windows. Then when I leave at 4:30 it is getting dark, so the only time I actually see the sun in vast quantitys is on the weekends. And also when the weather permits I like to play disc golf after work which is now impossible. So the 45 degree winter goes to waste.

Hmm, I guess I'm weird cause I love it!

I only like it in the fall, when I gain an hour of sleep instead of losing one. It takes me forever to catch up in the spring.

i think it's kind of spiffy, it's easier for me to get up in the morning now because the sun is up. it does suck though that it get's dark at f*cking 5:30!

We don't change here, either... and I had to reset my options to compensate for the fact that "I" changed time zones.I was in BC during the time change, and found it very confusing (especially because I was in the small sliver that sticks with Mountain time, not Pacific). So, I fell back an hour, drove to Calgary, flew to Regina, and sprung back up the hour. How stupid. It is pretty crazy that eastern SK is the same time zone as eastern BC .... that's like 1400 km.

i'm in Hawaii this week on vacation and always wondered why they were sometimes 2 hrs behind and other times only 1hr. they also do not recognize the time change...

2AM Sunday 10/31/2004, if your region/country participates in such stuff.

WOW this thread is old haha...yup, an extra hour of sleep!

Quote, originally posted by drunkenvibe »i think it's kind of spiffy, it's easier for me to get up in the morning now because the sun is up. it does suck though that it get's dark at f*cking 5:30!

I'm all for staying on the same time all year.... Too bad I live in one of the few Indiana localities that does change their time. This weekend, my shift Saturday night means while you guys are all sleeping and getting that extra hour, my 12 hour shift becomes 13.

Quote, originally posted by Reynoma »This whole daylight savings time thing is outdated. We should just all stop.OK why not, here is an old post with a new! We should just stop it though.

Yeah, we should just stop jumping forward and back. I have such a hard time adjusting in the spring.

Just an extra hour of drinking tonight folks!

haha. yeah, ask drunken if he like to join u. i can't since i'm underage . O well. It's coo.Inder

Quote, originally posted by rasermon »The main purpose of Daylight Saving Time is to make better use of daylight. You are RIGHT ON, raser... and I tip my hat to you for the correct usage of "Daylight Saving Time" instead of the erroneous "Savings" that most people use.

Does the entire world do the time switch? Or is it just us Americans. If it is just us, I wouldn't imagine it to be that difficult to stop doing it.

Quote, originally posted by redlava »Does the entire world do the time switch? Or is it just us Americans. If it is just us, I wouldn't imagine it to be that difficult to stop doing it. I'm not sure how widely it is used, but more than I had expected it would be, actually. And some locations observe it differently than others. Had to keep an eye out on a few of my company's locations in the UK last night to make sure that their computer didn't blow up when the time changed. That extra hour of working sure made for a looong night. Hope everyone else was able to use that hour to catch some more z's!

Yeah I got 9 hours of sleep!

Quote, originally posted by redlava » I wouldn't imagine it to be that difficult to stop doing it. here in Indiana we have been trying to join the rest of the U.S. and have DST. prime time T.V. comes on at 9:00 MNFootball starts at 9:00 and is over at 12 midnight, nightly news comes on at 11.00 P.M. staying up to watch the news or any primetime programing is a pain when ya got to get up at 5:00 A.M.

Quote, originally posted by redlava »Does the entire world do the time switch? Or is it just us Americans. If it is just us, I wouldn't imagine it to be that difficult to stop doing it. I dun't know about that. We can't even move entirely to metric, lol.

Quote, originally posted by redlava »Does the entire world do the time switch? Or is it just us Americans. If it is just us, I wouldn't imagine it to be that difficult to stop doing it. In SK, we do not follow DST. We are on Central Standard Time, all year long. Half the year, it's equivalent to MDST, and the other half(now) it's CDST.And twice a year, a big push goes for us to join in on DST. It's a never ending debate. I think we should split the whole province into thirds (the benefits of being a tall, thin Wyoming) and let those of us in the middle stay how we are now, and everyone who's within an hour & a half of the eastern & western borders can join in with Manitoba and Alberta, respectively.

It's STILL not decided how many counties will move to Central time yet, but apparently all Indiana counties will leave the 'timeless' category, and observe the switch to DST with the rest of the country in April 2006.

Yeah, now most Hoosiers will have to deal with the same awful barbaric routine that most of the country has had to endure... Time changes are painful for me. It takes months to get back on track then they screw me over again.

Tell me about it...I just now got to where I can to bed at a decent hour and now I'll be going to bed an hour earlier than that, and getting up at some ungodly hour...then just when I get used to it again, it's time to change...this is torture...

Just means I have to work 13 hours that night.

From: http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/b.htmlQuote »Daylight Saving Time begins for most of the United States at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of April. Time reverts to standard time at 2 a.m. on the last Sunday of October. In the U.S., each time zone switches at a different time.In the European Union, Summer Time begins and ends at 1 am Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time). It starts the last Sunday in March, and ends the last Sunday in October. In the EU, all time zones change at the same moment.

Quote, originally posted by trdvibe »i'm in Hawaii this week on vacation and always wondered why they were sometimes 2 hrs behind and other times only 1hr. they also do not recognize the time change...Hey - Hawaii?? - I thought you were destitute, almost on welfare!

Quote, originally posted by jake75 »Hey - Hawaii?? - I thought you were destitute, almost on welfare!This post is from two years ago if that matters.

Quote, originally posted by Toolman »Just means I have to work 13 hours that night.Yeah, that stuff sure screws us night owls over! I had to work it last year, it sucked!

Starting in 2007, Daylight Savings Time will be extended.From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E..._2005:Quote »Change to Daylight Saving TimeThe bill amends the Uniform Time Act of 1966 by changing the start and end dates of daylight saving time starting in 2007. Clocks will be set ahead one hour on the second Sunday of March instead of the current first Sunday of April. Clocks will be set back one hour on the first Sunday in November, rather than the last Sunday of October. This will affect accuracy of electronic clocks that had pre-programmed dates for adjusting to daylight saving time. The date for the end of daylight saving time has the effect of increasing evening light on Halloween (October 31). The first Sunday in November sometimes occurs as little as two days before election day.

Quote, originally posted by Baltovibe »Starting in 2007, Daylight Savings Time will be extended.From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E..._2005:every computer in the us that relies on accurate time is now in need of a patch!!

Quote, originally posted by zionzr2 »every computer in the us that relies on accurate time is now in need of a patch!!Hmm, smart thinking right there, just imagine all of the energy and money that will be wasted to prepare everything for the changing of the time change will probably offset what energy they will actually save by changing the time change. If that makes any sense. I don't look forward to another four weeks of the light crap, I would much rather have an extra month in the dark but that's just me. As a creature of the night, that bright orange thing out there during the day is a killer.

Yay. I can say up an hour later and still get the same amount of sleep.

Yeah I had to go look up when it was this year. Nov 2.

Quote, originally posted by joatmon »2AM Sunday, if your region/country participates in such stuff.Bump for 1 November 2009

My PC, which is set at GMT -5:00 rolled back an hr. this past Sunday (as did my work phone). I found that confusing, and had to check reliable sources both times to make sure I wasn't missing something. Anyone else have that?

Quote, originally posted by Feelin’ The Vibe »My PC, which is set at GMT -5:00 rolled back an hr. this past Sunday (as did my work phone). I found that confusing, and had to check reliable sources both times to make sure I wasn't missing something. Anyone else have that?Nope, only one older alarm clock that adjusts automatically.I think this is a PITA and we should do away with it (not this thread just the whole daylight savings crap).

I do know that another reason it is still used, especially in the northeast is that in the mornings, children waiting for schoolbuses or walking to school do so in the dark. This falling back allows for daylight to come prior thus safer for them to get to school.Also I enjoy the change. It gives me an extra hour of sleep and when I am out of work and the sun is going down, I feel more relaxed and ready for my winter hibernation. I could never live in a place that didn't have 4 seasons, I would go crazy.

Sunday 11/7/2010

I was gonna celebrate by putting on my snow tires this weekend, but they're calling for Michigan to be in the 50s for at least 8-10 more days! Looks like I'll be doing the swap over Thanksgiving break.

Quote, originally posted by joatmon »Sunday 11/7/2010Hate it!

Quote, originally posted by K-NINE »Hate it!Me too!

Quote, originally posted by K-NINE »Hate it!I'll 3rd that!!!

I would rather get rid of daylight savings time. That would mean that we are on the standard time year round which starts on Sunday.