Time change due

Posted by Frank on October 11, 2009, 4:06 pm

stan wrote:

>> Q: When does the time change back in October 2009?
>> A: November 1st 2009.
>> Confuse me once.

>
> Referring to change from summer to winter time. In North America?
> (i.e. USA-Canada.)
>
> Not necessarily same date or even any change at all elsewhere.
>
> Never saw the point of this summer time business anyway.
>
> Since these days it's a world society/economy
>
> Right now it's about 09.45h in London, around 01.45h in Los Angeles
> and about 06.15h here!
>

Usually an hour between time zones. Is yours divided up into half hour
or 15 minute periods ;)

Posted by George on October 12, 2009, 1:22 pm

Frank wrote:

> stan wrote:

>>> Q: When does the time change back in October 2009?
>>> A: November 1st 2009.
>>> Confuse me once.

>> Referring to change from summer to winter time. In North America?
>> (i.e. USA-Canada.)
>> Not necessarily same date or even any change at all elsewhere.
>> Never saw the point of this summer time business anyway.
>> Since these days it's a world society/economy
>> Right now it's about 09.45h in London, around 01.45h in Los Angeles
>> and about 06.15h here!

> Usually an hour between time zones. Is yours divided up into half hour
> or 15 minute periods ;)

Maybe he is actually in NJ? Years ago when Saturday Night was actually
funny the news segment had a number of clocks on the wall with NY and
other times. NJ was always (I think) 20 minutes behind everyone else.

Posted by aemeijers on October 11, 2009, 7:31 am

Oren wrote:

> Q: When does the time change back in October 2009?
>
> A: November 1st 2009.
>
> Confuse me once.

You think you get confused? At work and in real life, I have to
communicate with relatives and associates in other countries, that
change on different dates in spring and fall. A real PITA. Good thing
there are online lookups by country.

Bad enough that the planet follows this silly useless custom that saves
nothing, but they should at least agree on one set of dates worldwide to
switch back and forth.

If I was benign dictator of the world, canceling daylight savings would
one of the edicts in the first couple of days. Want more daylight? Get
up earlier.

--
aem sends...

Posted by Ed Pawlowski on October 11, 2009, 8:09 am

> If I was benign dictator of the world, canceling daylight savings would
> one of the edicts in the first couple of days. Want more daylight? Get up
> earlier.

I get up in the dark now so how will that get me more daylight?

The light to dark ratio changes with the season, but the start work in light
or dark is not only a function of DST, but of your place in the time zone.
Personally, I'd like to see the time shifted forward an hour, like it is in
DST, year round. If I lived at the western end of the zone, I'd probably
not care. My choice is to have the daylight time at the end of the work day,
not the beginning, but others probably differ.

Posted by aemeijers on October 11, 2009, 9:41 am

Ed Pawlowski wrote:

>> If I was benign dictator of the world, canceling daylight savings would
>> one of the edicts in the first couple of days. Want more daylight? Get up
>> earlier.

>
> I get up in the dark now so how will that get me more daylight?
>
> The light to dark ratio changes with the season, but the start work in light
> or dark is not only a function of DST, but of your place in the time zone.
> Personally, I'd like to see the time shifted forward an hour, like it is in
> DST, year round. If I lived at the western end of the zone, I'd probably
> not care. My choice is to have the daylight time at the end of the work day,
> not the beginning, but others probably differ.
>
>
>

Well, yeah, I do understand that one person can't unilaterally change
the hours his employer is open. But that puts the onus on the employers,
schools, whatever. Change the schedules to start earlier when dawn comes
earlier, so your employees can have evening daylight to do whatever.
Pretty routine in construction down south. Crews start at first light,
to work in the cooler part of the day.

--
aem sends...

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