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Posted by Doug Miller on October 11, 2009, 10:33 am
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>Since about 2-3 years ago, it is now the first Sunday in November rather
>than the last Sunday in October previously since DST was introduced by the
>Nixon administration.
You misspelled "Johnson" -- it was standardized nationwide in 1966.
It was also implemented, temporarily, during both WWI and WWII.
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Posted by HeyBub on October 11, 2009, 2:33 pm
Doug Miller wrote:
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>> Since about 2-3 years ago, it is now the first Sunday in November
>> rather than the last Sunday in October previously since DST was
>> introduced by the Nixon administration.
> You misspelled "Johnson" -- it was standardized nationwide in 1966.
> It was also implemented, temporarily, during both WWI and WWII.
And was originally proposed by Ben Franklin.
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Posted by The Daring Dufas on October 11, 2009, 3:46 pm
Dimitrios Paskoudniakis wrote:
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>> Q: When does the time change back in October 2009?
>> A: November 1st 2009.
>> Confuse me once.
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> Since about 2-3 years ago, it is now the first Sunday in November rather
> than the last Sunday in October previously since DST was introduced by
> the Nixon administration.
>
> The Spring forward date is also changed as of a few years ago to several
> weeks earlier in March rather than first Sunday in April.
>
> One effect is the kiddies now have to wait another hour to start their
> candy assault on Halloween, as it still stays light until 7:00 PM. In
> the old convention with end of DST in October, kiddies could start their
> assault at 6:00 PM.
I have a Daylight Savings Time patch for Windows 2000 that
I use on all Win 2K installs. It's bad when the computer
has no idea what time it is.
TDD
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Posted by Wayne Boatwright on October 11, 2009, 4:34 pm
On Sun 11 Oct 2009 12:46:32p, The Daring Dufas told us...
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> Dimitrios Paskoudniakis wrote:
>>
>>> Q: When does the time change back in October 2009?
>>> A: November 1st 2009.
>>> Confuse me once.
>>
>> Since about 2-3 years ago, it is now the first Sunday in November rather
>> than the last Sunday in October previously since DST was introduced by
>> the Nixon administration.
>>
>> The Spring forward date is also changed as of a few years ago to several
>> weeks earlier in March rather than first Sunday in April.
>>
>> One effect is the kiddies now have to wait another hour to start their
>> candy assault on Halloween, as it still stays light until 7:00 PM. In
>> the old convention with end of DST in October, kiddies could start their
>> assault at 6:00 PM.
>
> I have a Daylight Savings Time patch for Windows 2000 that
> I use on all Win 2K installs. It's bad when the computer
> has no idea what time it is.
>
> TDD
>
Actually, that became a huge issue during Y2K remediation, especially for
large companies with hundreds of PCs.
--
~~ If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. ~~
~~ A mind is a terrible thing to lose. ~~
**********************************************************
Wayne Boatwright
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Posted by The Daring Dufas on October 11, 2009, 4:59 pm
Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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> On Sun 11 Oct 2009 12:46:32p, The Daring Dufas told us...
>
>> Dimitrios Paskoudniakis wrote:
>>>> Q: When does the time change back in October 2009?
>>>> A: November 1st 2009.
>>>> Confuse me once.
>>> Since about 2-3 years ago, it is now the first Sunday in November rather
>>> than the last Sunday in October previously since DST was introduced by
>>> the Nixon administration.
>>> The Spring forward date is also changed as of a few years ago to several
>>> weeks earlier in March rather than first Sunday in April.
>>> One effect is the kiddies now have to wait another hour to start their
>>> candy assault on Halloween, as it still stays light until 7:00 PM. In
>>> the old convention with end of DST in October, kiddies could start their
>>> assault at 6:00 PM.
>> I have a Daylight Savings Time patch for Windows 2000 that
>> I use on all Win 2K installs. It's bad when the computer
>> has no idea what time it is.
>> TDD
>
> Actually, that became a huge issue during Y2K remediation, especially for
> large companies with hundreds of PCs.
>
I was installing daughter cards made by MR. Bios or changing
out the bios chips on a lot of business machines back then.
I think there may still may be a few people hiding out in their
Y2K bunkers and when they come crawling out, will be stunned
at what we have for a President. Who'd a thunk it back then?
TDD
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>than the last Sunday in October previously since DST was introduced by the
>Nixon administration.