# Car clocks automatically updating to Daylight Saving Time **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 12, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-clocks-automatically-updating-to-daylight-saving-time/998769 "2024-03-12T20:25:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 40
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-clocks-automatically-updating-to-daylight-saving-time/998769/40 "2024-03-28T08:20:18Z")
okay, folks, I cannot resist an opportunity to post a link to a wonderful MPSIMS thread about a similar issue. (correcting the date, not the hour). It’s a long and fun thread, about the poor Doper whose car did not know about leap years. (But he did get to celebrate the 99th of February, and beyond… 🙂 ) > [@The most useless accessory in my car is now even more useless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-useless-accessory-in-my-car-is-now-even-more-useless/614612): > > My car has this date display which I think is the most completely useless accessory possible. It’s not part of the clock - the clock is part of the radio display. This date display is a separate LED display built into the plastic thing on the ceiling that the rear-view mirror hangs down from, which also has the sunroof controls and the compartment for my sunglasses. In fact, if it weren’t for me looking up to get my sunglasses, I’d probably forget the date thing was even there. It doesn’t even … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-clocks-automatically-updating-to-daylight-saving-time/998769)._