# Changing Clocks **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 19, 1999, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-clocks/12386 "1999-03-19T01:46:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
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The day to switch from Standard Time to Saving Time is drawing near. I just have to say, I HATE that! JACK ---
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## Yeah, what he said! I never catch up. Kathy ---
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Yeah, and it’s a pain in the patookus over here especially, because we don’t observe the time change. So to keep in pace with all of our clients, us’n folks down here have to get used to doing everything earlier by an hour. Used to taking lunch at 2? Now it’s 1! Setting that alarm for 6? Set it for 5! I’m messed up for weeks after the change. * * * -An epistle most prosaic, courtesy of _Calamity Jon_. [ape-law.com](http://ape-law.com) ---
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JMSaSU Member posted 03-18-99 07:46 PM > [@](#): > > The day to switch from Standard Time to Saving Time is drawing near. I just have to say, I HATE that! Jakc; so you’re saying you’d rather go back to the old-fashioned way of adjusting your clock from town to town? Cheers! -Chip ---
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> [@](#): > > so you’re saying you’d rather go back to the old-fashioned way of adjusting your clock from town to town? No. Time zones are ok. I think you know what I meant. This is the only country on this rock that does it. It’s dumb! Although I’ve heard something about a movement for just one universal time. I think Swatch even sells a watch for it. I could live with that. As long as it’s not changed twice a year. JACK ---
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JMSaSU Member posted 03-19-99 06:14 AM > [@](#): > > quoting Monty: > > * * * > > so you’re saying you’d rather go back to the old-fashioned way of adjusting your clock from town to town? > > * * * > > No. Time zones are ok. I think you know what I meant. This is the only country on this rock that does it. It’s dumb! > Although I’ve heard something about a movement for just one universal time. I think Swatch even sells a watch for it. I could live with that. As long as it’s not changed twice a year. I wonder how the folks in Germany feel about your contention their land isn’t a country. Last time I checked, Germany is a country and practices what they call “Summer Time,” which is their equivalent of our DST. ---
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Try living in a place where DST has almost no meaning, except when trying to call someone long distance or trying to catch a live sporting event on cable TV. As a result, I think the smoke detectors haven’t been tested in years. ---
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I must be the only person on the globe who’s looking forward to the changing of the clocks. Why? Because I’m in Chicago (CST) and my girlfriend and baby are currently residinng in Indianapolis (EST) until this fall. So, since Indy doesn’t change for Daylight (whatever) Time, our clocks will actually be on the same time again (in essence, Indy will switch from EST to CST) and I can call her at 9pm without worrying about actually calling her at 10pm. I know you’re all just so happy for me. ---
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> [@](#): > > I must be the only person on the globe who’s looking forward to the changing of the clocks. Why? Because I’m in Chicago (CST) and my girlfriend and baby are currently residinng in Indianapolis (EST) until this fall. So, since Indy doesn’t change for Daylight (whatever) Time, our clocks will actually be on the same time again (in essence, Indy will switch from EST to CST) and I can call her at 9pm without worrying about actually calling her at 10pm. I know you’re all just so happy for me. I think Arizona doesn’t switch either, I have an Aunt and Uncle who live there and my Uncle said they don’t switch, they live in Scottsdale (spelling?). I thought that was strange, I thought it was an international thing and every country and state/province switched. On a side note, I hate DST too. There would be an extra hour of daylight if we didn’t have to turn our clocks ahead in Autumn. If they didn’t switch though it would be dark till 7:00 in the morning or so. On Long Island years back they tried a year without DST, it didn’t go over very well. There were thousands of complaints from parents because their kids were waiting for the school bus when it was still dark. DST keeps a good enough balance on things I think, even though it’s a pain when it gets dark early. * * * ~Shane (Formerly StrTrekNut) AIM/AOL screen name: Shane0630 \*\*My Homepage: [cfm.to/shane/](http://cfm.to/shane/) \*\* ---
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This is the third year of my life using DST. I still think it’s weird, and I never remember which month it happens in. [raised in AZ] * * * **\>^,^\<** “Cluemobile? You’ve got a pickup…” The Teeming Millions Homepage: [fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) ---
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The NM legislature is going to ask the Feds if we can spring forward, and then never spring back, effectively moving us from the Mountain to the Central Time Zone (but not all year) So, we’d always be an hour ahead of Arizona, but half the year, we’d be an hour different from Colorado, not to mention El Paso and Juarez. Sure, they can move us ahead one hour, but we’ll still be behind by 150 years. ---
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When is the big switch? If it’s tomorrow, I can pretend I didn’t realize it and miss English monday morning. ---
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{On a side note, I hate DST too. There would be an extra hour of daylight if we didn’t have to turn our clocks ahead in Autumn.} Um, clocks are turned BACK in Autumn. Just remember, it’s Spring Foward and Fall Back. Jeff what time is it??? ---
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> [@](#): > > {On a side note, I hate DST too. There would be an extra hour of daylight if we didn’t have to turn our clocks ahead in Autumn.} > > Um, clocks are turned BACK in Autumn. Just remember, it’s Spring Foward and Fall Back. > > Jeff > what time is it??? Ahh!! I always get that mixed up. * * * ~Shane (Formerly StrTrekNut) AIM/AOL screen name: Shane0630 \*\*My Homepage: [cfm.to/shane/](http://cfm.to/shane/) \*\* ---
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[[When is the big switch? If it’s tomorrow, I can pretend I didn’t realize it and miss English monday morning.]] - Maitland 1st weekend in April - I think Sunday is the 4th - at 2 AM, clocks move forward to 3 AM. * * * Sue from El Paso ---
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> [@](#): > > [[When is the big switch? If it’s tomorrow, I can pretend I didn’t realize it and miss English monday morning.]] - Maitland > > 1st weekend in April - I think Sunday is the 4th - at 2 AM, clocks move forward to 3 AM. Hey, that’s cool! I lose an hour of the day before my birthday! * * * –elm “So it goes.” --Vonnegut ---
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Hate to go against the crowd (well, not really \), but I LIKE DST. I like having it be light later on in the evening in the summer. Here in Southern California, even with DST and even in high summer, it gets dark by 9 p.m. I grew up in Western New York, where in the summer months it would still be light until 10. I miss that! -Melin * * * I DO have the figure of a Goddess… But in my case, it’s the Venus of Willendorf ---
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The extra hour of light in the evening is what I hate. That means it doesn’t get light untill an hour later in the morning. being a morning person, I hate that. When I was younger I spent a lot of time waiting for dark before going out to have fun. JACK ---
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I was always glad we didn’t have DST in Arizona… when it’s 110 degrees outside, you want the sun to go down as soon as possible. * * * **\>^,^\<** “Cluemobile? You’ve got a pickup…” The Teeming Millions Homepage: [fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) ---
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[[[I was always glad we didn’t have DST in Arizona… when it’s 110 degrees outside, you want the sun to go down as soon as possible.]]] ## Huh? The sun is in the sky the same number of hours; your clock simply reads a different time than it “normally” would. \*\* Phil D. \*\* “There isn’t time to tell you all that you need to know.” – Jon Auer [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-clocks/12386.md?page=2)