# Daylight Saving - News isn't reminding us? Whats up with that?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 13, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824 "2016-03-13T01:43:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824/1 "2016-03-13T01:43:23Z")
Usually Spring Forward reminders are plastered at the top of every news page on the Saturday before we make the clock change.
Yahoo, Reuters and several others I checked had nothing. I even searched the pages for Time.
Google says its tonight. I guess thats right? It is tonight, March 12 we spring forward?
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### Author:  [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824/2 "2016-03-13T02:25:40Z")
It’s national “remember that some clocks aren’t connected to the internet and don’t automatically update” day. 🙂
I suspect the lessened big deal being made about this is due to the fact that people’s primacy clock is now a cell phone which handles the transition itself, instead of a watch that needs your help.
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824/3 "2016-03-13T02:37:22Z")
None of the clocks in my house update automatically.
clocks in the microwave, coffee pot, Stove, and two digital clocks in the bedrooms. My radio/cd player in my vehicle will need changing too. Quite a list 😃
Doesn’t take long. Maybe 10 mins. I have to reset all the clocks anytime the power goes out. So I get plenty of practice.
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### Author:  [@jerry\_smissingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerry_smissingfinger)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2016, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824/4 "2016-03-13T02:49:23Z")
What?!
No free advertising of smoke detectors and 9v batteries?😛
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### Author:  [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2016, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824/5 "2016-03-13T02:49:55Z")
I was thinking about the fact that on my local news, the weather person was the one reminding us about changing our clocks. That seems a bit odd to me, but it’s been like that as long as I can remember.
Note: I have a bad memory.
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824/6 "2016-03-13T03:06:23Z")
Thanks for reminding me. I’ll need to reset my DVR.
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824/7 "2016-03-13T03:06:43Z")
> [@jerry\_smissingfinger](#):
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> What?!
> No free advertising of smoke detectors and 9v batteries?😛
Good point. They used to recommend changing the smoke detector battery either during the Spring or Fall time change.
I haven’t heard the news mention that in several years.
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### Author:  [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824/8 "2016-03-13T04:02:44Z")
> [@aceplace57](#):
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> Good point. They used to recommend changing the smoke detector battery either during the Spring or Fall time change.
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> I haven’t heard the news mention that in several years.
It used to be the clock changes were almost 6 mos apart; now it’s close to four & eight months. I wonder if the fire chiefs didn’t like moving the change date further away from halfway thru the year.
Hawaii doesn’t change, so they’ll now be six hours behind East Coast; it’s sux when you need to call there for work. You can’t call until mid-afternoon & if you get wrapped up in something, it’s time to go before you get to call them.
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### Author:  [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824/9 "2016-03-13T14:30:59Z")
I can assure you my station has made mention of the change many times this week.
In the op was referenced a number of sites with international appeal which is probably why a US only time change is not prominent.
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### Author:  [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824/10 "2016-03-13T16:43:24Z")
Thanks for posting this!
I did not see a THING on the news and would not have known without seeing this post.
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### Author:  [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824/11 "2016-03-13T16:46:20Z")
I was also wondering about this yesterday. And I also assumed it was because more people use their cell phones as their primary clock and alarm.
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### Author:  [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824/12 "2016-03-13T17:39:22Z")
I am not sure which news you’re watching but I saw reminders all last week about daylight saving being this weekend. It was with the weather report .
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### Author:  [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824/13 "2016-03-13T18:01:43Z")
My local news had a piece about bars having to close at 2 am instead of 2:30. I suppose that counts as being reminded.
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824/14 "2016-03-13T18:03:44Z")
> [@Frank](#):
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> My local news had a piece about bars having to close at 2 am instead of 2:30. I suppose that counts as being reminded.
But that’s impossible. There was no 2 am today.
(Yeah, yeah. I know. But this is the Dope. If I can’t be pedantic here, when can I be?)
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### Author:  [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824/15 "2016-03-14T04:44:49Z")
For the first time since I can remember knowing about the time change, I heard nothing at all about it. It wasn’t until I woke up this morning that I realized things were different.
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2016, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824/16 "2016-03-14T06:08:35Z")
> [@Bayard](#):
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> I was also wondering about this yesterday. And I also assumed it was because more people use their cell phones as their primary clock and alarm.
I live in Arizona, where we don’t observe DST. Sure enough, my cell phone had jumped one hour ahead. I had neglected to make sure the automatic DST adjustment was turned off.
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### Author:  [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824/17 "2016-03-14T17:08:26Z")
> [@aceplace57](#):
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> None of the clocks in my house update automatically.
Not even the ones on your computer or phone?
> [@](#):
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> I have to reset all the clocks anytime the power goes out. So I get plenty of practice.
So your power goes out all the time? Maybe you should get that checked out.
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### Author:  [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-news-isnt-reminding-us-whats-up-with-that/748824/18 "2016-03-24T16:24:27Z")
Maybe he lives in Chechnya?