# Daylight Saving Time (DST) corrections **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 30, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-time-dst-corrections/378397 "2006-10-30T03:25:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-time-dst-corrections/378397/1 "2006-10-30T03:25:09Z")
We commenced daylight saving time here in NSW yesterday. We’re now on GMT+11 Within my User Control Panel I have the Time Options set as GMT+10 (the standard time for NSW) and “Automatically detect DST settings”. Yet the time currently displayed is an hour slow. Is my setting correct? Should I be using the “DST corrections always on” setting (which I took to mean that an hour would be added to the local time all year round)? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-time-dst-corrections/378397/2 "2006-10-30T11:43:46Z")
IIRC, checking that option means that the computer will automatically change to the correct time during the Standard/Daylight Saving shifts. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-time-dst-corrections/378397/3 "2006-10-30T14:53:37Z")
Not sure if it picks up your DST changes or not as the server is in the USofA, where we just this weekend went OFF DST in most jurisdictions. (There’s a few places in this country that don’t observe DST to begin with.) I guess we’ll find out now. What time is it? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-time-dst-corrections/378397/4 "2006-10-30T14:54:51Z")
I have the automatic DST setting checked and the server is showing me the current time on the Eastern time zone of the US. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-time-dst-corrections/378397/5 "2006-10-30T16:34:02Z")
I think that the “automatically detect DST settings” thing just means that it checks (based on your regional settings on your computer, or some such) whether you’re in an area that observes DST (some places do, some places (including some in the US) don’t). If you’re in an area that observes DST, the board automatically changes the time, on the date when the US changes. If you’re in, say, the UK, which changes on different dates than the US, then twice a year, the time will be out of sync for a week or so. And if you’re in Australia, as you are, and change in the opposite direction from the US, then your time is just plain going to be messed up. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-time-dst-corrections/378397/6 "2006-10-30T17:25:56Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] I guess we’ll find out now. What time is it? [/QUOTE] _Does anyone really know what time it is? Does anyone really care?_ ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-time-dst-corrections/378397/7 "2006-10-30T18:45:02Z")
test - posted at 12:45 PM Central Standard Time, 18:45 UTC. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-time-dst-corrections/378397/8 "2006-10-30T20:56:03Z")
Test. I’m in Sydney where **Cunctator** lives. It’s now 7:55 am ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-time-dst-corrections/378397/9 "2006-10-30T20:57:24Z")
And my previous post, at least from where i’m sitting, shows the correct (ish) time for Daylight Saving. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-time-dst-corrections/378397/10 "2006-10-30T21:53:28Z")
I never pay attention to the timestamps, but now I’m interested… ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-time-dst-corrections/378397/11 "2006-10-30T21:59:25Z")
Sorry for double post, but mine appears to have updated automatically. Time was 0823 when I submitted the post and the timestamp is correct. Neat. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-time-dst-corrections/378397/12 "2006-10-31T06:20:39Z")
And mine now seems to be working OK too. It’s just taken until Tuesday to get it right. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-time-dst-corrections/378397/13 "2006-10-31T06:39:40Z")
[QUOTE=Cunctator] And mine now seems to be working OK too. It’s just taken until Tuesday to get it right. [/QUOTE] DLS has that effect on me, too. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-time-dst-corrections/378397/14 "2006-10-31T15:49:28Z")
Ok, I’m posting at 10:49 EST and I have my settings at EST (GMT-5) and correct DST always on. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-saving-time-dst-corrections/378397/15 "2006-10-31T15:51:10Z")
Shoot, my display is still showing GMT-4 and 11:49.