# Daylight Savings 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 1, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475 "2020-11-01T06:11:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475/1 "2020-11-01T06:11:20Z")
And let me be the first to wish a Happy Daylight Savings event for affected Dopers. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2020, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475/2 "2020-11-01T06:36:19Z")
Shouldn’t that be _Daylight Saving Time_? ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475/3 "2020-11-01T06:43:31Z")
I just realized I have no idea if this is the first 1:43 or the second. I assume because you made that post, this is the second. I guess I could check other clocks in the house. I’ll have to eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475/4 "2020-11-01T09:01:21Z")
Even as I just opened this thread to read it, my clock went from 01:59 to 01:00. Now I get to reset all the rest of my clocks that don’t reset themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475/5 "2020-11-01T10:30:40Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Shouldn’t that be _Daylight Saving Time_ ? Daylight Spending Time. More of your daylight is spent in the evening, leaving less for the morning when you really want it. It’s like credit cards or the national debt. ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475/6 "2020-11-01T10:45:09Z")
Isn’t it that we go back to local standard time now? We regain the hour we lost going on Daylight Savings. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475/7 "2020-11-01T12:13:12Z")
Geez Wayne. I did this a month ago already. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475/8 "2020-11-01T16:34:38Z")
So that’s why I felt like I was sleeping in this morning. My alarm clock changed automagically overnight so instead of getting up at 7:00 it was (in effect) 8:00, and I couldn’t understand why I felt so rested. In other words, I thought the change was next week. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475/9 "2020-11-01T16:48:26Z")
Perhaps it _should_ be Daylight Saving Time. But it takes sacrifice to save money and effort to save Private Ryan. Isn’t it more fun when the savings are passed along? Anyhoo, it was really just meant as a reminder. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475/10 "2020-11-01T17:01:36Z")
Thank God I saw this thread! The event had slipped by me completely! Thank you for letting me know! Now to set all my clocks! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475/11 "2020-11-01T17:35:37Z")
Don’t you mean “Savings Private Ryan”? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475/12 "2020-11-01T19:02:22Z")
I’ll pass that along. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475/13 "2020-11-01T19:58:41Z")
My sympathies go out to all pet owners who didn’t get to sleep in due to hungry critters. When we lived where folks changed their clocks, the cats didn’t mind getting their breakfast early but loudly protested having it moved back an hour. ---
**Author:** ![CoconutPete](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coconutpete/32/5294_2.png) [@CoconutPete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoconutPete)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475/14 "2020-11-02T01:52:20Z")
It’s pretty bad when you wake up at 1pm after the clocks have gone back an hour. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475/15 "2020-11-02T03:56:24Z")
Let’s see now. This is when I change from ET+12 over to CT+12. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475/16 "2020-11-02T05:00:07Z")
OMG! It started getting dark at 17:30 today! The long cold nuclear winter is upon us! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475/17 "2020-11-02T05:34:47Z")
Nobody set my cat’s clock back yet. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475/18 "2020-11-02T15:19:01Z")
Why couldn’t they make it the last Sunday of October so the kids could have an extra hour of darkness for Trick-or-Treat? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475/19 "2020-11-02T16:25:15Z")
Yes. We’re back to normal time now. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475/20 "2020-11-02T16:32:35Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > My sympathies go out to all pet owners who didn’t get to sleep in due to hungry critters. Our daily “routine” varies by more than an hour every day anyway, so our animals never got learned when breakfast was. They stayed loose, like us. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-2020/924475.md?page=2)