# Daylight savings time to do lists

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-time-to-do-lists/351090>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 3, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-time-to-do-lists/351090 "2006-04-03T16:12:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-time-to-do-lists/351090/1 "2006-04-03T16:12:59Z")

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What do you do on daylight savings time? I’ve only two things—reset clocks and change the batteries in the smoke detectors. But now that we’re in a house with property (as opposed to an apartment), I figure there’re probably a few other things out there that need doing once or twice a year. Change furnace filters? Inspect the chimney? Remove and replace all the insulation? You know, things that need doing periodically but without a definite schedule. Anyone out there do more than the smoke detector thing?

Thanks,

Rhythm

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**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-time-to-do-lists/351090/2 "2006-04-03T17:43:16Z")

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Usually I just bitch and complain for a few weeks…

But to be helpful, How about checking the expiration date on your fire extinguishers?

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**Author:** ![LionelHutz405](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lionelhutz405/32/536_2.png) [@LionelHutz405](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LionelHutz405)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-time-to-do-lists/351090/3 "2006-04-03T18:10:56Z")

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I just change the clocks and **test** my smoke detectors.

It will beep when the batteries are low, so there is no point in replacing perfectly good batteries.

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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-time-to-do-lists/351090/4 "2006-04-04T01:11:44Z")

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Me? wonder what the fuzz is about.

🙂 Check my location.

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**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-time-to-do-lists/351090/5 "2006-04-04T05:12:29Z")

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> [@Auntbeast](#):
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> Usually I just bitch and complain for a few weeks…

Me too. Or I’m really happy for a few weeks, depending which direction we’re shifting. The recent one is of course the bitch and complain one.