# Don't forget to spring forward tonight. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 12, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-to-spring-forward-tonight/748742 "2016-03-12T15:39:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [March 12, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-to-spring-forward-tonight/748742/1 "2016-03-12T15:39:19Z")
Don’t forget to set your clocks forward an hour tonight. Well technically, at 2 a.m. And next week is spring! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-to-spring-forward-tonight/748742/2 "2016-03-12T15:46:02Z")
No, no, no! It’s _fall_ forward, _spring_ back! Because spring is back! Right? Amiright? [sub]I’ll just see what time the internet says it is tomorrow[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-to-spring-forward-tonight/748742/3 "2016-03-12T15:50:55Z")
I refuse to play this silly game. I’ve disabled the DST settings on all my clocks, and will not set them forward. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-to-spring-forward-tonight/748742/4 "2016-03-12T16:06:03Z")
I’m setting my clocks 23 hours back. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-to-spring-forward-tonight/748742/5 "2016-03-12T17:06:59Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > I’m setting my clocks 23 hours back. Hey, if you’re in Australia, it would still be Friday. Could you place some bets for me? ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-to-spring-forward-tonight/748742/6 "2016-03-12T17:14:35Z")
I’m in a walking boot. I’m going to hobble forward, at best. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-to-spring-forward-tonight/748742/7 "2016-03-12T22:19:11Z")
Being at a latitude below the Tropic of Cancer it is not that much of an improvement for us to use DST, so we stay comfortably on our UTC-4 time datum year-round. But it means that from now to november we’ll get the benefit of having matched hours with the East Coast which means I can catch Colbert or Kimmel at a reasonable time for someone working the next morning, and I know I can call offices in NY, MIA or DC as soon as I show up at mine. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-to-spring-forward-tonight/748742/8 "2016-03-12T22:30:27Z")
Growing up in Indiana, I never had to worry about Daylight Saving Time; it took me a couple years to get used to when I moved to Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-to-spring-forward-tonight/748742/9 "2016-03-13T00:13:14Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Don’t forget to set your clocks forward an hour tonight. Well technically, at 2 a.m. > > And next week is spring! 🙂 Unless you’re in Arizona where men are men, clocks are unmolested and next week will likely be more like summer. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-to-spring-forward-tonight/748742/10 "2016-03-13T00:40:12Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Don’t forget to set your clocks forward an hour tonight. Well technically, at 2 a.m. > > And next week is spring! 🙂 But only if you’re in certain countries. Other do it on different dates. Or don’t do it at all. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-to-spring-forward-tonight/748742/11 "2016-03-13T13:58:32Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > I refuse to play this silly game. I’ve disabled the DST settings on all my clocks, and will not set them forward. I assume you have no need to interact with the outside world? Or did you move somewhere like Arizona? I also hope you know how to set the timezone on your computer or phone, so you won’t get errors because your cookies are set to start one hour in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-to-spring-forward-tonight/748742/12 "2016-03-13T14:35:36Z")
Oh, don’t worry about the cookies. The oven isn’t one of those new-fangled connected “smart” devices! Anyways, the answer to your query is in my [location](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Saskatchewan) field. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-to-spring-forward-tonight/748742/13 "2016-03-13T15:19:53Z")
For the most part, we don’t even have to worry about this anymore. All but one of my clocks just do it automatically, including the one that has the alarm for work. Back in the 80’s I once showed up two hours late for work because I set my watch the wrong way. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-to-spring-forward-tonight/748742/14 "2016-03-15T02:41:44Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > I refuse to play this silly game. I’ve disabled the DST settings on all my clocks, and will not set them forward. Don’t be such a Luddite! Me, i’ve now using Mountain Daylight Time instead of Central Standard Time, so there! Gotta move with the time.