# Fess up. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2001, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365 "2001-04-01T12:24:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365/1 "2001-04-01T12:24:41Z")
C’mon … admit it … who forget to set their clocks up this morning? ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365/2 "2001-04-01T12:27:32Z")
I did. But luckily I normally arrive to the ship an hour before I have to. I _did_ make muster. I also embarassed two of my young sailors who’d forgotten to advance their clocks. Sometimes I can be so… superior. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365/3 "2001-04-01T12:40:12Z")
Good thing I double-checked the clocks yesterday evening. While he was waiting for me to get ready to go out, my friend did me a favor and reset all the clocks for me. He moved them all an hour back. :rolleyes: No malicious intent here: he honestly thought we set the clocks back in the spring. I’ve re-reset everything exept the VCR (can’t find the fershluggin’ booklet). ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365/4 "2001-04-01T12:53:32Z")
I rememebered, but only because I was reminded last night. I didn’t know it was today. Really, I didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365/5 "2001-04-01T12:56:11Z")
I didn’t forget but that’s only because I was at work and they changed them automatically for me! ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365/6 "2001-04-01T13:26:08Z")
Nope, I remembered. But part of that could have something to do with the insomnia I was suffering which caused me to be on the computer when the time change came, and saw the time advance on it’s own… Makes it a little harder to forget!!! ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365/7 "2001-04-01T13:31:16Z")
The two clocks I live by - my alarm clock and the PC - both set themselves automatically. Neener, neener, neener. Of course, it will take me three months to get the rest of the clocks in the house set right. ---
**Author:** ![Cumber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@Cumber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumber)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365/8 "2001-04-01T13:39:09Z")
Okay, I admit it, I completely forgot to set my clock forward this morning. I did, however, set it back about a week ago. I live in the southern hemisphere. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365/9 "2001-04-01T14:08:13Z")
(sigh) I admit it. I totally forgot. When I got downstairs this morning and booted up, I saw the time on my computer had automatically changed, and for a second I thought, “What the …?” **Then** I remembered. Probably wouldn’t have remembered it at all if it hadn’t been for that. I sometimes have a sieve for a brain. ---
**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365/10 "2001-04-01T14:14:49Z")
The cable company did it on the tv, but my computer didn’t even when I went online. I always change my clocks when I wake up [unless I absolutely have to be somewhere] so I can get my full sleep. You cannot mess with my sleep – woe to thee if ye try! ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365/11 "2001-04-01T14:22:01Z")
totally. I even set my alarm 'cause the kid (godhelpusall) is borrowing the car for a ‘road trip’. So, I’m asleep, he comes in, says “mom”. Now, in direct contrast to all the males in the household (including the damn cat), I actually respond to my name, and awaken. I look at my clock, see it’s before my alarm is due to go off and start protesting until “duh” and ok, I’m up. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365/12 "2001-04-01T14:30:30Z")
Another automatic, here! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365/13 "2001-04-01T15:05:39Z")
I didn’t change my clocks … I didn’t forget to change them … and I’m not going to change them. I live in Phoenix: we don’t have daylight savings time. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Cumber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@Cumber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumber)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365/14 "2001-04-01T15:18:33Z")
Yay for you Mauvise! Daylight savings is the scourge of the world. Damn I hate all the mess it causes with timezone calculations. That’s the second time in a week I’ve had to adjust my thinking… And as soon as I post this I’m going to fix up the time zone in my profile. _grumbles_ ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365/15 "2001-04-01T15:26:14Z")
I didn’t have to. When we last set them BACK, I never changed the one by my bed. Just too lazy. I’ve been mentally subtracting an hour ever since. This morning, I wake up, and the only adjustment I have to make is to my mental habit of subtracting 60 minutes. There’s something pathetic in this… ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365/16 "2001-04-01T15:30:11Z")
Not I! I was awake when my PC clock adjusted itself with a big notification window so I just went around and did all the clocks. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365/17 "2001-04-01T15:41:43Z")
Nope I live in Saskatchewan, we don’t change time so I don’t have to worry about that. 😃 Keith ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365/18 "2001-04-01T15:53:08Z")
Well, must admit I was more than aware of needing to change clocks…and was wide awake when my computer changed itself for me. There’s something malicious, though, about looking at a clock that tells you it’s only a bit after 3 and knowing it’s a bit after 4 and you really ought to be in bed. ::glares menacingly at the the alarm clock:: Oh well, I’m doing remarkably well this morning for the amount of sleep I got, so I suppose it’s okay. ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365/19 "2001-04-01T16:18:20Z")
Set what? What happened? Daylight savings what? ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365/20 "2001-04-01T16:19:36Z")
I got early this morning (I’m the early riser in the family) and changed all of the clocks by moving them forward one hour. Then I settled down to read the paper and listen to NPR. A little while later, the local announcer came on and said it was 9 a.m. I looked at the clock and one of the clocks I had just changed said 10 a.m. As near as I can figure, before my wife went to bed last night she changed them also. So then I had to go through out the house and change all of the clocks back again. Jeez, I hate daylight savings time. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fess-up/60365.md?page=2)