# Have you set all your clocks? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 13, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-set-all-your-clocks/574540 "2011-03-13T14:58:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-set-all-your-clocks/574540/1 "2011-03-13T14:58:37Z")
Just finished going around and doing all my clocks. Well, my car needs to be done, but everything else is complete. How about you? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-set-all-your-clocks/574540/2 "2011-03-13T15:07:13Z")
The computers/Tivos/phones do themselves, the cable box did itself when I had one (use a CableCard now). My car has a built in Navi/XM and I _think_ it will do itself, but I’ll find out the first time I leave the house today. The microwave gets ignored since I rarely use it to check the time on anyways. Besides, it’s ridiculously easy to change the time when you’re trying to use the microwave so even if I set the time, it would likely be wrong in a matter of weeks anyways, I don’t bother with it. The only thing I have to set it the oven/stove. Gone are the days of running around the house with a watch that I _know_ is right and setting 15 other clocks. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-set-all-your-clocks/574540/3 "2011-03-13T16:10:21Z")
Two out of four, not including the car. I can’t remember if it changes automatically. I can’t reach one, and the other is in the bedroom where the mister is still sleeping. ---
**Author:** ![foxymoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@foxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxymoron)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-set-all-your-clocks/574540/4 "2011-03-13T16:29:47Z")
Wait, what? Crap. I had no idea that was today. ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-set-all-your-clocks/574540/5 "2011-03-13T16:32:09Z")
All except my wife’s bedside alarm clock (don’t know how to use it and can’t be bothered while she’s asleep) and the cars. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-set-all-your-clocks/574540/6 "2011-03-13T16:34:22Z")
No. ours don’t change for another two weeks. but as we cater for American content and customers I have set my alarms to come to work an hour early for the next two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-set-all-your-clocks/574540/7 "2011-03-13T16:41:05Z")
All but my car. Microwave, stove, alarm clock, watch, and the 2 analog clocks. We bought those when our daughter was young so she could tell time on a non-digital clock and understand clockwise and counter-clockwise. Everything else does it on their own. I loved it when I lived in Indiana and could ignore all this, but I guess they change now, too. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-set-all-your-clocks/574540/8 "2011-03-13T16:48:26Z")
If history is any guide, it will be 2-3 months before I reset the clocks that don’t reset themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-set-all-your-clocks/574540/9 "2011-03-13T17:10:24Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > If history is any guide, it will be 2-3 months before I reset the clocks that don’t reset themselves. The clock in my bedroom is correct only because it was never set back in the fall. ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-set-all-your-clocks/574540/10 "2011-03-13T17:20:37Z")
No. Never changed them last Fall. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-set-all-your-clocks/574540/11 "2011-03-13T17:23:55Z")
Well, the cell phones and computers set themselves. My SO changed the oven, microwave and analog kitchen clock this morning. Which makes me realize: we have only three clocks in the house that aren’t on a phone/computer and they’re all in the same room! :smack: I don’t think we’re driving anywhere today, so the car’s clock won’t get switched until tomorrow. I still have to change my wristwatch (analog), but since I only wear it on Clinical days and we’re off this week, I fully expect to forget about it until I find it on the 22nd. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-set-all-your-clocks/574540/12 "2011-03-13T17:23:58Z")
Yes I have. Both of them. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-set-all-your-clocks/574540/13 "2011-03-13T17:56:04Z")
Microwave and stove are done, all others in the house reset themselves. I’ll do the car tomorrow since I’m staying home alllll day today 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 13, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-set-all-your-clocks/574540/14 "2011-03-13T19:15:39Z")
Of course it’s only the alarm clocks in the house that don’t automatically reset themselves. Husband was an hour late to work today. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-set-all-your-clocks/574540/15 "2011-03-13T20:51:32Z")
The weather station thingy on the wall that gets its signals from some far off time-setting source probably won’t change itself till tomorrow. It needs new batteries because it doesn’t show the temperature outside, either. I don’t care, I can check the time and temperature on the computer, or the tv. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-set-all-your-clocks/574540/16 "2011-03-13T22:44:54Z")
> [@foxymoron](#): > > Wait, what? Crap. I had no idea that was today. That was _my_ reaction! I thought I was having a ‘Twilight Zone’ experience this morning; **mudgirl** and I were away all weekend for a bowling tournament, and as such, were out of touch with my normal information sources. So, I woke up this morning, in the hotel room. I grabbed my Nook (which self-updates the time and date), and it said that it was 6:15AM. Fine. I needed to use the bathroom, and figured by the time I was done that and getting dressed to go to the lobby for coffee and orange juice, it would be past 6:30 (when they put out breakfast); well, post-bathroom and dressing, my eye happens upon the alarm clock on the side table; the alarm clock says it’s 5:40. Huh? I check my cell phone. My cell says 6:40. So I go to the breakfast area, just off the lobby. The lobby clock says 5:40, and breakfast isn’t out yet. Again, huh??😕 So I get some fresh ice, go back to the room, and tune into one of the news stations that always posts the time. The news station says it’s 6:45. Damn. What’s going on here? Has Rod Serling invaded my personal space? Eventually, **mudgirl** wakes up, we go out to the breakfast area and eat, back to the room, shower, pack, head out of town. We stopped to do a little shopping, then at IHOP for lunch. Exit IHOP. According to my Nook, it’s 2PM or so. The clock in my van _agrees_ with that, but I haven’t figured out how to reset the clock since I bought the damned van, so it’s always been an hour ahead! That’s when it occurred to me that maybe _last night_ was the night to set the clocks ahead! When we stopped for gas, I double-checked with the cashier, who confirmed my suspicions. Now, my Nook, my cell, computer and cable boxes are all updated, because they do it themselves. My microwave is done, because I did it. I still need to set my alarm clock and my stove. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-set-all-your-clocks/574540/17 "2011-03-13T22:50:09Z")
No. But my state doesn’t do this whole weird magic voodoo ritual that causes strange bouts of time displacement. ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-set-all-your-clocks/574540/18 "2011-03-13T23:49:51Z")
No. All the clocks I rely on (phone, computer, etc) reset themselves. However I should make an effort to change all the others. I just know I’m going to mess something up when I rely on the car clock, etc if I don’t change them.