# How many of you have to work an extra hour tonight?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-to-work-an-extra-hour-tonight/378275>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 28, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-to-work-an-extra-hour-tonight/378275 "2006-10-28T21:00:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![SweetHomeColorado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@SweetHomeColorado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetHomeColorado)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-to-work-an-extra-hour-tonight/378275/1 "2006-10-28T21:00:55Z")

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The whole spring back or fall forward… I remember getting to leave work an hour early in the spring. However, I was off the day falling forward came around. While some of us get the luxury of an extra hour of sleep, I’m sure it affects some of your late-night shifts.

How many of you are getting screwed into working an extra hour tonight?

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**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-to-work-an-extra-hour-tonight/378275/2 "2006-10-28T21:29:34Z")

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Yo. IT duty all weekend. Lucky for me, I can be on duty in my pajamas (part of the time anyway), but I’d sure rather be snoozing in said pajamas.

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**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-to-work-an-extra-hour-tonight/378275/3 "2006-10-28T21:39:02Z")

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Huh? There are employers who make night shift workers work an extra hour? They’d jolly well want to make them work an our less next autumn as a pay-off. I’ve never heard of that. Night shift at my workplace finishes a certain number of hours after commencement of duty, rather than at a certain time (sure the two coincide on 363 days of the year, but it’s the principle).

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**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-to-work-an-extra-hour-tonight/378275/4 "2006-10-28T21:40:06Z")

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Erm… I meant next spring. Damned hemispheres.

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**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-to-work-an-extra-hour-tonight/378275/5 "2006-10-28T22:47:48Z")

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I worked an extra hour 2 years ago as a night desk clerk in a dorm due to the “fall back” hour.

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**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-have-to-work-an-extra-hour-tonight/378275/6 "2006-10-28T23:30:56Z")

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My mother has a friend who’s a nurse who often works the night shift. When the time changes she ends up working a thirteen hour shift, instead of her regular twelve hours.