# I hate this whole daylight savings garbage
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-whole-daylight-savings-garbage/617232
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 30, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-whole-daylight-savings-garbage/617232 "2012-03-30T03:15:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-whole-daylight-savings-garbage/617232/1 "2012-03-30T03:15:17Z")
Ok, now I’m tired.
Apparently, manually setting an iPhone’s time does NOT mean you must also adjust for any springtime hour change. :smack:
So I’m in Israel for one more week. Back when I got here 3 months ago, I set my iPhone to airplane mode and then manually adjusted the time when I landed by picking the time zone (Tel Aviv).
At 2am here, we set the clocks forward one hour, thereby loosing one hour of sleep.
Last night, when I got in bed, I manually added one hour to my iPhone to adjust for this, then set my alarm and went to bed.
My alarm sounded at 6am, but man I was tired, and it was awfully dark out still.
Long story short, I think my phone knew to add and hour at 2am due to the time zone setting, meaning I was really off by an extra hour.
So now I’m sitting here, writing this at 6:15 am, though my phone says 7:15 am.
Damn you, iPhone… damn you to hell!
🙂
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### Author:  [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-whole-daylight-savings-garbage/617232/2 "2012-03-30T03:28:37Z")
Saving. Not savings. Saving.
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### Author:  [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-whole-daylight-savings-garbage/617232/3 "2012-03-30T03:32:41Z")
And yes, smartphones adjust the time automatically. Mine does, anyway.
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### Author:  [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-whole-daylight-savings-garbage/617232/4 "2012-03-30T04:07:52Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#):
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> Saving. Not savings. Saving.
The extra S is for the extra hour.
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### Author:  [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-whole-daylight-savings-garbage/617232/5 "2012-03-30T04:09:38Z")
> [@Ogre](#):
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> And yes, smartphones adjust the time automatically. Mine does, anyway.
It makes sense that it updated, despite being on manual (since time zone was set).
Sometimes I amaze myself that I can even tie my shoes in the morning.
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### Author:  [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-whole-daylight-savings-garbage/617232/6 "2012-03-30T04:13:23Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#):
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> At 2am here, we set the clocks forward one hour, thereby \*\*loosing \*\*one hour of sleep.
Did you see where it got to, after being freed?
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### Author:  [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-whole-daylight-savings-garbage/617232/7 "2012-03-30T05:58:07Z")
> [@Askance](#):
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> Did you see where it got to, after being freed?
Haha.
Again, the exxtra O is for the extra hour!
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### Author:  [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-whole-daylight-savings-garbage/617232/8 "2012-03-30T12:02:34Z")
Do you ever have to change the time on an iPhone? I don’t own one (or any apple products). Seems like it would be smart enough to account for that no matter where you go, but I dunno! Curious minds must inquire 🙂
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### Author:  [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2012, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-whole-daylight-savings-garbage/617232/9 "2012-03-30T12:15:01Z")
Maybe you were thinking of the Dumbphone.
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### Author:  [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2012, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-whole-daylight-savings-garbage/617232/10 "2012-03-30T12:59:05Z")
Blame the stupid iPhone, not daylight saving time.
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### Author:  [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-whole-daylight-savings-garbage/617232/11 "2012-03-30T13:14:11Z")
> [@Laggard](#):
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> Blame the stupid iPhone, not daylight saving time.
I’d rather blame the ridiculousness of DST and my own stupidity.