# Important Announcement: Turn Your Clocks Back an Hour Tonight! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 5, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768 "2016-11-05T22:47:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768/1 "2016-11-05T22:47:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, which means you’ll want to turn your old-school clocks back before you go to bed Saturday night, Nov. 5. > **[Did You Turn Your Clocks Back Saturday Night? Daylight Saving Time 2016 Ended](https://patch.com/maryland/annapolis/daylight-saving-time-2016-ends-turn-clocks-back-tonight)** > > An extra hour of sleep comes with the end of Daylight Saving Time, but it also means it gets dark much earlier in the evening. Of course I am probably one of very few here who sometimes forget about this. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768/2 "2016-11-05T23:19:46Z")
Thanks, just the sort of timely reminder I’d expect from **PastTense**. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768/3 "2016-11-05T23:20:26Z")
I will not turn my clocks back. I will be living one hour in the future. Greetings, People of the Past. Your ways are quaint. (And the [meme](http://www.relatably.com/m/img/quaint-memes/55863488.jpg).) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768/4 "2016-11-05T23:26:44Z")
I refuse. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768/5 "2016-11-05T23:34:53Z")
The username/post combo made me laugh out loud. My mother immediately looked to see if something on TV had set me off. Anyway, I wish it was easier to turn clocks back! I hate having to push the hour button 23 times! (First-world problem!) ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768/6 "2016-11-06T00:09:01Z")
I have already set clocks back one hour and will live an hour in the past until 2 a.m. EST. **Johnny L.A.** you are right. The past is quaint! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768/7 "2016-11-06T00:10:57Z")
Trump fans: turn your clocks ahead 100 years. Blacks get to vote now. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768/8 "2016-11-06T00:18:57Z")
I have only one clock that doesn’t auto set to the time. How I long for the day it finally breaks(bedroom alarm clock,had it for 20 or so years) and I don’t have to pay any attention to change day. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768/9 "2016-11-06T01:48:53Z")
Computers, phones and my alarm clock reset automatically. That just leaves the microwave, the stove, and my daughter’s alarm clock. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768/10 "2016-11-06T02:53:24Z")
**Poto** knock it off. Leave the political comments out of threads that aren’t about politics. > [@Poto](#): > > Trump fans: turn your clocks ahead 100 years. Blacks get to vote now. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768/11 "2016-11-06T02:59:10Z")
I just reset the clocks in the microwave, coffee pot, and stove. I’ll do the car clock next time I go somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768/12 "2016-11-06T03:35:08Z")
The 100-year old mantel clock and the grandfather’s clock don’t automatically set themselves, drat. In the spring it’s easy - just advance them an hour. In the fall, I stop the pendulums for an hour, which is easier than advancing them 11 hours. The GF clock has a moon phase, which would be out of sync if I went forward half a day. The hardest one is the clock on the car. I can never remember how to do it, even though it gets done twice a year. Don’t forget the clock on your programmable thermostat (furnace) and water softener, or perhaps a lawn watering system. I’m an adviser for a club at the college, and I suggested a way to raise money would be to offer to go into people’s houses and change their clocks for them… ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768/13 "2016-11-06T04:41:46Z")
I turned my clock back this evening and now I can’t see the face. So I am going to turn it back around again. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768/14 "2016-11-06T04:57:55Z")
Yeah, like I’m going to turn my clocks back just because some guy on the Internet told me to. Suckers. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768/15 "2016-11-06T06:01:00Z")
Ya know what I hate? Having to wake up at 2:00 a.m. to reset the clock. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768/16 "2016-11-06T06:15:46Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > Ya know what I hate? > Having to wake up at 2:00 a.m. to reset the clock. > 🙂 This is so unnecessary. Simply buy two clocks and set one an hour ahead of the other. Then all you have to do is wake up at 2:00 am on the proper night every spring and fall and \*switch clocks \*! ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768/17 "2016-11-06T10:15:28Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > This is so unnecessary. Simply buy two clocks and set one an hour ahead of the other. Then all you have to do is wake up at 2:00 am on the proper night every spring and fall and \*switch clocks \*! A good point. This is why I have two cars–which I find much more practical than trying to reset their stupid clocks. Here’s hoping the standard time car is running okay after being in storage for the last few months… ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768/18 "2016-11-06T10:50:08Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > This is why I have two cars. Wouldn’t it be even better to have two houses? You could live half a year in each house, and never re-set a single clock. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-announcement-turn-your-clocks-back-an-hour-tonight/770768/19 "2016-11-06T11:08:58Z")
P > [@chappachula](#): > > Wouldn’t it be even better to have two houses? > > You could live half a year in each house, and never re-set a single clock. I thought about that, but decided a more practical approach was to live in an RV. Since Eastern Standard Time and Central Daylight Time are equivalent, twice a year I just drive to a lot in the other time zone, so I never have to reset the clocks.