# It's time to "spring forward" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 9, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-spring-forward/830824 "2019-03-09T12:57:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-spring-forward/830824/1 "2019-03-09T12:57:27Z")
Just a reminder: turn your clocks ahead one hour, at 2 a.m. Sunday. Spring is on its way! I’m so damn sick of this winter. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-spring-forward/830824/2 "2019-03-09T13:06:11Z")
You say spring is on the way, but I’m firmly in the “I’ll believe it when I see it” department. Can’t wait till I can open the windows again and give the house a good airing. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-spring-forward/830824/3 "2019-03-09T15:07:09Z")
Being as it is time to turn the clocks forward I once more present the obituary of Harry Stamps, who passed away six years ago. His daughter said he died on this day as a final form of protest against Daylight Saving Time. Only obit I ever laughed at. [https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sunherald/obituary.aspx?n=harry-stamps&pid=163538353&fhid=4025](https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sunherald/obituary.aspx?n=harry-stamps&pid=163538353&fhid=4025) ---
**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:** [March 9, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-spring-forward/830824/4 "2019-03-09T15:28:21Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Spring is on its way! It’s already here. I observe meteorological spring instead of that solstice-y crap. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-spring-forward/830824/5 "2019-03-09T15:43:14Z")
It’s actually _spring back and fall forward_ so turn your clocks back one hour. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-spring-forward/830824/6 "2019-03-09T15:44:06Z")
If only they waited until Spring was firmly here before setting the clocks ahead, it wouldn’t bother me so much. After a long slog of gradually getting a little daylight in the morning, this sets the sunrise back an hour and I’m getting up and commuting to work in the dark all over again, just like the middle of winter. It’ll be May before the sunrise gently awakens me instead of the harsh alarm going off in the dark. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-spring-forward/830824/7 "2019-03-09T15:44:42Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > It’s actually _spring back and fall forward_ so turn your clocks back one hour. This is what I thought. Who springs forward? You definitely spring back. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-spring-forward/830824/8 "2019-03-09T17:12:00Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > This is what I thought. Who springs forward? You definitely spring back. [Springbok](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Springbok_pronk.jpg)