# Who forgot how to change your watch time for DST? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2001, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-forgot-how-to-change-your-watch-time-for-dst/90088 "2001-10-28T08:17:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-forgot-how-to-change-your-watch-time-for-dst/90088/21 "2001-10-28T20:07:03Z")
Nobody changed to clocks in my cat and dog. They both demanded to be fed at 5pm instead of 6pm . ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-forgot-how-to-change-your-watch-time-for-dst/90088/22 "2001-10-28T20:18:49Z")
šŸ˜ƒ **My one time of year to shine!** This is one of the few things that has never given me trouble. Itā€™s not important for my own watch so much, since I have a Timex Data-Link which I just have to hold up to the computer screen and it sets the time from the computer. But this is the time of year that several of my friends have come to depend on me to set their watches for them. Itā€™s nice to be needed! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-forgot-how-to-change-your-watch-time-for-dst/90088/23 "2001-10-28T23:38:06Z")
My: Watch Alarm Clock Palm Pilot Cell Phone Computer Parentsā€™: VCR Kitchen Clock Clock on stove Clock on microwave Clock Radio ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-forgot-how-to-change-your-watch-time-for-dst/90088/24 "2001-10-28T23:45:42Z")
Geez, I dunno. You 'merkins griping about changing your clocks back. You get an extra hourā€™s sleep! I had to change my bloody clocks _forward_ on Saturday night, and still wake up at 4:45am (really 3:45am) to go to work Sunday morning. Eugggh. Just wait a few more months. Weā€™ll see whoā€™ll be laughing then! MWAHAHA! šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-forgot-how-to-change-your-watch-time-for-dst/90088/25 "2001-10-29T00:30:02Z")
I was just in Denver with people from all four time zones in the continental U.S. We were all getting on planes and leaving this morning, and we got into a discussion of who was losing hours or gaining hours as they flew home, and what that meant now that we had Daylight savings time, and if it was a good thing or a bad thing for it to fall on a day when we were all losing/gaining hours anyway. My head was spinning. Then my friend from Indianapolis piped up that they didnā€™t observe DST, soā€¦ well, it was all too much. My body and I have no fricking earthly idea what time it is. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-forgot-how-to-change-your-watch-time-for-dst/90088/26 "2001-10-29T01:00:25Z")
Changing the clocks is no problem for me. My only beef is that I got stuck working over the time change, and so was blessed with a 13 hour shift last night. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-forgot-how-to-change-your-watch-time-for-dst/90088/27 "2001-10-30T11:23:47Z")
Didnā€™t have a problem this year, but I remember last year my computer screwed me. It was always shutting down whenever it felt like it. So it set itself back from 2am to 1am, then shut down, then set itself back again. So there I was, being an hour **late** instead of early. Almost caused me to miss recording something on Sunday morning. Grrr! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-forgot-how-to-change-your-watch-time-for-dst/90088/28 "2001-10-30T14:47:03Z")
Like **bluethree** and [lel] I donā€™t have to change my clocks. :smilie sticking its tongue out: However, I do have to live in Indiana, so I guess itā€™s a push. Indiana state motto: ā€œWelcome to Indiana! Please set your watch back 40 years.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-forgot-how-to-change-your-watch-time-for-dst/90088/29 "2001-10-30T14:54:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Munch \* > [lel] Well thatā€™s quite possibly the worst coding error Iā€™ve ever made. :insert hides face in shame smilie: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-forgot-how-to-change-your-watch-time-for-dst/90088.md?page=1)