Day light savings time

[shazza]

We have still got our Daylight Savings in Perth but is due to finish around March 25. We are now in Autumn and the mornings are so dark.

I am looking forward to the change so when Donna and I are chatting I am not falling asleep on the keyboard At the moment we chat 11.30pm my time and 7.30am Donnas time.

Even better when we can chat face to face

Only 70 more sleeps

[RedeemedByHim]

One of the things I love about living in Arizona. We don't play the changing clock game. We never have to spring forward or fall back. Just leave them clocks and watches alone! While many of you are losing that hour sleep, I'll be just doing my normal ol thing.

Of course, it gets mighty confusing when you have to tell someone that was used to talking to you at a certain time, that they have to adjust. Like now my Cali friends and I will be back on same time, but my sister in Abq, NM will be bummed, as she moves forward and will be in bed before I get online at nights. Chances of me seeing the chatters in the eastern states grow more slim, as they'll now be 3hrs ahead of me.

Then there's my friend Shazza in Australia where Perth wasnt changing times, and now they are. SOOO we're really gonna get confused at our chat time.

Hmph, now that I've confused even myself trying to word all this, i'll just bid you all adieu.

I wish they would do away with the whole time changing thing....just leave it alone...LOL....however, in the fall...I do love that extra hour of sleep

[Iryssa]

This year they've changed our Dalylight Savings Time schedule from the normal. Usually it happens the first Sunday in April, but they changed it in order to conserve energy (so we'll be going to bed and turning moff our gadgets and whatnot closer to when it actually gets dark). We don't switch back to Standard Time until Nov. 4th now, apparantly...so I'm kinda wondering why they still call it "Standard" Time, when really it's only in effect for about 1/4 of the year

[ayin jade]

Like Donna, I just change time zones. Its rather nice in a way, since I get to see some east coast people given my schedule, but it sometimes makes it hard to be 3 hours different.

We Arizonans do not want that extra hour of daylight at night. Its too hot. The earlier it cools off at night, the better for us, since the electric companies tell us to conserve power use by not running our appliances until after 8 pm when the air conditioner need isnt so energy consuming.

[GeneV]

Day light savings time this weekend! March 11 at 2AM change your clocks forward one hour. This means you loose an hour of sleep this Sunday. So either go to the late service or do like normal and sleep during the sermon

Hello Ray,

can't you guys just do this every leap year.......that is; sleep during the sermon

[irishcowboy]

i've always wondered.... how is changing the time saving any daylight? you still have the exact same number of hours of light vs. dark....

it was actually set up as a joke..... go back and read about the way it came into play, not the official press release, but the discussions about it.......

the president at the time made a comment that the whole country looked up to the president so much that if the president said....... they would believe it.....

well, even in modern days, we have seen that with the last three presidents.... they say one thing, the country believes every word of it, until after the fact, and then they can not get the words straight....

as far as the computers and such, most servers have already got things running... if you are concerned about your computer being on the right time, go in and adjust the time zone you are in and your computer will take over from there..... such as if you are in central, and your computer does not change, then adjust it to eastern... if you are in eastern, then adjust to atlantic, if you are mountain adjust to central and if pacific then adjust to mountain.... simple nuff with out having to purchase new software, and then if it changes in april, then adjust back to the correct time zone.....

having the server make the adjustment at their end, might even trigger it so your computer does ok.... i dont know, but it will not effect the performance of it i do not believe....

mike

[irishcowboy]

This year they've changed our Dalylight Savings Time schedule from the normal. Usually it happens the first Sunday in April, but they changed it in order to conserve energy (so we'll be going to bed and turning moff our gadgets and whatnot closer to when it actually gets dark). We don't switch back to Standard Time until Nov. 4th now, apparantly...so I'm kinda wondering why they still call it "Standard" Time, when really it's only in effect for about 1/4 of the year

that is not a good reason either, for when it is dark here in the morning, every light in the house is on, while people are running around trying to get ready for school, work and such.... in the evenings, we have one, maybe two lights on, and everyone is in the same room...... most of the time..... less lights, less running, less cooking (breakfast is fend for self, and there is cooking going on as well as at night, and also the coffee pot starts up, and the water heater cooking the water for morning showers and dishes and such.... almost pure chaos....

mike

[spiritman]

personally,

I don't like the daylight savings thing, messes a persons scheduled up to much.

[sierra21]

Holy! Good thing I just saw this post because otherwise I would have completely forgot about it and cruised into church an hour late! LOL thanks guys!

[Wingwalker]

Day light savings time this weekend! March 11 at 2AM change your clocks forward one hour. This means you loose an hour of sleep this Sunday. So either go to the late service or do like normal and sleep during the sermon

Sorry ray i am setting my clock back before i go to bed. I refuse to stay up till 2:00 to do so.

However i am a proponent for Alasks to not change their clocks as we have 24 hour daylight in the summer and 20 hours of darkness in the winter. This loose an hour of sleep so that people elsewhere can have an extra hour of daylight is ridiculous. If they need an extra hour of daylight they need to get up earlier, not make most of the nation get up earlier with them.