Daylight savings reminder

[bhsup]

Just a friendly reminder for those of you in the USA, which apparently now includes the formerly sovereign nation of Canada, that daylight savings begins at 2 am local time tomorrow morning (April 2nd, 2006 - Sunday).

So, before you head to bed, jump those clocks forward an hour, then sit down and write your congressman and tell him/her how asinine daylight savings is.

EDIT: him -> him/her

 

[Rhymes]

Damn thing, I've got a 30 page assignement due monday morning and that extra hour really would have been handy.

 

[Aramazd]

Just a friendly reminder for those of you in the USA, which apparently now includes the formerly sovereign nation of Canada, that daylight savings begins at 2 am local time tomorrow morning (April 2nd, 2006 - Sunday).

Thanks for the reminder. I forgot.

So, before you head to bed, jump those clocks forward an hour, then sit down and write your congressman and tell him how asinine daylight savings is.

Will do.

 

[bhsup]

Thanks for the reminder. I forgot.

Oh, the UK switches at the same time? I wasn't sure if/when other nations did it, so I didn't want to give out bogus information.

Will do.

I guess that should be "MP" for you, eh?

EDIT: Arg, you're not Mise!

 

[Taliesin]

Damn thing, I've got a 30 page assignement due monday morning and that extra hour really would have been handy.

Are you at McGill, or UQAM?

 

[LLXerxes]

Two weeks ago, we had a funny foriegn kid with a speech impedement try to tell us we had to set our clocks back for DST, but we had no idea what he was saying! Comic gold!

When does DST go back into effect?

 

[bhsup]

When does DST go back into effect?

For the USA, unsure about other nations:

• In 2006, daylight time begins on April 2 and ends on October 29.
• In 2007, daylight time begins on March 11 and ends on November 4.

 

[azzaman333]

DST finished in Australia last night. (approx 10 hours ago)

 

[kingjoshi]

Quit trying to fool everyone. It's next week. Not tonight.

I'm tired of all this lying. You don't even know who to trust anymore.

 

[Serutan]

Just a friendly reminder for those of you in the USA, which apparently now includes the formerly sovereign nation of Canada, that daylight savings begins at 2 am local time tomorrow morning (April 2nd, 2006 - Sunday).

Not in this part of the USA

 

[Rhymes]

Are you at McGill, or UQAM?

Actually UQAM

But you forgot UDM and Bishop.....

And yes, if I wasn't lurking on OT I wouldn't be needing that extra hour that much....

 

[bgast1]

Why do we even have to change the time? I personally so no reason in it.

 

[Rhymes]

Why do we even have to change the time? I personally so no reason in it.

If I recall, during WW1 or 2, mechanics would work from 6 in the morning untill dawn.. so by changing time, they extended the work day and that contributed to the wartime mobilisation.

 

[The Yankee]

There's also the theory that farmers need it, and the bill that will change the days we in the US do this next year was in an energy bill.

I find it silly, actually. Why "extend" the daylight to a time when people are likely still awake anyway? It'll mean more demand for energy as they'll use up air conditioning (a lot of them anyway)...and heat at night when it's "pushed back" an hour in the fall/winter. It would make more sense if it were reversed...

 

[Furiey]

Oh, the UK switches at the same time? .....

Nope, the UK switched last Sunday morning so has been on BST (British Summer Time = GMT+1) for a week now.

 

[A'AbarachAmadan]

Good reminder. We don't switch here, but it will affect those I call at the wrong hour.

 

[Jayhawk_Colin]

Thanks, that wouldve been embarassing to go into church an hour late

 

[Dreadnought]

If I recall, during WW1 or 2, mechanics would work from 6 in the morning untill dawn.. so by changing time, they extended the work day and that contributed to the wartime mobilisation.

6AM till dawn wouldn't be much of an effort

I think you mean dusk

 

[Rhymes]

6AM till dawn wouldn't be much of an effort

I think you mean dusk

No actually I meant till dawn tha day after

 

[ComradeDavo]

Nope, the UK switched last Sunday morning so has been on BST (British Summer Time = GMT+1) for a week now.

I've really noticed that switch actually, it has been stranging looking out window at 6pm and it still being light! Maybe for some reason this winter has felt extra dark or something