It's the Turning Back of the Clocks (days will now be shorter until March)

[SamAdams76]

So one of my favorite times of the year is getting an extra hour of sleep due to giving back the extra hour of daylight that we got back in April.

I'm a big proponent of Daylight Savings Time. Having that extra hour of daylight during warmer months is so important, especially for working people, who really benefit from the longer day.

I don't think I can convey in words how much I love Daylight Savings time and changing the clocks twice a year. It would be a much sadder world if we did not have a way to bring in extra daylight during the summer months.

From about mid May to mid September, I get home from work with ample daylight left and I get to putting a steak on the grill and having a beer or two while sitting on my patio, waiting for the fireflies to come out.

Thank you to Daylight Savings time for making that possible.

But now it's time to give that extra daylight back. Which is okay by me because it's getting too cold to sit out on that patio anyhow.

Starting Monday, I come home to total darkness as our days are now shorter but that's okay. I will be hanging up some Christmas lights (inside) this weekend and that will brighten my mood considerably. I always do Christmas lights floor to ceiling in the house and have them on through Super Bowl Sunday.

So I actually like the shorter days during the winter months. When it is dark and cold outside, you just want to crank up the fireplace, sit in a comfortable chair and spend a few hours reading a good book.

Also tonight, I get that extra hour of sleep as the day is 25 hours long. I wonder what I am going to dream about!

Two of my favorites days of the year is when the clocks change. In April, we make the day longer and in early November, we make the day shorter. All in balance.

Also, the angle of the sun is much lower this time of year so the sunlight comes through the windows most of the day (my condo faces the South). So even though it's colder outside, there is warmth on the inside. And when the sun goes down, the Christmas lights come on. So I can deal.

I have to give special thanks to Benjamin Franklin for coming up with a way to extend the daylight during the warmer months of the year.

[bgill]

More businesses are working 24/7 these days.

[bgill]

The furbabies can’t read the clock. They get up when the sun comes up. My alarm is them.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Shorter, like 23 hours???

[Grampa Dave]

Wrong the days are still 24 hours per day.

Our daylight time gets shorter.

[Savage Beast]

"days will now be shorter"

Is that because of climate change?

[Redcitizen]

That’s a mighty tasty way of cooking steaks on the stove top! 🐮❄️🥩. I’ve cooked stove top steak every now and then with my cast iron skillet but I’m sure your technique is better than mine.

[HotHunt]

I don't really care about all this talk of grilling steaks in the snow or having more time to do drink beer on the patio or whatever.

No where in the vanity or in any of the comments does anybody explain what to I do with the clock tonight when I go to bed?

If I go to bed at 11:00 PM, do I turn the hands on the clock to 10:00 PM or to 12:00 AM?

Thanks in advance to anybody who can provide the answer for me. :-)

[CatOwner]

In a household with cats, I despise the switch back to standard time. Rather than being able to sleep until at least 6am before the cats start with the morning ritual of waking me up to be fed, they'll now start at what will be 5am tomorrow.

The only saving grace is we're now retired. When I worked, I needed to be up by 5am to get to work by 6am. The days right after the switch back to standard time our cats would start with the morning wake-up ritual at 4am. While most people feel like they "gain" extra sleep the first few weeks after the clock change, I wasn't as lucky in years past.

[gogeo]

10:00.

[huckfillary]

That’s crazy. Changing the clocks forward or backward does not by a second alter the duration of day and night.

[Drago]

It is “Daylight Saving Time”, and does nothing to change the length of daylight hours. I prefer the daylight in the morning. Stay on standard time year round.

[Redcitizen]

“ 40 posted on 11/2/2019, 3:21:54 PM by ctdonath2 “

DST also changes the time stamps on your posts to conform with everyone else.

[HotHunt]

Thanks. :-)

[Data Miner]

This is sarcasm, right?

[Kirkwood]

No, there was no year round DST in the 70s. You must have been on drugs or living in a state like parts of Indiana or Arizona where they don’t change their clocks.

[Data Miner]

Arizona is smart. Be like Arizona.

[sport]

Actually they will shorten until December 21st and start lengthening June 21st then start getting shorter until December 21st.

[Boomer]

Coyote? We’ve got a million of ‘em down here in the Southwest.

[equaviator]

"one of my favorite times of the year is getting an extra hour of sleep due to giving back the extra hour of daylight that we got back in April."

Do you really get an extra hour of sleep? I haven't been keeping track year after year but I still seem to be waking up at about the same time on the first Sunday of the end of Daylight Savings Time.

[huckfillary]

That’s crazy. Changing the clocks forward or backward does not by a second alter the duration of day and night.