Daylight-saving time: It's back

hosted ^ | Mar 13

[JoeProBono]

Most Americans trade an hour's sleep this weekend for more evening sunshine to enjoy after work.

Officially the change to daylight saving time occurs at 2 a.m. Sunday, local time, though most folks set their clocks and watches ahead an hour before going to bed on Saturday

[votemout]

From the www: Daylight-Saving Time (DST) is observed in Colorado, where the time is shifted forward by 1 hour to Mountain Daylight Time (MDT); which is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-6).

After the Summer months the time in Colorado is shifted back by 1 hour to US Mountain Standard Time (MST) or (GMT-7)

[Outlaw Woman]

good deal. I’m glad for you. I’m on the hunt for some ‘good’ news.

[votemout]

Daylight Saving Time is not observed by those in Hawaii and in some regions of Arizona.

[txhurl]

Wow. Nice to talk to a kindred IT soul.

Looked at your frpage, thought you might like this from the semi-wayback machine:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2070297/posts?page=1

A word about Taglines, from heathen Chode.

[Outlaw Woman]

Hey thx for the info. :)

[freedumb2003]

That’s a great post — thanks! :)

[CORedneck]

I like DST, too bad it isn’t year round, no more messing with clocks twice each year. And I like more daylight at the end of the day. I am now in a job where it is 8:30am to 5:30pm, no more flex time unfortunately. I use to get out of work at 2pm and have some leisure time after work especially here in Colorado with the outdoors.

[txhurl]

Post #12, cynwoody formats it so it’s readable.

[SamAdams76]

Well I sure wish I could share everybody's "enthusiasm" for this Daylight Savings time, but I must say that I am tepid on the whole notion. All this fuss and bother with adjusting clocks on the microwave oven, the VCR, the coffee maker and the time machine I've been working on in the basement these past 20 years.

Speaking of all that, why is it that every single consumer device has a clock built into it? When I was younger, I don't remember clocks being every damn place. There was a clock on the kitchen wall and an alarm clock in the bedroom and that was about all there was for clock in my childhood home. Never did feel deprived about it either. I had just two clocks in my house and I was damn satisfied with that particular quantity of clocks.

And just what exactly is all this clock-shifting supposed to accomplish? An extra hour of daylight at the end of the workday? If I wanted more daylight at the end of the day, why I'd just adjust my work schedule accordingly.

I just don't get why I am supposed to sit here on a Saturday morning fussing over clocks and such. Can't we come up with better things to do on a Saturday?

I am so sick and tired of clocks. Wish they'd just go away.

[LurkedLongEnough]

Did anyone tell Microsoft?

[therut]

LOve it. Best time of the year. Makes me feel better. YEAH!!!!

[VeniVidiVici]

I love DST. Make it permanent.

[mc5cents]

[Walkingfeather]

haha i love it. sleep is for pussys.

[MinuteGal]

For those with terminal Attention Deficit Disorder (like me) remember when re-setting clocks....."Spring ahead, Fall back".

Leni

[Cyber Liberty]

I wish they would put it on DST once and for all and just leave it there.

Better idea: I wish they would put it on Standard Time once and for all and just leave it there. As we do in AZ and HI and a few other places.

[Cyber Liberty]

Why is DST getting earlier every year?

Brainiacs in DC. It is now Savings Time longer than it's Standard Time, so "standard" has become a misnomer.

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[BenKenobi]

Doesn’t really effect me. I’m on GMT-6 anyways, so 2 hours ahead of what folks live on here. All my clocks are GMT-6 too. :)

[jazminerose]

The CA desert does do daylight savings time.