Say goodbye to daylight-saving time (Set your clocks back 1 hr tonight)

Houston Chronicle ^ | Oct. 29, 2005 | News

[FairOpinion]

WASHINGTON -- Prepare to set your clocks back one hour on Saturday night because Daylight Savings Time is coming to an end.

Daylight Savings officially ends at 2 a.m. on October 30th.

Federal law does not require states to observe Daylight Savings, but those that do must abide by the rules. From 1986 to 2006 the period has been the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October.

In August of this year, Congress passed a bill extending Daylight Savings. Starting in 2007, it will be observed from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November, extending the period about a month.

Arizona and Hawaii are the only states in the U.S. that don't observe Daylight Savings and stay on "standard time" all year long.

Many U.S. territories don't set their clocks back and forth, either.

The notion of Daylight Savings is credited to Benjamin Franklin, who is said to have first had the idea in 1784.

[FairOpinion]

I completely forgot and just happened to come across it.

For everyone else who forgot, this is the reminder.

[Keith in Iowa]

I get to work an extra hour tonight because of this....

[FairOpinion]

That's terrible! I hope they pay you for it.

[goldstategop]

"Fall behind, Spring ahead" ping

("Denny Crane: Gun Control? For Communists. She's a liberal. Can't hunt.")

[cyborg]

I ALMOST forgot!!! Good grief. I would have arrived at work an hour early and missed church. Thanks for this thread.

[Cicero]

Thanks for the reminder.

[Keith in Iowa]

It's on the timesheet...and overtime too... :)

[T Minus Four]

Time to change the smoke detector batteries!

[bonfire]

Lord, I HATE this time of year.

[Graybeard58]

What time is it in Indiana?

On October 30, 2005, at 02:00 DST, all areas currently operating on Daylight Saving Time adjusted clocks to 01:00. In the Eastern time zone, 77 Indiana counties were already operating at 01:00 EST and made no adjustment. However, five Indiana counties near Cincinnati, OH, and Louisville, KY, adjust from EDT to EST and five near Chicago, IL, adjust from CDT to CST.

[T Minus Four]

why?

[indianrightwinger]

That is weird, if they don't pay.

[Revolting cat!]

Easy to remember;

Spring back, Fall forward!

[NeoCaveman]

Lord, I HATE this time of year.

I don't mind this but I hate Spring forward. That's when the government steals an hour from me for six months and doesn't even pay me interest on it!

[bonfire]

Darkness.

[Paleo Conservative]

If you go out clubbing tonight remember that as soon as it gets to be 2 AM, the time will change back to 1 AM. This means there is one addtional hour that the bars will be open and serving alcohol.

[Ciexyz]

Ahh, an extra hour of Zzzzzzz's.

[FairOpinion]

"Spring back, Fall forward!"

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It's the OTHER WAY AROUND;

Fall BACK, spring FORWARD.

[impatient]

Spring back, Fall forward!

W's SCOTUS strategery ?

[TomGuy]

In August of this year, Congress passed a bill extending Daylight Savings. Starting in 2007

More legislative stupidity.

That will mess up every pre-programmed computer chip in every device currently 'timed' to adjust to daylight savings.