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What time is it when the clock strikes half past 62? Time to change the way we measure time, according to a U.S. government proposal that businesses favor, astronomers abominate and Britain sees as a threat to its venerable standard, Greenwich Mean Time. Word of the U.S. proposal, made secretly to a United Nations body, began leaking to scientists earlier this month. The plan would simplify the world's timekeeping by making each day last exactly 24 hours. Right now, that's not always the case. Because the moon's gravity has been slowing down the Earth, it takes slightly longer than 24...

Snip: Indiana to observe daylight-saving time - effective April 2, 2006.

WASHINGTON - Break out the croquet set and set up the barbecue. Daylight-saving time was making its return this weekend. That meant pushing the clocks ahead — spring forward — to gain an hour of light in the evening for warm summer recreation. The official change was at 2 a.m. Sunday, local time. It's also a good time to replace batteries in smoke alarms, safety advocates urge. Daylight-saving time ends the last Sunday in October. Some parts of the country don't observe daylight-saving time. These include Arizona, Hawaii, the part of Indiana in the Eastern time zone, Puerto Rico, the...

As a resident of Indiana for the past six years I have rode the yearly roller-coaster of trying to get Indiana to observe Daylight Savings time. We are on Eastern time until April when our clocks are aligned with the Central time zone, and then in October we go back to Eastern. Can you imagine the constant confusion that we live with? Finally this year it had a real chance of passing. That was until the Democrats walked out on the session and refuse to vote. Time expired and the bill died. I have lived in Texas, California, New Jersey...

Daylight-Saving Time Is Back Apr 3, 2004 The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Daylight-saving time has returned. For most Americans, that meant setting clocks one hour ahead Saturday night. The official change came at 2 a.m. local time. Folks who forgot were an hour late Sunday for church, work or other events. Daylight-saving time lasts until Oct. 31. Safety officials suggest the annual ritual also is a good time to change batteries in smoke detectors to ensure they will work if needed. Some parts of the country don't observe daylight-saving time: Arizona, Hawaii, the part of Indiana in the Eastern...

WASHINGTON (AP) - For most of the nation it's time to fall back. For one night, the shift to standard time will give people an extra hour of sleep as clocks are set back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, local time. It also means this is the weekend that the millions who work overnight shifts are on the job an hour extra. For most people, though, it simply means having to remember to set the clock back an hour before retiring Saturday night. The time change is not taking place in Arizona, Hawaii, the part of Indiana in...

FALL BACK

<p>Standard time returns to most of America today. The hour of change was 2 a.m., local time, but most people made the change before hitting the sack last night and gained an extra hour of sleep. Daylight-saving time returns April 6.</p>

Boy, I hate daylight savings time for a ton of reasons. I hate getting up at 2 am sunday morning to change the batteries in my smoke detector. Oh, yes, if you try to change them early, or late, they detect that. And call the fire department. Since I've saved time all summer long, do you think the government will give me credit for it? Spring ahead, fall back. Now I have to remember a nursery rhyme to tell the time. This is dumb. Well not as dumb as "twinkle , twinkle, little star, now I wonder what time you...

Admit it, Saskatchewan has failed to convince the rest of Canada Daylight Savings Time (DST) is bad. No province has adopted DST only to revoke it later. The rest of Canada was treated to the wonders of "Saskatchewan Time" on federal election night in 1997 when our polling results were delayed until after results from British Columbia because of time zone confusion. More Saskatchewan people than ever conclude that for our own convenience, and to end the confusion of others, this should change. Switching to Central Daylight Time (CDT) in April, 2003 and returning to CST in October, 2003 would...

Just a reminder