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Daylight Savings Time..

PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 3:09 pm
by Hai Perso Coyone?
Isn't today the day that us Europeans set back our clocks? Or do we set them one hour ahead? I have no idea...we put our clocks back and hour right? My dad insists that we put it forward...but I thought we put it forward like in October or something...Some mind helping me out? I'm a n00b at this stuff...LOL...I've never had experiences with Dayligght Savings Time...We never had it in Sudan... ;D

Re: Daylight Savings Time..

PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 3:11 pm
by Tweek
A little logic would help you out here!

As it will now get dark later, you'll have to move the clocks FORWARD. If it get's dark at 18.00 now, you'll want to move it to 19:00 in order for it to get dark then, which is later! ;D

I hope that makes sense... but yes... FORWARD!

Re: Daylight Savings Time..

PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 3:15 pm
by Theis
in Denmark we have this trick:
Spring forward, Fall back! ;D

Re: Daylight Savings Time..

PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 3:16 pm
by Craig.
Dang it. Gotta be up even earlier on monday now :'(

Re: Daylight Savings Time..

PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:13 pm
by Cobra
LOl yeh, nice being lighter in the evenings though, i would be all up for putting them 2 hours back :P

Re: Daylight Savings Time..

PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:15 pm
by Hagar
i would be all up for putting them 2 hours back :P

It's forward. :P ;)

Re: Daylight Savings Time..

PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:05 pm
by Woodlouse2002
I quite like GMT. Contemplating not going on to BST this year. ;D

Re: Daylight Savings Time..

PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:38 pm
by Triple_7
I thought DST starts next weekend...on the 2nd ???  Usualy not concerned with it but as of this year Indiana officialy addopts DST >:( Why...cause some idiots decided it was best for us :-/  

So, i know its set them ahead...but is it this week or next ???

Re: Daylight Savings Time..

PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:41 pm
by Hagar
So, i know its set them ahead...but is it this week or next ???

This week in the UK & Europe. Probably next week in the US.

Re: Daylight Savings Time..

PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:06 pm
by smashie
Yup 'tis forward, and not back, later this year. Next year it will be be forward again. So say goodbye to GMT/Zulu.

We will then be Central European Time

Re: Daylight Savings Time..

PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:12 pm
by Hagar
If I understand what you're saying that would be double summertime all year round. I don't know where you are smashie but I've not heard anything about that here. People have very short memories. They tried messing around like that back in the 70s & there were so many protests they had to go back.

Anyways, it's now 2.09 am where I am. Time for bed. :D

Re: Daylight Savings Time..

PostPosted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:52 am
by smashie
Hagar,

It's a bill being proposed,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4834108.stm

Cheers,

Mark

Re: Daylight Savings Time..

PostPosted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:13 am
by Paz
 I don't even want to get started on DST, it's political stupidity, just leave the clocks where they're supposed to be instead of trying to decide for the rest of us what time it should be.

Re: Daylight Savings Time..

PostPosted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:15 am
by Hagar
Hagar,

It's a bill being proposed,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4834108.stm

Cheers,

Mark

Ah, that old chestnut crops up on a regular basis. Someone always wants to change things. ::)
Been there done that. Tried it & didn't like it. The current way is best & much safer, trust me.

Don't know where he got those stats from either. ::)

Re: Daylight Savings Time..

PostPosted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 12:06 pm
by Tweek
"Lord Tanlaw's system would mean clocks no longer reverted to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) in October, but would stay one hour ahead until March. Another hour would then be added until the following October."

Ugh... that would be awful. That would mean that in the summer (around 21st June), it would be going on 11pm before it gets dark... That's just not right, unless you live in the Arctic Circle!

I bet it's coming people who are afraid of ghosts! ;D