clocks

Lynfo

Anybody know what date the clocks go back?

Mr. Presentable

2am on 29th

Trampas

next weekend

TerrorFirmer

So we get an extra hour?

petes

Darker in the mornings. Makes it harder for me to get up.

xzanti

petes wrote:

Darker in the mornings. Makes it harder for me to get up.

I thought it gave us a more light in the mornings no??

TerrorFirmer

xzanti wrote:

I thought it gave us a more light in the mornings no??

Considering we are heading into winter....no!!

Yakuza

In Europe, the hour changes on the last Sundays in March and October. We call it Summer Time, the yanks call it "Daylight Savings Time" (also, it begins a week later in the US).

The clock goes back on the 29th, so we "gain" an extra hour in bed. The mornings will be brighter as the brightness that was was 8:00am on Sat 28th is now at 7:00am on Sunday 29th.

But, the evenings are darker too, as the light level at 6:00pm on Sat 28th now is at 5:00pm on the Sunday.

Splinter

woo extra hours kip for me

petes

xzanti wrote:

I thought it gave us a more light in the mornings no??

I started thinking about this after I posted. I always get confused about it.

manonthemoon

petes wrote:

I started thinking about this after I posted. I always get confused about it.

fall forward - spring back

or is it

Fall back - spring forward

6ix

Spring forward, Fall back.

Mossy Monk

hurray for darkness

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Mossy Monk wrote:

hurray for darkness

I believe in a thing called love...?

Mossy Monk

i think i conveyed the wrong image

hurray for it getting darker earlier

petes

Ikky Poo2 wrote:

I believe in a thing called love...?

Alas, they are no more.

xzanti

HavoK wrote:

Considering we are heading into winter....no!!

No but it gives us more light for a week or so, cause its getting bright earlier..

Lynfo

xzanti wrote:

No but it gives us more light for a week or so, cause its getting bright earlier..

i think u might be right there, but it will defo get darker in a couple of weeks in the maidin - going to work in the dark, coming home in the dark - i guess this means that i'll start getting blinded by peoples headlights again...
not to mention the flipping cold in the morning when you're trying to defrost the car...

free2fly

Yakuza wrote:

In Europe, the hour changes on the last Sundays in March and October. We call it Summer Time, the yanks call it "Daylight Savings Time" (also, it begins a week later in the US).

Daylight Savings Time does begin a week later here, but we change our clocks back on October 29th at 2am as well.

Adam

free2fly wrote:

Daylight Savings Time does begin a week later here, but we change our clocks back on October 29th at 2am as well.

I spoke to an American woman during the summer, if I recall correctly she was from Texas [or Tennassee(sp?), it was definitely a 'T' state...], and she told me they don't even bother with DST...

Mossy Monk

when the clocks change the americans are a week late. plays havock with tv as live broadcasts are an hour later than usual until they change too

madhitchhiker

it is the adjustment thing that makes the clock change hard. and yet, after you're used to it you are called to switch back to normal. :rolleyes:

iguana

From ww2 to the early 70's we used to be an extra hour off gmt. So while now we are on gmt+1 and next week we will be on gmt. 40 years ago the winter was gmt+1 and summer was gmt+2. So official summertime was what we had in winter and in summer there was an extra hour of light in the evenings.

I wish we could go back to that. An extra hour of light each evening would be nice. Especially when I am walking my dogs after work and we have to race to the park so they can get 20 minutes off lead time where I'm not worried about a mad man jumping out of the bushes. Not even going to manage that next week.:(

Dooom

manonthemoon wrote:

fall forward - spring back

or is it

Fall back - spring forward

Spring ahead, fall behind.

Wishbone Ash

splinter wrote:

woo extra hours kip for me

Or for those of use who work nights - an extra hour of work for no pay! :eek:


They clocks do not actually go 'back' in the winter. They just resume to normal time. Summer time is artificial. Winter time is the 'real' time.

Steoob

Spike wrote:

Spring ahead, fall behind.

haha that thing is harder to remember than just knowing when to put it forward or back

Dooom

I've always wondered what it'd be like if I didn't set the clock forward/back. I'd be an hour late/early for everything, and it'd probably completely screw my whole body up. Could be funny though.

Feral Mutant

Damnit. The "spring forward, fall back" thing used to make perfect sense to me. Now, thanks to this thread, the next time I think of it I probably won't remember which way it is.

Black Swan

"Fall back!" (next weekend).

Ruu_Old

I refuse to change my clocks back, no bloody way! *sulks*

gucci

am i just completely mad or did the clocks adjust an extra hour back or forward around 1990? like it went back twice or forward twice, bearing in mind i was only 7 + im from the west of ireland it might explain why im confused!?!?

xzanti

Does anyone actually know why we observe this ritual of daylight savings time??

gucci

is it not something to do with kids walking to school etc and meaning there should be less accidents because they will be walking in the daylight??

Archeron

And for farmers to have an extra hour in the morning for collecting the coconut harvest.

darkflower

and for me to see clearly which ride i should be taking.:rolleyes:

pbsuxok1znja4r

HavoK wrote:

Considering we are heading into winter....no!!

It will be brighter in the mornings for the first while after the change. It will of course continue to get less bright though...it being winter and all.

DilbertPartII

it's like reprogramming your system to adapt another habit.:mad: