Are the clocks going back in October this year or what?

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I looked this up last year October and from what I remember the clocks are going back in October this year

Good. Damn clocks coming over here and stealing our jobs and out using as a welfare charity!

Paddy Cow wrote: »

Hang on. Does that mean that when the clocks go back on 31st October they will stay like that? Because that's not what I was hoping for. I thought they were going to stick with summer time? I HATE it with a passion when the clocks go back and it's all dark and dreary

Forward and back as per normal, then that's it. No changes at all next year (winter time is normal time - as in GMT for us - it's only in summer that it changes).

If they moved forward and stayed there, GMT would move to CET, and CET would move to EET (east european time).

NB - this is, as far as I know, still at the proposal stage and not confirmed.

I would rather it keep changing than keep GMT year round. I was hoping they were gonna keep summer time/CET year round.
Will be interesting to see what Britain does if this goes ahead.

Deleted User wrote: »

The plan is (as far as I know) to go to summertime and never change back to winter time.

Can we not just... never go back to winter?!

Clocks going forward is the same weekend as Brexit, so I think the UK will be too busy that weekend to implement a time change.

Skylar Loud Stovepipe wrote: »

Whatever the European high lords decide is best.

They reckon we will be busy enough erecting a hard border (that nobody in these islands want) for our Masters in Brussels this year. Next year they will want us to be European time, just like they kept us tied to European interest rates (which suited Germany) during our boom.

eyerer wrote: »

I would rather it keep changing than keep GMT year round. I was hoping they were gonna keep summer time/CET year round.
Will be interesting to see what Britain does if this goes ahead.

GMT doesnt really exist anymore,its not used, its UTC and variations of it.
It seems a bit silly for us to change our time relative to the UK who we have a border with, it would be ridiculous. Not sure what the benefits would be, might be better, but NI and really the rest of the UK and Ireland would have to be aligned, whatever is done.

youcantakethat wrote: »

They reckon we will be busy enough erecting a hard border (that nobody in these islands want) for our Masters in Brussels this year. Next year they will want us to be European time, just like they kept us tied to European interest rates (which suited Germany) during our boom.

Looking at a map of Europe, you'd think Western Europe should rightly not be in CET at the least Spain should be in UTC equivalent to what GMT was.
Probably wouldnt be practical for France, but geographically it seems correct, but Spain is divided by a physical geographical barrier from the rest of Europe and juts out as far if not further west than Ireland. It would make sense for Spain as Portugal uses UTC. Most of its connections are going to be by air where time differences can be more easily be dealt with by airline businesses.

dxhound2005 wrote: »

They won't be laughing when the Prime Meridian is moved from London to Paris. That will happen if there is a hard Brexit.

Its already been there in the past, Europe can move what they want in name, but the Prime Meridian is set, it would create more confusion and hassle and I guess thats why legacy systems and conventions exist, because it would be too much inconvenience to change them and could lead to creating hazards and increasing risks.

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

This is just so confusing.

So is it a once a year change, No change or what?
And what is the result?
Have to say I am totally baffled now. But that's not unusual for me either.

If it changes only once a year that will cause some problems, probably end up getting rid of the whole system of hour forward/back eventually, but we will still be an hour after CET, we bloody better or I'll feel like Im getting out of bed an hour too early. Thats a joke, like when they changed calenders somewhere in the late middle ages, there was a kind of horror that time was being stolen from peoples lives, I think they lost days to go from the Julian to the Gregorian Calender, when in fact it was just aligning correctly with the actual time corrected for errors. In other words, it will have no effect on anyone's lives, especially as if they do this, there will be less change and people will just get used to it.

bought a clock today not working , It's going back on Monday.