Spring Forward/Fall Back

[Sir Henry]

I think we all know or should know that GMT was set up as a starting point for navigation around the world and that really wasn't even close to accurate until the invention of accurate clocks or chronometers .How many know why the time zones in the U.S. were adapted in the 1880's?

The railroads?

[dave77]

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-his ... time-zones

[Travlin]

Yes the railroads the internet of their day.

[JEBar]

h​ere we go again ....for 2024 Daylight Savings begins one week from today on Sunday, March 10th and sadly it is scheduled to end on Sunday, November 3rd ....as usual, I'm looking forward to it getting here and already dreading ending

[Cowboy Gun Fan]

On a positive note, at least Nov 3rd is a lot more later that it used to be.

[Mags]

Oregon tried passing legislation awhile back for permanent DST. It failed.
Recently they tried passing legislation for permanent Standard time. It also failed.
So for now we are stuck with the seasonal flip-flop. I don't like the flip-flop.

[Mags]

In today's news...
Oregon Senate narrowly passes bill to abolish daylight saving time.
Has been sent to the Oregon House and had its first reading on Monday. But it could be a 10 year wait.
https://katu.com/news/local/oregon-sena ... d-politics
https://www.kptv.com/2024/03/04/oregon- ... on-follow/

[Sir Henry]

Time doesn’t change only our perception of it.

[Hatchdog]

h​ere we go again ....for 2024 Daylight Savings begins one week from today on Sunday, March 10th and sadly it is scheduled to end on Sunday, November 3rd ....as usual, I'm looking forward to it getting here and already dreading ending

Crap. I was enjoying the earlier light but now it’s gone again for a while. I’m a morning person not a night person so the more light in the morning the better.

[markiver54]

It seems like there's never enough time in a day when working on projects or doing chores outside. I'd take the longer days year-round if we could.

[Sir Henry]

h​ere we go again ....for 2024 Daylight Savings begins one week from today on Sunday, March 10th and sadly it is scheduled to end on Sunday, November 3rd ....as usual, I'm looking forward to it getting here and already dreading ending

Crap. I was enjoying the earlier light but now it’s gone again for a while. I’m a morning person not a night person so the more light in the morning the better.

I think a lot of people enjoy the morning light. The last two times we stayed on daylight time year round people complained about the lack of morning light. That’s why we returned to switching back and forth.

People don’t like the few days after we switch yet they don’t like daylight saving time in the winter either. I like the twice yearly ritual of changing and so do a lot of people. We just aren’t as vocal as the others that don’t.

[dave77]

I don't mind changing my clocks although it was a pain when I was working as I had many clocks I had to change manually and also some radio signal controlled clocks that had a hard time getting reception depending on their location (no manual setting possible).

Now that I'm retired and very rarely get up before 10 I would like the extra hour of daylight in the afternoon although I do not like the idea of young kids having to stand at the bus stops or walk to school in the dark.

Doesn't really matter what I think as WA, OR and CAL have all said they will go to year around DST if Congress ever approves it.

[JEBar]

tonight's the night to Spring Forward

[markiver54]

tonight's the night to Spring Forward

Looking forward to it!

[dave77]

My phone will update on it's own tonight, will change the rest Sunday. The only one that is difficult to change is the aftermarket Pioneer receiver in my Miata. Sometimes I don't change it just leave it on DST and subtract an hour, numbers are so small it's hard to see anyway.

[Vaquero]

Well, here I am, all sprung forward....
Good morning.

RP

[Sir Henry]

Well, here I am, all sprung forward....
Good morning.

RP

I did it yesterday as a protest to the government about them telling me what time it is. Okay I did it so I wouldn’t have to get up at 2 am when it was scheduled.

This morning I barely noticed the change because I get up the same time no matter what the clock says. It’s bright and sunny today and tonight is when I’ll notice the change.

I get up with the chickens so for me it’s a gradual change.

[Vaquero]

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RP

[Hatchdog]

Here shortly I’m going to spring out of my chair and spring my clocks forward one hour. I will utter a cuss word with each advancement of time

[Mags]

We had a power outage last night. Those clocks had to be sprung forward several hours.