DST this weekend for US!!! your friendly daylight saving time reminder thread

[ABEL]

When we change our clocks

Beginning in 2007, most of the United States begins Daylight Saving Time at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March and reverts to standard time on the first Sunday in November. In the U.S., each time zone switches at a different time.

In the European Union, Summer Time begins and ends at 1:00 a.m. Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time). It begins the last Sunday in March and ends the last Sunday in October. In the EU, all time zones change at the same moment.

> See more information about elsewhere in the world.

Spring forward, Fall back

During DST, clocks are turned forward an hour, effectively moving an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening.

Date change in 2007

On August 8, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This Act changed the time change dates for Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. Beginning in 2007, DST will begin on the second Sunday in March and end the first Sunday in November. The Secretary of Energy will report the impact of this change to Congress. Congress retains the right to resume the 2005 Daylight Saving Time schedule once the Department of Energy study is complete.

leave it to W. to srew things up.

 

[Carek1230]

Thanks for the annual seasonal reminder Lizzie!!

 

[Mr. BAW]

Thanks for not putting this in your journals; I'd have missed it...

 

[Got Philk?]

Faaaaaaaaaaaaaall Back!

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

thank god, i hate dst

 

[Sicy]

Me too

 

[indra]

thank god, i hate dst

Really?

I'm just the opposite -- I hate it when it gets dark so quickly in the evening.

 

[ABEL]

Thanks for not putting this in your journals; I'd have missed it...

 

[ladywithspinninghead]

Grrr, this means I have to start work at 6:30am tomorrow instead of 7am and have to work a 12.5 hour shift instead of 12

 

[Miringeltje]

One hour extra!
Woohoo!
Great!

 

[BonoIsMyMuse]

I got confused and set my clocks ahead last night. As soon as I realized I was up at 7 on a Sunday morning, I went back to bed for two more hours!

 

[U2MaNaIcWeIdO]

I totally forgot about this until I read this yesterday

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

i've been coaching in a basketball clinic every sunday for the past month and a half. today was the last sunday. the guy in charge never changed his watch, and let everyone out an hour early because he thought it was an hour later, allowing me to watch the entire colts-patriots game.

 

[DaveC]

It was dark at 5:30 pm. I hate winter time.

 

[beegee]

It's five-thirty and I'm already thinking about going to sleep.

 

[clarityat3am]

This is the longest day ever. Make it stop!

 

[randhail]

hooray for it not being pitch black out when I wake in the mornings.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

I'm just the opposite -- I hate it when it gets dark so quickly in the evening.

it's not natural for it to be light outside at like 7 pm

 

[DaveC]

it's not natural for it to be light outside at like 7 pm

Do you live at the equator or something, or just hate the sun? It stays light out here till 9:30-10 pm during the summer...

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

Ugh.

I already can't wait for March.

 

[indra]

it's not natural for it to be light outside at like 7 pm

I love the summertime when it's light until almost 10 pm.

Since I'm rarely up in the early morning (unless I don't sleep), evening light is more important to me than morning light.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Do you live at the equator or something, or just hate the sun? It stays light out here till 9:30-10 pm during the summer...

neither...

 

[BonoIsMyMuse]

hooray for it not being pitch black out when I wake in the mornings.

Yeah, that will be nice. Next semester I have to teach first thing in the morning, so I'll be up really early, and it's so hard for me to get up when it's still dark out. It feels so wrong.

 

[indra]

neither...

I got it!!

You're a vampire and like to get an early start in the evenings!

 

[Schmeg]

I love the summertime when it's light until almost 10 pm.

Since I'm rarely up in the early morning (unless I don't sleep), evening light is more important to me than morning light.

Same here; I love the sun out so late. It makes it hard to go to bed early, but I'd rather have light at the end of the day than at the beginning, even if I am up well before the crack of dawn's rosy cheeks in the morning.

Now let's all point and laugh at the frightening number of people who appeared at my work an hour early yesterday, and at the dope who turned the clock in the back ahead, making me all excited that it was 6:00 when it was actually only 4 today.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

I got it!!

You're a vampire and like to get an early start in the evenings!

close

i'm a whore

 

[Lila64]

 

[Carek1230]

I have to admit this is the first time I think that the time change has not affected me at all. Even after having been in Britain for 3 weeks, that didn't really affect me, nor was there much of an adjustment getting back.

 

[Babydoll]

Here it gets dark at 4 30 ish, and is pitch dark by 6. It's also pitch dark at 7 30 in the morning too.