Victoria Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Feta1's sad post reminded me that there is a time change tonight, in North America. At 2:00 AM your local time, we'll go back one hour to 1:00 AM, wherever in the US and Canada you are. FREEBIE INFO: "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." I personally didn't like the earlier change at first, but as ever, I gradually began to see its benefits. BTW, EU countries changed over last Sunday, IIRC. And in Britain, we don't refer to Autumn as "Fall" (WTF), so Spring Forward, Fall Back doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 BTW, EU countries changed over last Sunday, IIRC. Correct. However, I wonder what value daylight savings has in this day and age, remembering that the winter time is the actual time and the summer time is the adjusted time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoria Posted November 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Correct. However, I wonder what value daylight savings has in this day and age, remembering that the winter time is the actual time and the summer time is the adjusted time. True enough. Its immediate advantages are more psychological, perhaps. BST always meant for me that we had sun until at least 9/10 PM -- always a plus for lazy village cricket matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docblackrock Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 I agree Pug. DST is outdated and unecessary these days. It's those bloody farmers complaining that they have to get up in the dark to count the mountains of cash they receive from EU susbsidies to NOT milk their cows I'd happily trade BST for a sundown at 8-9pm during summer with winter light until 6-7pm. p.s. VB - finally a decent avatar! I loved 'V' (the original not the crappy miniseries) - Diana was such an evil cow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 True enough. Its immediate advantages are more psychological, perhaps. BST always meant for me that we had sun until at least 9/10 PM -- always a plus for lazy village cricket matches. That conjures up images from The Man Who Made Husband's Jealous (novel, not dramatisation, of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 We did this days ago......quite a mess when one has 20+ watches and some clocks too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smittyscook Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Just to be 100% accurate, the province of Saskatchewan in Canada doesn't participate in daylight savings time, they just leave the clocks the same throughout the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 they just leave the clocks the same throughout the year So they do not even wind them up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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