Daylight Saving Time
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DST is an anachronism left over from an agricultural economy.
We probably could have gotten it killed off in a few years, but the environmentalists have co opted it as part of their cause. We're stuck with it forever now that it's a political tool..
We probably could have gotten it killed off in a few years, but the environmentalists have co opted it as part of their cause. We're stuck with it forever now that it's a political tool..
JustAnotherVictim
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You'd think that if we were going through the trouble of changing when it happened, we could have done away with it just as easily... I really could have used that hour of sleep last night...
My cell and PC switched over right as they should, I have yet to change clock in the supra yet LOL
My girlfriend and I both woke up around 10am
She rolled over and looked at me and said "wow, I can't believe we slept till 10" (she's not a late sleeper)
I said "just imagine, it'd be 11 if it were tomorrow" (thinking we changed them tonight, not last night)
her: ::horrified look:
me: what?
her: "you didn't change the clocks ahead?"
me: no, was I supposed to?
her: YES!
me: well, you'd better get out of bed! you gotta be at work in 10 minutes ago!
lmao
I guess she wasn't the only person... 3 other people did the same thing.
She rolled over and looked at me and said "wow, I can't believe we slept till 10" (she's not a late sleeper)
I said "just imagine, it'd be 11 if it were tomorrow" (thinking we changed them tonight, not last night)
her: ::horrified look:
me: what?
her: "you didn't change the clocks ahead?"
me: no, was I supposed to?
her: YES!
me: well, you'd better get out of bed! you gotta be at work in 10 minutes ago!
lmao
I guess she wasn't the only person... 3 other people did the same thing.
I changed my alarm clock, but i didnt change my cell because its supposed to do it automatically. Boy was i wrong, i ended up being and hour late for work.
does this mean in a few weeks the electronics that were supposed to set time time automatically that didn't yet will jump another hour?
BorHor said:
Maybe, depending on the way they adjust for daylight savings. Some actually synchronize with a server for your time zone, instead of just blindly adding/subtracting an hour. However I would suspect those electronics would have updated at the right time. Ones that don't synchronize with a server (like a device that doesn't have internet access) and has daylight savings time hard coded in will jump at the old time...
i was waiting for my bus to come to go to university. it never came. furiously i went for breakfast and then realized i didn't change my clocks....