Just a reminder for those of us who observe daylight savings time to roll your clocks back one hour tonight before going to bed. Another hour for whatever!

Am I crazy?

Didn't congress decide to add a couple of weeks onto DLSP????

NJ

I was thinking that too NJ but I then found this...

This year, Congress voted to extend daylight time by four weeks starting in 2007, from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November.

This of course doesn't mean you're NOT crazy.

[ October 29, 2005, 02:40 PM: Message edited by: Maddog ]

Thanks Maddog....

And yeah....most folks that half know me will argue in favor of that crazy part. wink

NJ

If I were JIP, I might come here and remind you that there's no such thing as "Daylight Savings Time." wink

As usual, Canada probably won't have much choice but to follow the US lead on the extension of DST in '07, although there is not much enthusiasm for it here. It wasn't that long ago the US decided to start DST in early April instead of late April, and now they want to begin it in early March? It's still bloody freezing here at that time of year, so I don't think people are going to get outside to 'enjoy' that extra hour of daylight. And we will just use more electricity when they get up in the morning, as it will be darker. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me...

As a matter of interest, the province of Saskatchewan does not switch to Daylight Saving Time, staying on Standard Time year round, the only jurisdiction in Canada to do so. Are there any states that don't make the switch?

[ October 29, 2005, 11:53 PM: Message edited by: Marc ]

Arizona doesn't switch, and parts of Indiana don't switch either, but not the whole state. I also don't think Alaska switches but I'm not sure about that.

Josh

hawaii doesn't switch.

Mainers Embrace Daylight Time Extension

Alaska switches, but Hawaii doesn't.

Just be quiet and do as we say and no one will get hurt.

Daylight Savings Time SUCKS! Why can't we just be on standard time all year long?

Ditto!

Au contraire! I liked how things were in '74 when we were on DST year-round. :cool:

Seriously though, some thought should be given to realigning the time zones in light of current demographics. We've seen some of that with the bill just signed into law allowing for local option, but a larger readjustment is in order. The last time the boundaries were changed was in the 1880s to accomodate railroad schedules. We've come along way since the steam locomotive.

The Energy savings for DST are huge. With DST we save just over 15% of the required total for electrical energy... We got DST back in the 70's as a conservation measure: and it worked incredibly well.

R

Typical American bully! :mad: Softwood lumber, Hudson's Bay Company, Tim Horton's and now tinkering with Daylight Saving Time...where does it end?? Will the Stanley Cup's permanent home and the Hockey Hall of Fame be relocated to Philadelphia? eek!

Further to the discussion about time zones and DST, the province of Newfoundland tried 'double' daylight savings a few years back, but I don't think it went over very well and was abandoned the next year, as it put the province way out of sync with the rest of North America.

Newfoundland already has its own unique time zone, a half-hour ahead of Atlantic time and 1.5 hours ahead of the Eastern time zone. It is closer in distance and time (3.5 hours behind) to UK than it is to the west coast of Canada (4.5 hours ahead). In the US, I believe some of the furthest Aleutian Islands are so far 'west' they are actually 'east', ie on the other side of Longitude 180 or the International Date Line.

Interesting comment I heard yesterday about DST...apparently business profits are higher as people are more likely to shop and $pend during daylight hours. So it's really all about money! Thus I'm surprised the US hasn't gone even further...why not extend DST to include the Christmas shopping season?

Its not the daylight savings that sucks. I don't mind the extra hour of sleep.

What REALLY REALLY sucks is switching back in April, when I have to get up 1 hour earlier.

Maybe it's because I rarely go to sleep at the same time any night of the week, but I am always amazed at how upset people get from missing one hour of sleep once a year.

That said, I hate that it will be dark when I leave work today.

All good things have a price. wink

You can keep the Hall of Fame. Don't want it to look like we're greedy. wink

Canadians and Americans, set your clocks ahead one hour tonight (except if you live in Saskatchewan, and a few of the states, I think). Since we will now have EIGHT MONTHS of Daylight Saving Time, in effect it has become the new norm or 'standard'. What we call 'Standard Time' should be re-named 'Daylight Losing Time' or some such thing! Personally, I think the whole thing is pointless, but there are experts who claim we will save a huge amount of energy...

Trivia tidbit: Chris Martin, singer for the British band Coldplay and husband of Gwyneth Paltrow, is the great-great-grandson of William Willett, the inventor of Daylight Saving Time. Appropriately, his group won a Grammy award for "Clocks" in 2004.

unless you stay awake during the time switch, if you go to sleep after the spring forward, then you don't lose that hour of sleep

In case you've forgotten, my Mom wanted me to remind you guys.



Now, isn't she the sweetest???

why even bother with going off DST-why not just impose it for good

doesn't make any sense