Daylight Savings Time is over
When does the site update
Wednesday, November 2, 2005 by Lantec | Discussion: WinCustomize Site Issues
Pretty much there in the title. Daylight savings time ended Sunday Morning. The sites always been run on Central Time. Is the time going to channge or is the site now on Eastern Standard Time? 
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geyster
Reply #4 Thursday, November 3, 2005 7:45 AM
Reply #4 Thursday, November 3, 2005 7:45 AM
Arizona, & I think Indiana don't observe it. Now that could really get confusing.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #5 Thursday, November 3, 2005 7:59 AM
Reply #5 Thursday, November 3, 2005 7:59 AM
Never figured out why you call it daylight saving. As far as I see it doesn't save daylight, it just shifts it from morning to evening...
We call ours summer time, 'cause...um...its the time we have in summer... 
Erk.
Reply #6 Thursday, November 3, 2005 8:02 AM
I did ...I'll send it to you.
I put it in a glass jar.
Just make sure you open it outside...
...during daylight, or you won't see it.
Reply #6 Thursday, November 3, 2005 8:02 AM
| Crap! I didn't save any again! |
I did ...I'll send it to you.
I put it in a glass jar.
Just make sure you open it outside...
...during daylight, or you won't see it.
Double Zero
Reply #8 Thursday, November 3, 2005 9:28 AM
Reply #8 Thursday, November 3, 2005 9:28 AM
Actually they were considering getting rid of "Time Change" and I really wish they would have...
Maybe next year!
Maybe next year!
Sleeping Dragon
Reply #9 Thursday, November 3, 2005 10:10 AM
I wish they would get rid of time itself. Work when it gets light and stop when you get tired.
Reply #9 Thursday, November 3, 2005 10:10 AM
| Actually they were considering getting rid of "Time Change" and I really wish they would have... Maybe next year! |
I wish they would get rid of time itself. Work when it gets light and stop when you get tired.
NightTrainthedark
Reply #10 Thursday, November 3, 2005 10:37 AM
I believe that in 2007 it won't be anymore. It is still confusing.
Reply #10 Thursday, November 3, 2005 10:37 AM
| Actually they were considering getting rid of "Time Change" and I really wish they would have... |
I believe that in 2007 it won't be anymore. It is still confusing.
starkers
Reply #11 Thursday, November 3, 2005 11:04 AM
'Cept in Queensland.....where the cow cocky's (farmers) persuaded the powers that be, the time shift would confuse their livestock and they'd come in the wrong time for milking.
Reply #11 Thursday, November 3, 2005 11:04 AM
| [Jafo] Just started here.. |
'Cept in Queensland.....where the cow cocky's (farmers) persuaded the powers that be, the time shift would confuse their livestock and they'd come in the wrong time for milking.
Double Zero
Reply #12 Thursday, November 3, 2005 12:47 PM
LoL, thats what I do now, having the privaledge of working at a "piece rate" instead of an hourly wage... In either case however, the days do grow shorter in the winter (time change or not) and work for me slows down, time to start budgeting again..Grrrrrrrrrrr
Reply #12 Thursday, November 3, 2005 12:47 PM
| I wish they would get rid of time itself. Work when it gets light and stop when you get tired |
LoL, thats what I do now, having the privaledge of working at a "piece rate" instead of an hourly wage... In either case however, the days do grow shorter in the winter (time change or not) and work for me slows down, time to start budgeting again..Grrrrrrrrrrr
Jafo
Reply #13 Thursday, November 3, 2005 6:59 PM
Reply #13 Thursday, November 3, 2005 6:59 PM
Starkers....the deep North isn't known for its deep thinkers.....they had a premier once that proved that.....he seemed more lucid AFTER getting altzheimers....
....and then there was Pauline....
Lantec
Reply #14 Thursday, November 3, 2005 7:17 PM
As I understand it they will start 3 weeks earlier and end one week later which will increase it by one month.
Reply #14 Thursday, November 3, 2005 7:17 PM
| I believe that in 2007 it won't be anymore. |
As I understand it they will start 3 weeks earlier and end one week later which will increase it by one month.
joetheblow
Reply #15 Thursday, November 3, 2005 7:29 PM
Reply #15 Thursday, November 3, 2005 7:29 PM
Now really sure why it was made, but if you want to wake up in the morning to go to work and see some sun at around 6AM then day light savings works for you.
I think I heard it was made for farmers, but that can't be right because farmers get up when the sun comes up so it really doesn't matter if it says 5am or 4am. if the sun is up, its up.
For us regular people... going to work 9-5 and stuff... it seems like the day lasts a little longer. You don't have the sun coming in your window at 4am in the morning during the summer.
I think I heard it was made for farmers, but that can't be right because farmers get up when the sun comes up so it really doesn't matter if it says 5am or 4am. if the sun is up, its up.
For us regular people... going to work 9-5 and stuff... it seems like the day lasts a little longer. You don't have the sun coming in your window at 4am in the morning during the summer.
NightTrainthedark
Reply #16 Thursday, November 3, 2005 7:42 PM
Reply #16 Thursday, November 3, 2005 7:42 PM
The main purpose of Daylight Saving Time (called "Summer Time" in many places in the world) is to make better use of daylight. We change our clocks during the summer months to move an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening. This is done to conserve energy. I don't believe Farmers ever had anything to do with it.
Lantec
Reply #17 Thursday, November 3, 2005 7:45 PM
Reply #17 Thursday, November 3, 2005 7:45 PM
The original idea was to save energy by allowing people to stay outside a couple extra minutes in the evening during the summer.
starkers
Reply #18 Thursday, November 3, 2005 9:57 PM
In Queensland (Aust) they did.....as in nobody there getting it, that is. Okay, the cows getting confused about milking time might be a bit far fetched, but it's not too big a departure from the truth, with farmers insisting their routines would be thrown out. The then State Premier agreed with them, himself a peanut farmer, and worried about his crop ripening too early in the extra sunlight.
Poor, poor, dear old Joh....probably best remembered for plunging Qld back into the 'dark ages' with his tough, anti-unionist industrial legislation that effectively shut down the power grid for several weeks. Wonder if he regretted not having daylight saving then.
Some QLDer's say that Joh had a direct line to God, trouble is, when he rang, the answering machine said he was in the U.S. looking for his trousers.
Pauline = exasperating, particularly with her: "Please explain" Even when daylight saving was....she still went out and bought a container
Reply #18 Thursday, November 3, 2005 9:57 PM
| I don't believe Farmers ever had anything to do with it |
In Queensland (Aust) they did.....as in nobody there getting it, that is. Okay, the cows getting confused about milking time might be a bit far fetched, but it's not too big a departure from the truth, with farmers insisting their routines would be thrown out. The then State Premier agreed with them, himself a peanut farmer, and worried about his crop ripening too early in the extra sunlight.
| Starkers....the deep North isn't known for its deep thinkers.....they had a premier once that proved that.....he seemed more lucid AFTER getting altzheimers.. |
Poor, poor, dear old Joh....probably best remembered for plunging Qld back into the 'dark ages' with his tough, anti-unionist industrial legislation that effectively shut down the power grid for several weeks. Wonder if he regretted not having daylight saving then.
Some QLDer's say that Joh had a direct line to God, trouble is, when he rang, the answering machine said he was in the U.S. looking for his trousers.
Pauline = exasperating, particularly with her: "Please explain" Even when daylight saving was....she still went out and bought a container
Sleeping Dragon
Reply #19 Thursday, November 3, 2005 10:14 PM
Reply #19 Thursday, November 3, 2005 10:14 PM
Daylight saving time
"daylight saving time, (DST) time observed when clocks and other timepieces are set ahead so that the sun will rise and set later in the day as measured by civil time. The amount of daylight on a given day of the year at a given latitude is fixed, but over the year the hours of sunrise and sunset vary from day to day. During the summer months, the sun rises earlier and sets later and there are more hours of daylight. If clocks and other timepieces are set ahead in the spring by some amount (usually one hour), the sun will rise and set later in the day as measured by those clocks. This provides more usable hours of daylight for activities that occur in the afternoon and evening, such as outdoor recreation. Daylight saving time can also be a means of conserving electrical and other forms of energy. In the fall, as the period of daylight grows shorter, clocks are set back to correspond to standard time.
Benjamin Franklin, when serving as U.S. minister to France, wrote an article recommending earlier opening and closing of shops to save the cost of lighting. In England, William Willett in 1907 began to urge the adoption of daylight saving time. During World War I the plan was adopted in England, Germany, France, and many other countries. In the United States, Robert Garland of Pittsburgh was a leading influence in securing the introduction and passage of a law (signed by President Wilson on Mar. 31, 1918) establishing daylight saving time in the United States. After World War I the law was repealed (1919). In World War II, however, national daylight saving time was reestablished by law on a year-round basis. National year-round daylight saving time was adopted as a fuel-saving measure during the energy crisis of the winter of 1973–74. In late 1974, standard time was reinstituted for the winter period. In 1987 federal legislation fixed the period of daylight saving time in the United States as the first Sunday (previously the last Sunday) in April to the last Sunday in October. Arizona, Hawaii, and sections of Indiana do not use daylight saving time."
"daylight saving time, (DST) time observed when clocks and other timepieces are set ahead so that the sun will rise and set later in the day as measured by civil time. The amount of daylight on a given day of the year at a given latitude is fixed, but over the year the hours of sunrise and sunset vary from day to day. During the summer months, the sun rises earlier and sets later and there are more hours of daylight. If clocks and other timepieces are set ahead in the spring by some amount (usually one hour), the sun will rise and set later in the day as measured by those clocks. This provides more usable hours of daylight for activities that occur in the afternoon and evening, such as outdoor recreation. Daylight saving time can also be a means of conserving electrical and other forms of energy. In the fall, as the period of daylight grows shorter, clocks are set back to correspond to standard time.
Benjamin Franklin, when serving as U.S. minister to France, wrote an article recommending earlier opening and closing of shops to save the cost of lighting. In England, William Willett in 1907 began to urge the adoption of daylight saving time. During World War I the plan was adopted in England, Germany, France, and many other countries. In the United States, Robert Garland of Pittsburgh was a leading influence in securing the introduction and passage of a law (signed by President Wilson on Mar. 31, 1918) establishing daylight saving time in the United States. After World War I the law was repealed (1919). In World War II, however, national daylight saving time was reestablished by law on a year-round basis. National year-round daylight saving time was adopted as a fuel-saving measure during the energy crisis of the winter of 1973–74. In late 1974, standard time was reinstituted for the winter period. In 1987 federal legislation fixed the period of daylight saving time in the United States as the first Sunday (previously the last Sunday) in April to the last Sunday in October. Arizona, Hawaii, and sections of Indiana do not use daylight saving time."
starkers
Reply #20 Friday, November 4, 2005 3:04 AM
Reply #20 Friday, November 4, 2005 3:04 AM
Thanks, SD, for the interesting piece on the origins of daylight savings.
Hope it's okay, but I'd like to send a copy to my mother, who's really into he time thing. Actually, she's near an obsessive-compulsive fanatic about time, reading and studying all she can on the subject. She even advocates a single world time to simplify all manner of things, but I suspect in part because her sister, bathed in England's daylight, frequently rings her in the middle of the night in Australia
Anyway, she'd find this info on the origins and founders of daylight saving an interesting read.
Hope it's okay, but I'd like to send a copy to my mother, who's really into he time thing. Actually, she's near an obsessive-compulsive fanatic about time
, reading and studying all she can on the subject. She even advocates a single world time to simplify all manner of things, but I suspect in part because her sister, bathed in England's daylight, frequently rings her in the middle of the night in Australia Anyway, she'd find this info on the origins and founders of daylight saving an interesting read.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, November 2, 2005 1:13 PM
Crap! I didn't save any again!