NationStates Jolt Archive


SPRING AHEAD! 2 April 2006

Markreich
02-04-2006, 00:24
***Not an April Fool's Joke***

I don't know about the rest of the planet, but the US pushes the clocks ahead an hour at 2 AM Sunday morning!

Residents of some parts of the country can ignore the changes. Daylight-saving time isn’t observed in Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Marianas.

Thank you for finally converting, Indiana! :D

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10704009/from/RS.2/

EDIT: Yes, I know the poll is early, it only being 18.25 EST. I can't add it later... I'll be at the bar!
Posi
02-04-2006, 00:48
***Not an April Fool's Joke***

I don't know about the rest of the planet, but the US pushes the clocks ahead an hour at 2 AM Sunday morning!

Residents of some parts of the country can ignore the changes. Daylight-saving time isn’t observed in Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Marianas.

Thank you for finally converting, Indiana! :D

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10704009/from/RS.2/

EDIT: Yes, I know the poll is early, it only being 18.25 EST. I can't add it later... I'll be at the bar!
I think we should improve the system by changing it to "Spring Back, Fall Back". Plus it should remain possible to add "Winter Back" and "Fall Back"
Mariehamn
02-04-2006, 00:50
"Fall back, spring forward," is the proper American reminder propoganda.
Tarayshia
02-04-2006, 00:58
Yep, that's how I learned how to turn the clocks..
spring forward, fall back.
Utracia
02-04-2006, 01:12
***Not an April Fool's Joke***

I don't know about the rest of the planet, but the US pushes the clocks ahead an hour at 2 AM Sunday morning!

Yeah at 2 AM. It is just after 7 PM EST so it is a while until we need to worry.
Nadkor
02-04-2006, 01:13
We did this last weekend. Have fun losing an hour of your sleep :)
Boonytopia
02-04-2006, 02:13
We actually put our clocks back one hour last night.
Posi
02-04-2006, 02:16
We actually put our clocks back one hour last night.
That is cause your country is on the wrong side of the equator. :)
Digsy
02-04-2006, 02:24
That is cause your country is on the wrong side of the equator. :)

Heh, We're hording time :D
Boonytopia
02-04-2006, 03:30
Heh, We're hording time :D

Yes, we're hoarding it. In a few years time, when there's a critical time shortage, we'll sell it back to the world at vastly inflated prices! Mwahahahaha!!! :p
The Dozen
02-04-2006, 04:17
I plan to get up at 2AM just to set the clocks ahead. :p
Wallonochia
02-04-2006, 04:35
I already set mine ahead. I really wish I didn't have to be to work at 8:30 tomorrow morning
Novoga
02-04-2006, 05:18
Spring sucks, Summer sucks, Fall sucks, Winter sucks.

I want to find a to live on planet that has the perfect weather conditions.
Markreich
02-04-2006, 14:07
We actually put our clocks back one hour last night.

SO *that's* where it goes!! GIVE IT BACK!! :mad:
Ifreann
02-04-2006, 14:09
Didn't the clocks change last week?
Whereyouthinkyougoing
02-04-2006, 14:30
Thank you for finally converting, Indiana! :D
Aw, no, say it isn't so! :(

You always kinda had to admire their balls and/or sheer stubbornness to stick to something as confusing as this (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/daylight-saving-time/usa/indiana/index.htm) all these years:


1. 77 counties, most of the state of Indiana, are on Eastern Standard Time but do NOT use Daylight Saving Time (DST). They are in effect on the same time as Eastern Standard Time (e.g. New York) during the Winter and the same time as Central Daylight Saving Time (e.g. Chicago) during Summer.

2. 5 counties near Chicago, Illinois and 5 counties in the south-western corner of the state are on Central Standard Time and DO use Daylight Saving Time (DST).

3. 2 counties near Cincinnati, Ohio and 3 counties near Louisville, Kentucky are on Eastern Standard Time but DO observe Daylight Saving Time (DST).

Another bit of general insanity down the drain. :(
Markreich
02-04-2006, 16:15
Didn't the clocks change last week?

Not in the US.
Krakozha
02-04-2006, 16:22
***Not an April Fool's Joke***

I don't know about the rest of the planet, but the US pushes the clocks ahead an hour at 2 AM Sunday morning!

Residents of some parts of the country can ignore the changes. Daylight-saving time isn’t observed in Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Marianas.

Thank you for finally converting, Indiana! :D

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10704009/from/RS.2/

EDIT: Yes, I know the poll is early, it only being 18.25 EST. I can't add it later... I'll be at the bar!


Actually, Britain and Ireland pushed theirs ahead last weekend, so I spent a week being an extra timezone's worth of time separated from my parents! :(
(Bit of a bitch when it came to scheduled phone calls home! My boss wasn't happy when I dropped everything in the middle of the afternoon to have an hour long chat with home on MSN at my desk :eek: )
But all's well with the world again, now that the American's has FINALLY caught in with the rest of the western world! Time wise, that is, not technology/fashion wise, give it another couple of decades....
Ifreann
02-04-2006, 16:27
Not in the US.
Stupid America being all different and such. What with there pointlessly different spellings and all.
Cheese penguins
02-04-2006, 17:33
Stupid America being all different and such. What with there pointlessly different spellings and all.
lol i was drunk on changeover night here that was fun i changed my watch 3 adn a bit hours ahead... :(
Heavenly Sex
02-04-2006, 17:41
Feh... you stupid American are really slowpokes. We already have "summer time" (i.e. dst) since one week now! :p
WC Imperial Court
02-04-2006, 17:55
Stupid America being all different and such. What with there pointlessly different spellings and all.

Stupid Americans may spell things differently, but as far as I know all speakers of the English language agree on the usage of their to indicate the possessive of they. Sorry to be a grammar nazi, but when you criticize other people's spelling, you open yourself up to it.
New Granada
02-04-2006, 19:10
When God created Arizona to train the faithful, he forgot to train us in daylight savings time, so we go through life a bit confused about the whole business.
Whereyouthinkyougoing
02-04-2006, 19:14
When God created Arizona to train the faithful, he forgot to train us in daylight savings time, so we go through life a bit confused about the whole business.
I thought God created Arizona so old people had somewhere else to go besides Florida?
New Granada
02-04-2006, 19:20
I thought God created Arizona so old people had somewhere else to go besides Florida?


When the Armageddon comes, the faithful will need something to eat.