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...and I forgot about it. I'm now sitting up an hour earlier than I planned to be, knowing that I could still be nice and snug in my bed.

Have the clocks gone back where you are yet?

...and I forgot about it. I'm now sitting up an hour earlier than I planned to be, knowing that I could still be nice and snug in my bed.

Have the clocks gone back where you are yet?

The clock on NSG says it's 4:40am, the computer says 3:40am, what the fuck is the right time...est?

The clock on NSG says it's 4:40am, the computer says 3:40am, what the fuck is the right time...est?

3:40something.

...and I forgot about it. I'm now sitting up an hour earlier than I planned to be, knowing that I could still be nice and snug in my bed.

Have the clocks gone back where you are yet?
Yeah i was meaning to mention that they went forwards here about 4 or 5 weeks ago.
People should tell 'us' the time where they are...

It is 9:41pm Sunday 29th October here.

The clock on NSG says it's 4:40am, the computer says 3:40am, what the fuck is the right time...est?
3.40

A little less that 20 minutes and then I travel back in time to correct the mistakes of an hour ago.

i was sitting at this bar last night when i looked at my phone and realized that time was moving backwards. I thought for a moment that this was the first step of the revolution, but unfortunately I was wrong, time wasn't moving backwards my phone had just automatically switched to winter time.

A little less that 20 minutes and then I travel back in time to correct the mistakes of an hour ago.

You've got to feel sorry for the people working night shifts - an extra hours work for no extra pay.

Do we really need the Daylight Savings time anymore?

3:44 AM.

Yeah i was meaning to mention that they went forwards here about 4 or 5 weeks ago.
People should tell 'us' the time where they are...

It is 9:41pm Sunday 29th October here.

It's 8:45 AM, Sunday here. And I got up at 9 AM. :mad:

You've got to feel sorry for the people working night shifts - an extra hours work for no extra pay.

Actually my dad who is working now is getting extra pay.

*tries to change clock on NSG*

You've got to feel sorry for the people working night shifts - an extra hours work for no extra pay.

Ouch, that's gotta suck. There has to be some sort of mechanism for that...

*tries to change clock on NSG*

Mine had gone automatically back to GMT when I came on this morning.

A little less that 20 minutes and then I travel back in time to correct the mistakes of an hour ago.
You mean like that typo?:p

Do we really need the Daylight Savings time anymore?

3:44 AM.
No, not really. But there's some idiots who want to change Britain's time zone! (http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?threadID=4561&&edition=1&ttl=20061029084603) Idiots - they claim that roads would be safer for children and cyclists...In the morning, maybe, but when it gets dark before the kids leave school(!), who's it safer for then. Morons, the lot of them.

Mine had gone automatically back to GMT when I came on this morning.

Mine wasn't detecting DST, or something.

All fixed!

Thank you for making this thread and reminding me of why I saw two different times.

Mine had gone automatically back to GMT when I came on this morning.
I was on here at about half 1 this morning (GMT, not BST), and Jolt hadn't corrected it by then. I spent several minutes being confused about posting times.

Mine had gone automatically back to GMT when I came on this morning.
I can't really remember what mine does, all i know is i add or take away an hour at different times of the year and then add +12 and such.:)

No, not really. But there's some idiots who want to change Britain's time zone! (http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?threadID=4561&&edition=1&ttl=20061029084603) Idiots - they claim that roads would be safer for children and cyclists...In the morning, maybe, but when it gets dark before the kids leave school(!), who's it safer for then. Morons, the lot of them.

Maybe it's time the world start going on GMT time?

You mean like that typo?:p

What other use is there for a globe-encompassing time machine?

No, not really. But there's some idiots who want to change Britain's time zone! (http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?threadID=4561&&edition=1&ttl=20061029084603) Idiots - they claim that roads would be safer for children and cyclists...In the morning, maybe, but when it gets dark before the kids leave school(!), who's it safer for then. Morons, the lot of them.

I saw that - they want GMT +1 for winter and GMT +2 for summer.

I'm not sure you can get a bigger symbol of the size of the Nanny State than the Government arbitrarily deciding what the time is.

You've got to feel sorry for the people working night shifts - an extra hours work for no extra pay.

I spent 73 hours in county jail (a while ago, alcohol-related offense) on a three day sentence. When I pointed out that I had already done my three days (while out-processing), the guard gave me the equivalent of 'tough shit'.

That Bastard. :upyours:

I can't really remember what mine does, all i know is i add or take away an hour at different times of the year and then add +12 and such.:)

Isn't there a setting for your time zone?

I saw that - they want GMT +1 for winter and GMT +2 for summer.

I'm not sure you can get a bigger symbol of the size of the Nanny State than the Government arbitrarily deciding what the time is.

How about deciding who lives who dies, and who gets to breed?

We moved forward an hour. Fucking daylight savings. The gods are dicks.

I spent 73 hours in county jail (a while ago, alcohol-related offense) on a three day sentence. When I pointed out that I had already done my three days (while out-processing), the guard gave me the equivalent of 'tough shit'.

That Bastard. :upyours:
I bet if you'd been in jail over the time the clocks go forward, they'd have made goddamn sure you'd done 72 hours rather than 71.

Maybe it's time the world start going on GMT time?
The Aussies would love us! :p

The Aussies would love us! :p

Yea, but as far as I can tell GMT doesn't have the stupid Daylight savings time.

Right. I'm now going to do a symbolic getting up at the right time.

*Gets up*

*Sits back down*

Isn't there a setting for your time zone?
Probably but it is easier doing it this way to know time it is in Britain seeing as there are more of you.

Wait no it isn't easier, i just didn't bother having a look into it and honestly it doesn't affect me and i got used to it.

Ah nuts, I got distracted and missed it...

Ah nuts, I got distracted and missed it...

Well, you get to try again in a years time.

Think of it this way; you've just wrestled back the hour that was stolen from you in March.

Well, you get to try again in a years time.

Think of it this way; you've just wrestled back the hour that was stolen from you in March.

I was on a show when that happened and I was one of the only people on time because I was using my phone as an alarm clock (which sets time by the network)

Well, you get to try again in a years time.

Think of it this way; you've just wrestled back the hour that was stolen from you in March.
Damn right. And next March, I'll be keeping an eye on that hour so no bastard nicks it from me.

As a side note - if a majority of the UK population refused to change their clocks to BST, would the government be forced to abandon it?

As a side note - if a majority of the UK population refused to change their clocks to BST, would the government be forced to abandon it?

There would probably be 'an urgent review', that's for sure, but I can't see the population doing that. Between your mindless sheep, your 'Tony can do no wrong' supporters and the 'just don't care' brigade, there will always be enough people doing it.

Our clocks went forward an hour last night, we moved into daylight savings time.

Australia's time zones are really buggered up. Tasmania went into DST a few weeks ago. Queensland doesn't, so they're an hour behind the eastern states. Western Australia doesn't, so they're three hours behind the eastern states. South Australia & the Northern Territory do, but they're 1/2 an hour behind the eastern states all the time. Mucho confusion abounds.

Our clocks went forward an hour last night, we moved into daylight savings time.

Australia's time zones are really buggered up. Tasmania went into DST a few weeks ago. Queensland doesn't, so they're an hour behind the eastern states. Western Australia doesn't, so they're three hours behind the eastern states. South Australia & the Northern Territory do, but they're 1/2 an hour behind the eastern states all the time. Mucho confusion abounds.

Didn't you Aussies delay your time change earlier this year for the Commonwealth Games?

Our clocks went forward an hour last night, we moved into daylight savings time.

Australia's time zones are really buggered up. Tasmania went into DST a few weeks ago. Queensland doesn't, so they're an hour behind the eastern states. Western Australia doesn't, so they're three hours behind the eastern states. South Australia & the Northern Territory do, but they're 1/2 an hour behind the eastern states all the time. Mucho confusion abounds.
And see, and that's why you have crazy ass things like kangaroos and playtipus'....

There would probably be 'an urgent review', that's for sure, but I can't see the population doing that. Between your mindless sheep, your 'Tony can do no wrong' supporters and the 'just don't care' brigade, there will always be enough people doing it.
I'll start a petition. There's enough imbeciles in this country for me to get my way.

Our clocks went forward an hour last night, we moved into daylight savings time.

Australia's time zones are really buggered up. Tasmania went into DST a few weeks ago. Queensland doesn't, so they're an hour behind the eastern states. Western Australia doesn't, so they're three hours behind the eastern states. South Australia & the Northern Territory do, but they're 1/2 an hour behind the eastern states all the time. Mucho confusion abounds.
Congratulations!
8:27pm?

You've got to feel sorry for the people working night shifts - an extra hours work for no extra pay.

Yeah, tell me about it. :( *just got back from work*

Have the clocks gone back where you are yet?


Yeah, they went back in march..

Didn't you Aussies delay your time change earlier this year for the Commonwealth Games?

Can't remember, it seems so long ago, but I don't think so. DST usually ends in late March, from memory the games were in Feb.

Congratulations!
8:27pm?

Well, it's 8:45 now, but yeah.

And see, and that's why you have crazy ass things like kangaroos and playtipus'....

If only it were that simple. :p

Well, it's 8:45 now, but yeah.
Nice.

...and I forgot about it. I'm now sitting up an hour earlier than I planned to be, knowing that I could still be nice and snug in my bed.

Have the clocks gone back where you are yet?

We don't set the clocks back in Hawaii, but even if we did, it's 2348 on Saturday night, so we wouldn't have done it yet anyway.

I saw that - they want GMT +1 for winter and GMT +2 for summer.

I'm not sure you can get a bigger symbol of the size of the Nanny State than the Government arbitrarily deciding what the time is.

While it may make no difference to you, around here DST makes the difference from children walking to school in the dark to children waking to school at first light.

While it may make no difference to you, around here DST makes the difference from children walking to school in the dark to children waking to school at first light.

I don't understand - surely it's the clocks going forward that makes the children have to walk to school in the dark?

I don't understand - surely it's the clocks going forward that makes the children have to walk to school in the dark?
Sometimes Canada has 4 hours of sun during the day or summin...

Sometimes Canada has 4 hours of sun during the day or summin...

Well, exactly; the more you put the clocks forward, the further away from the true time you're getting (ie midday being when the sun is at its highest point). If the sun rises at 10, for example, and you put your clocks forwards two hours, then you're getting up at a true time of 8, before first light.

Well don't look at us! It was Ben Franklin's idea to impliment this stupid system(though it was not officially instituted until 1910, long after electric lighting rendered it completely useless. Morons.)

:eek:

They totally did!

I had no idea! Every single year, this takes me by surprise. You'd think I'll finally learn, but no... :rolleyes:

So, um, thanks for saving me from confusion. >.<

Well don't look at us! It was Ben Franklin's idea to impliment this stupid system(though it was not officially instituted until 1910, long after electric lighting rendered it completely useless. Morons.)
Somehow it is meant to save power and is good for a World War One war economy...

i get really confused when not all the clocks in the house have been changed... i thought i'd had a 1 1/2 hour bath this morning and was shitting myself when i got out :mad:

:eek:

They totally did!

I had no idea! Every single year, this takes me by surprise. You'd think I'll finally learn, but no... :rolleyes:

So, um, thanks for saving me from confusion. >.<
You're most welcome. :p

i get really confused when not all the clocks in the house have been changed... i thought i'd had a 1 1/2 hour bath this morning and was shitting myself when i got out :mad:
Yeah, I thought I was late home for lunch after church today when getting in the car. :p

DST is useless, and messes things up. besides, meddling with time is stupid.

I needed my extra hour of sleep last night. But tomorrow, I have to drive home from work in the dark. :(

Do we really need the Daylight Savings time anymore?

3:44 AM.

Absolutely. It saves a lot of energy!

When the U.S. went on extended DST in 1974 and 1975, Department of Transportation studies found that observing DST in March and April saved 10,000 barrels of oil a day.

I pulled myself out of bed at half-ten, faffed around for an hour, looked at the clock on the PC and it said 10:25. Then I remembered and thought "Hurrah!" and felt virtuous as I'd got out of bed at 9:30am on a Sunday.

I prefer BST to GMT, actually, although I do like going from GMT to BST because of the extra hour. So I can't really decide whether I'd prefer:

1) Permanent BST.
2) a 25-hour day.

As for the problems with 1), well, anyone stupid enough to be out of bed and going somewhere early enough that it's dark deserves to get run over, really. It's going to be dark at 6pm when I'm walking home no matter what, but at least on BST it's slightly less cold.

If only it were that simple. :p

Well, of course you have to factor in that whole toilet draining backwards thing...

Absolutely. It saves a lot of energy!

When the U.S. went on extended DST in 1974 and 1975, Department of Transportation studies found that observing DST in March and April saved 10,000 barrels of oil a day.
the savings are insignicant, they are lss then 1%.

Daylight saving, doesn't apply to the NT!

:p

Get too much sunlight here

can someone tell me what time it is in britain? there are two times beign shown by various appliances in my flat and i don't know which is right. some of them update automatically but i don't know which ones and i always get confused by this time change business.

you know what, they say time is relative...
Well as economy is relative to men,time is relatif to the boss...
They don't care about cows,they don't care about your dog,they don't care about you,they just care about profit,all beeing made under spare ribs time,when they had to buy expensive oil....(sic)
M'enfin,time is monney....
the clock went back,and there is nothing god can do.

can someone tell me what time it is in britain? there are two times beign shown by various appliances in my flat and i don't know which is right. some of them update automatically but i don't know which ones and i always get confused by this time change business.

It's 13:33.

can someone tell me what time it is in britain? there are two times beign shown by various appliances in my flat and i don't know which is right. some of them update automatically but i don't know which ones and i always get confused by this time change business.

13:33

It's 13:33.

Dammit. And you even used punctuation. And a word. Hmph.

It's 13:33.

13:33

ah, thankyou :) . the cooker is lying to me then, bad cooker.

The clocks here never change, goddamnyou!

ah, thankyou :) . the cooker is lying to me then, bad cooker.

Clearly your cooker is conspiring to make you late/early for something. Your cooker is clearly a terrorist.

I totally forgot!

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this is pretty cool...

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/