Daylight Savings Time extended!!

[Zee]

In case you haven't heard, DST will start 3 wks earlier and end 1wk later. So we're looking at mid March to early Nov.

It's all in effort to reduce the amount of energy consumption or something.

Bottom line, longer rides during the week!!!

[ducsbill]

...and I haven't seen or heard a thing from the computer industry about this. I know that the wonderful Windows operating system has been told to change time of day as appropriate in the past, but I haven't seen anything about modifications to it that would take into account the legislated change in dates.
Bill W.

[Dark_Daddy]

Bill G. is flogging his minions at MS to get this done post-haste for us XP, 2000, and 98 users. Rest assured Bill W. that Vista has this new schedule incorporated in it already (Unless you have Vista Home Basic) then you would have to pay another 20 dollars to add it.


When we change our clocks Since 1966, most of the United States has observed Daylight Saving Time from at 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday of April to 2:00 a.m. on the last Sunday of October. Beginning in 2007, most of the U.S. will begin Daylight Saving Time at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March and revert to standard time on the first Sunday in November. In the U.S., each time zone switches at a different time.

In the European Union, Summer Time begins and ends at 1:00 a.m. Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time). It begins the last Sunday in March and ends the last Sunday in October. In the EU, all time zones change at the same moment.

> See more information about elsewhere in the world.


Spring forward, Fall back

During DST, clocks are turned forward an hour, effectively moving an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening.


2007 March 11 @ 2am Date change in 2007

On August 8, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This Act changed the time change dates for Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. Beginning in 2007, DST will begin on the second Sunday in March and end the first Sunday in November. The Secretary of Energy will report the impact of this change to Congress. Congress retains the right to resume the 2005 Daylight Saving Time schedule once the Department of Energy study is complete.

Spelling and grammar

The official spelling is Daylight Saving Time, not Daylight SavingS Time.

Saving is used here as a verbal adjective (a participle). It modifies time and tells us more about its nature; namely, that it is characterized by the activity of saving daylight. It is a saving daylight kind of time. Similar examples would be a mind expanding book or a man eating tiger. Saving is used in the same way as saving a ball game, rather than as a savings account.

Nevertheless, many people feel the word savings (with an 's') flows more mellifluously off the tongue. Daylight Savings Time is also in common usage, and can be found in dictionaries.

Adding to the confusion is that the phrase Daylight Saving Time is inaccurate, since no daylight is actually saved. Daylight Shifting Time would be better, but it is not as politically desirable.

When in the morning?

In the U.S., clocks change at 2:00 a.m. local time. In spring, clocks spring forward from 1:59 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.; in fall, clocks fall back from 1:59 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. In the EU, clocks change at 1:00 a.m. Universal Time. In spring, clocks spring forward from 12:59 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.; in fall, clocks fall back from 1:59 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.

In the U.S., restaurants and bars have various closing policies. In many states, liquor cannot be served after 2:00 a.m. But at 2:00 a.m. in the fall, the time switches back one hour. So, can they serve alcohol for that additional hour in October? The official answer is that the bars do not stop serving liquor at 2:00 a.m., but actually at 1:59 a.m. So, they have already stopped serving when the time changes from Daylight Saving Time into Standard Time. In practice, however, many establishments stay open an extra hour in the fall.

In the U.S., 2:00 a.m. was originally chosen as the changeover time because it was practical and minimized disruption. Most people were at home and this was the time when the fewest trains were running. It is late enough to minimally affect bars and restaurants, and it prevents the day from switching to yesterday, which would be confusing. It is early enough that the entire continental U.S. switches by daybreak, and the changeover occurs before most early shift workers and early churchgoers (particularly on Easter) are affected. Some U.S. areas

For the U.S. and its territories, Daylight Saving Time is NOT observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Arizona. The Navajo Nation participates in the Daylight Saving Time policy, even in Arizona, due to its large size and location in three states.

A safety reminder

Many fire departments encourage people to change the battery in the smoke detector when they change their clocks because Daylight Saving Time provides a convenient reminder. "A working smoke detector more than doubles a person's chances of surviving a home fire," says William McNabb of the Troy Fire Department in Michigan. More than 90 percent of homes in the United States have smoke detectors, but one-third are estimated to have dead or missing batteries.

[Zee]

Awesome, thanks for the confirmation!

[Zee]

Rantoul, huh Ducsbill?... I spent some time at Chanute AFB when I was in the Air Force back in the early nineties. wild times...

[ducsbill]

Chanute is no more. It was officially closed in 1993 and is now part of the village. The village would be much happier if the Air Force (DoD) would get off its collective rear and finish cleaning up the environmental mess they left behind. They recently attempted to foist off onto the village the deeds to a number of buildings and land parcels, many of which are still full of asbestos or are in areas that still need to be cleaned. The village said "No way".
Bill W.

[Zee]

typical...gov't not living up to its own standards as usual. yeah i was there in 92 right before it closed down...used to blow my head off in champaign every wknd at joe's bar (i think it was called?)...not a lot of twisty roads to ride on out there as I recall...

[Dark_Daddy]

Originally Posted by Zee

Rantoul, huh Ducsbill?... I spent some time at Chanute AFB when I was in the Air Force back in the early nineties. wild times...

+1 but back in the 80's about a million years ago. I did my Tech School there. I also got my first tatoo in Rantoul! I heard it closed several years ago and I also did some damage in Champagne.

[v8dave]

Unless you're on an Indian reservation in the Northern area of Arizona, you don't have to remember when the switch is. The rest of Arizona stays on Mountain Standard Time. Of course, if you do business with folks in other states you have to be aware because the time difference between you and them changes. Let's just say it has it's attractions and detractions. . .