Europe and the US didn't have the same DST dates anyway. I remember calling my mum to find out the 5 hour difference was now 6 and I had woken her up! All way too complicated!
Are they not putting patches out for them? (I don't have an iPod, so I'm totally clueless about them).Originally Posted by lionessrampant
3. My iPod clock is programmed wrong, and since it's not a computer, it's now programmed wrong forever and ever amen.
That's what I've been trying to say for the past several years.Originally Posted by rapunzel47
I never have understood how DST saves energy. There's still the same AMOUNT of daylight every 24 hours (unless someone convinced Mother Nature to add an hour? NOT), so what difference does it make what time the clock says? You just use the lights at a different time. Long summer evenings are nice, but at this time of year, what the heck is the difference whether you use lights more in the morning or in the evening?
Off to finish doing the patches for my computer and PDA -- nuisance!
I have changed the clock on mine before after it reset itself, you should be able to change it!Originally Posted by lionessrampant
3. My iPod clock is programmed wrong, and since it's not a computer, it's now programmed wrong forever and ever amen.
Oh, wait, I think I remember this part. Except I think they went 1 year with DST ALL YEAR, and decided it was too dangerous for the kids walking to school cause it was still dark at 8 a.m. It was in the 1970s I think...And I think Nixon was President...Originally Posted by lunasmom
Then they kept DST around for the students...something about screwing up bus schedules etc, if they stopped DST.
Yea! That's its!! Good memory!Originally Posted by kluchetta
Oh, wait, I think I remember this part. Except I think they went 1 year with DST ALL YEAR, and decided it was too dangerous for the kids walking to school cause it was still dark at 8 a.m. It was in the 1970s I think...And I think Nixon was President...
Originally Posted by Nellers
To be honest, I never got why we did it. It causes so much confusion for a few days and our work is having trouble with the necessary Outlook patches so a lot of my appointments are entered wrong. I know next week that I will mess up something due to this!!
Thank you for the reminder!Originally Posted by jcat
Wonderful. Not! It's enough of a pain trying to keep track of time zone differences when they're coordinated, but we don't go on DST till the last weekend in March.
When I went to Ireland in February, it was very disconcerting to not have the sun rise until 9am.Originally Posted by kluchetta
I used to hate DST in the summer when my kids were little...they seemed to think that they only had to sleep when it was dark. Good think I don't live in Alaska or northern Great Britain! LOL