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CatWoman

(79,302 posts)
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 05:23 PM Nov 2022

Don't forget to "Fall Back"

It's Time To "Fall Back!" Daylight Saving Time Ends On November 6th

On November 6, 2022, most North Americans will mark the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST) by moving the clocks back an hour. The simple action will help shift daylight back into the morning during the shorter winter days. It will also add an extra 60 minutes to the weekend!

The German Empire was the first to manipulate the clocks in 1916. The army wanted to conserve the fuel needed to produce weapons and bombs for World War I. The US and Britain adopted the practice shortly after. All the countries reverted to Standard Time once the war ended, only to reinstate DST again during World War II. US officials repealed DST nationally when the war ended in 1945. But states and districts were allowed to continue the tradition and even select their own start and stop DST dates.

This resulted in what Time Magazine called a "chaos of clocks." By 1965, Iowa had 23 different pairs of DST start and end dates. St. Paul, Minnesota, began daylight saving two weeks earlier than its twin city Minneapolis, Minnesota, just nine miles away. Meanwhile, passengers on a 35-mile bus ride from Steubenville, Ohio, to Moundsville, West Virginia, passed through seven time changes!

The Uniform Time Act of 1966 ended the confusion by setting the same "spring forward" and "fall back" dates for the entire nation. But the law was not compulsory. Hawaii, most of Arizona, and the US territories — Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the US Virgin Islands — did not adopt DST.

The DST dates were initially set for the last Sundays in April and October. However, in 1986, US president Ronald Reagan changed the DST start date to the first Sunday in April. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 moved up the DST start date further to the second Sunday in March. It also extended out the "fall back" date to the first Sunday in November.

https://www.dogonews.com/2022/11/3/its-time-to-fall-back-daylight-saving-time-ends-on-november-6th

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Don't forget to "Fall Back" (Original Post) CatWoman Nov 2022 OP
All right but now golfers must face the music. GreenWave Nov 2022 #1
Its a stupid idea. former9thward Nov 2022 #2
Lucky you. I wish it was that way everywhere. BlackSkimmer Nov 2022 #4
Probably the only reason... Xolodno Nov 2022 #14
Hard to forget when all devices do it automatically. BlueTsunami2018 Nov 2022 #3
I've got an analog wristwatch. My oven and microwave have to be changed too. BlackSkimmer Nov 2022 #5
no, they do not CatWoman Nov 2022 #6
Yeah, I just posted that I've got at least six or seven to change. BlackSkimmer Nov 2022 #7
same here CatWoman Nov 2022 #8
I love clocks, always plundering thrift stores, etc. for cool old clocks. BlackSkimmer Nov 2022 #11
Do people not have wifi on their microwaves? Sympthsical Nov 2022 #9
Bwahaha! My kitchen appliances have to be changed manually. I usually forget/put it off BlackSkimmer Nov 2022 #13
They don't. My insulin pump, and other devices Meowmee Nov 2022 #12
Ugh Meowmee Nov 2022 #10

GreenWave

(6,757 posts)
1. All right but now golfers must face the music.
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 05:49 PM
Nov 2022

They did this to us to play golf later and blamed the farmers, IIRC for messing with time.

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
5. I've got an analog wristwatch. My oven and microwave have to be changed too.
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 07:12 PM
Nov 2022

I have an analog clock in one of my bathrooms and one in the living room also. I like analog clocks. The bathroom one I won’t have to change because I kept forgetting to change it after we went forward lol. Now it’ll be correct.

And the stupid clock in my car has to be changed, and I can never figure it out. I’ll just be subtracting a hour until spring now.

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
7. Yeah, I just posted that I've got at least six or seven to change.
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 07:54 PM
Nov 2022

Usually takes me a week to get them all set right lol.

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
11. I love clocks, always plundering thrift stores, etc. for cool old clocks.
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 08:07 PM
Nov 2022

My workout watch is digital, but I still have to change it. Of course I’ve long since lost the instructions so it’ll probably be wrong until spring.

Sympthsical

(9,074 posts)
9. Do people not have wifi on their microwaves?
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 08:06 PM
Nov 2022

I'm kidding of course.

Although I do. Almost all of my appliances are on wifi for some reason. It's baffling. By far, the most confusing is the fridge. Like, why? What is going on in the fridge that I'm supposed to be monitoring on my phone? Is it going to alert me when the human heads start defrosting?

If my toaster ever becomes sentient, it's just going to be pissed at me. "Ciabatta doesn't go in me!" "Yes, it does. Shut up, or I'll make you a can opener."

Except the can opener probably also has opinions and a Twitter account.

My home is very confusing. I see how Skynet went bad.

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
13. Bwahaha! My kitchen appliances have to be changed manually. I usually forget/put it off
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 08:11 PM
Nov 2022

until a week or more goes by. A fridge on Wi-Fi? What will they think of next?

We really need to have an emoji of an old person with an ear trumpet here for those of us who can’t keep up.

Have you seen the Alexa/Roomba commercial? I just saw it yesterday. Not a fan of ads, but it’s clever and funny.

Meowmee

(5,164 posts)
12. They don't. My insulin pump, and other devices
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 08:08 PM
Nov 2022

Have to be manually set as well as stove top etc. such apita. As if I don’t have enough things to do already.

Meowmee

(5,164 posts)
10. Ugh
Sat Nov 5, 2022, 08:07 PM
Nov 2022

I f hate dls, I thought they had finally gotten rid of this crap. Now my body clock is going to be even more fff up for 3-4 months. Another reason to leave.

But thank you for reminding me 😀 this direction is a bit easier.

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