Comments on: Don’t forget to reset your clocks

By: Dianne

Dianne — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:45:58 +0000

Why does our Government refuse to have GMT as our UK Winter time settings and move forward to be the same as Europe for Summer time?
Personally, I never change my clocks! There’s no reason for me to do so, I live in GMT time…I would very much like to see Tim Yeo get his second reading (jan’27th)passed…I want more Sunshine in our miserable (S.A.D.) world! Oh and sorry for the geeks who have to change their computer clocks manually, careful you don’t strain a digit! Oh and bw Mike, sea level IS redefined, due to global warming!

By: Mike Torr

Mike Torr — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:28:01 +0000

I can’t believe people are still asking for DST all year round! To make an analogy of this – it’s like asking for “sea level” to be redefined as -100m for the convenience of those people who happen to live below it. Sometimes reality has a natural “zero”. To arbitrarily shift a science-based measuring scale is to deny reality.

Until the day we learn to move the sun in the sky, we’d better just toe the line and measure our time according to our star

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:56:32 +0000

Ah, I share Philip’s issues. I used to work night shifts. Adding an hour or losing an hour, happened during shift and no extra pay for it.
Worse was that older IDS systems designed to sense unauthorised changes to files would often be implemented poorly. Resulting in a massive number of alerts pertaining for files “modified” without authorisation. (The system kept track of file details and didnt compensate for DST, so massive timestamp inconsistencies)

Nowadays I work days and don’t really care. But I don’t change the clock in my car. So it gets changed whenever I put it in for a service in a different timezone than it was last put in.

By: arensb

arensb — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:29:49 +0000

then swear like a sailor

What, you mean “By the sea sorceress’s song, mateys! ‘Tis only eight bells, or hang me from the mizzenmast!” That sort of thing?

By: Dragonmaster Lou

Dragonmaster Lou — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:00:45 +0000

Put me down as one of those people who just wants to pick one “time” and use it year-round. While I have a slight preference for DST over standard time, I’d be just as happy no matter which one is chosen. Just pick one, dammit, and stick to it!

By: SR

SR — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:21:28 +0000

Well, why don’t we just call DST as CST and get over with all the crap about changing clocks. All four timezones in USA can move ahead permanently by one hour and stay that way.

I mean, look at the situation – there is more DST now than CST!! I just came back from The Bahamas (Nassau) yesterday and yes, they change clocks too!!

This stupidity has got to stop.

SR.

By: geomaniac

geomaniac — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:53:02 +0000

I HATE getting up and going to work in the dark. I also doubt that it is very safe for the kids who have to walk to their school bus stops in the dark either. Thanks Congress. I believe that they actually think that by just adjusting the clocks, we actually get more hours of daylight. No, all it really does is shift the light from the morning to the evening, so then mornings become more dangerous.

We need to go back to the “old” schedule of DST from April to October. Better yet let’s just repeal this whole lame brained experiment and go back to “standard” time where we belong.