Thoughts on Daylight Saving(s) Time

[GigaBuist]

I'm of the opinion that our mucking with the clocks causes so much extra work in many computer fields that we should just quit doing it.  Keep the clocks sane.  If you want to save daylight just switch hours of operation from 9-5 to 8-4.  Retailers should also just adjust in similar fashion: 8am - 8pm in my case.

We already adjust all our schedules to comply with DST, the work is done, but we f*ck with the clocks in such a manner that isn't even necessary.

[Boomhauer]

I like DST, but hate the switch. Thats stupid.

[tokugawa]

Split the difference and leave it be- every time I get used to waking up at a certain time, the damned DST switches and have to get re acclimated.

[230RN]

Dayam, my computer says 4:13 AM but my body and my clocks disagree.

I had one of those Casio "Atomic" watches for a while and it switched over automatically from the WWV time signals at Fort Collins.  That was one less timekeeper I had to fuss with.

That got me interested in how they transmitted the signals.  Turns out they xmit at 65 kHz, which is a wavelength of 4615.4 kilometers or 2900-ish miles if my arithmetic is correct.

Wow!  And hams talk about the "DC Band" of 160 meters!*

So that made me wonder what the receiving antenna in the watch looked like.

Some of them look like fractal antennas:

http://cdn-static.cnet.co.uk/i/c/blg/cat/gadgets/atomic-watch-inside.jpg

But mine just had a teeny little loopstick antenna curved to fit inside the case with many many turns of really really fine wire.

Amazing.

Well, to me anyhow.

This is an early model.

http://cdn4.fashionablygeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/atomic-wristwatch.jpg

Since mine had a plastic case, the hole in which the wristband pin fit finally broke out and was unrepairable, even with my consummate repair skills :), so I gave the still-working body to an enterprising young man who wanted to fiddle with it.

Well just more "Thoughts on Daylight Saving(s) Time".

Terry

* Hams speak of the 160 meter ham band, which is just above the AM broadcast band, as the "DC Band" because of the low frequency involved, 1.8 MHz, compared to other ham bands.  As far as most hams are concerned, that low a frequency is almost down to "Direct Current," hence the time-honored joke about "the DC band."

[LadySmith]

I'm a grave shifter. The good is that it'll still be dark when I leave work & I get off an hour early this morning.
The bad is it's going to mess up what little sleep pattern I have & people might use it as an excuse to be late claiming they didn't know.
Some years I just leave all my clocks alone & just set the alarm an hour earlier or later accordingly.

[French G.]

We should all move to Indiana.

[Waitone]

Split the diff and quite screwing with it.

[Jamisjockey]

DST should die.  Summer hours year round.  Nothing sadder than it being dark at 5pm

[Tallpine]

DST should die.  Summer hours year round.  Nothing sadder than it being dark at 5pm

Dark at 9am ?   


Should be "standard" time all year long so that noon is at least somewhat close to sun meridian.

Although that means that it is getting light about 3.30am here in the summer.   

[Scout26]

We should all move to Indiana.

Indiana finally went to DST a few year ago.

[41magsnub]

DST should die.  Summer hours year round.  Nothing sadder than it being dark at 5pm

This.  It gets a little depressing.

[coppertales]

Cool, now the clock in my truck reads the correct time................so does my VCR.....chris3

[Triphammer]

Its ....12:00 ....12:00.......12:00 .........12:00.... where you are?

[Triphammer]

Indiana finally went to DST a few year ago.

Arizona is still Standard only.

[Tallpine]

Arizona is still Standard only.

Which means part of the year they are the same time as Montana, and the other part they are an hour earlier. 

Of course, I basically work in Arizona - so the meeting times get confused 

[230RN]

You need two clocks on the wall of your workspace.

Rats.  The reminds me.  I also have to correct my local time on the Hawaii  gun site.  I think that one always gets messed up.  I'll go check.

Heck, this one's messed up, too.  I just noticed my MDT posting time was actually 1:00 PM-ish.

[230RN]

Test, test....

OK, that's right now.  The time autocorrect is working.  Seems some sites have trouble with autocorrect if you do it within 7 hours of midnight (for the Mountain zones at 105 W longitude.)

[wmenorr67]

Test, test....

You're not here.

[230RN]

^ I realize that.  Still, the time autocorrect has been wrong (not sure if on this site) on a couple of sites I visit if I dink with it within that +/-7 hours.

It was set to +1 hour, so I must have changed it within that 7 hours the last time everything kicked over.  Autocorrect is OK now, 10 hours after the change at 2:00 AM.

[Tallpine]

APS seems to be three hours later than here.  What is it - on Newfoundland time 

[BlueStarLizzard]

DST should die.  Summer hours year round.  Nothing sadder than it being dark at 5pm

Nature dictates that it be dark longer in the winter then the summer.

I personally don't care if it's dark at 9 am or 5pm, I just want to get up at 6 am, without having to get up at 5 am because the clock says it's 6 am, but my brain says it's 5 am, damnit, and I just want to go back to sleep.
(and for the record, although I halfway enjoy getting up at 6 am when my brain says it's 7am and my body gets tricked for a few days with an extra hour of sleepy time, it really does screw me up since that last hour of "sleep" isn't really sleep for a few months afterwards)

[Sergeant Bob]

Indiana finally went to DST a few year ago.

Yeah, I used to do a lot of trucking in and through the Hoosier, and it was a real pain in the tookus with the screwy time zones.

[roo_ster]

DST should die.  Summer hours year round.  Nothing sadder than it being dark at 5pm

Yep.  Can;t get nothing done outside the house after work in the dark.

[Boomhauer]

Yep.  Can;t get nothing done outside the house after work in the dark.

Indeed. Its nice to be able to work outside until 8:30-9 without dragging out the lights...especially when Im on a rush job.

[Tallpine]

Indeed. Its nice to be able to work outside until 8:30-9 without dragging out the lights...especially when Im on a rush job.

Yeah but it's light up here until 10.30 pm or so with DST