Time to Fall Back again...change those clocks

[Marie5656]

So, many people feel that this is an out dated process, that no longer needs to be done. What do you think. So, unless you are in Arizona , and anywhere else who does not do so, change them clocks. Do not want to be early for breakfast. Or is it late? I get so cnfused.

 

[hollydolly]

We change our clocks tonight... they go back one hour....

 

[GeorgiaXplant]

Um...not until next Sunday, November 7, in the US.

 

[hollydolly]

Um...not until next Sunday, November 7, in the US.

we're a week before you...

 

[bingo]

I don't adapt well to the change. ...too dark ...too early....colder in early hours...whatever...we have to take it

 

[Alligatorob]

So, many people feel that this is an out dated process, that no longer needs to be done.

I agree, makes little sense to me. If I was to choose I'd want that extra hour on winter evenings, not in the summer when its light late anyway.

However I would prefer it just be left alone, I don't see the logic.

 

[hollydolly]

Tomorrow night once the clocks have gone back it will be dark at 4.45pm ..and then it will get darker earlier and earlier till March

 

[Alligatorob]

Hey @hollydolly just realized this gives y'all in Europe one more hour of Halloween night. That's one more hour for the ghosts to prowl, are you worried?

 

[hollydolly]

Hey @hollydolly just realized this gives y'all in Europe one more hour of Halloween night. That's one more hour for the ghosts to prowl, are you worried?

I'm a Celt... we invented Halloween....

 

[Alligatorob]

Celt

You damned Celts, I knew this was your fault, LOL. I am probably mostly Celt too...

 

[OneEyedDiva]

As @GeorgiaXplant replied, this year it's late...Nov. 7th according to two sources I read.

 

[Don M.]

It's a bit of a nuisance...twice a year....resetting the several clocks/wristwatches we have. However, it does remind me to check/replace the backup batteries in the smoke detectors.

 

[Manatee]

The Navajos in Aridzona still change their clocks.

I strongly believe it is an unnecessary nuisance.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Instead of resetting time pieces every six months, by one hour, how about setting clocks one half hour back , or forward once, which ever is the best; and then forget about it till the year 4647. I'm a clock nut, and have a bunch of them. Most mechanical clocks should only be moved forward, so resetting all my clocks rots.
It also messes with my head for a week , or so. I get disoriented with sleep patterns.

 

[Jules]

Um...not until next Sunday, November 7, in the US.

This. I thought it was tonight too & I was wrong.

In North America the time changes on the first Sunday in November. Tomorrow is October 31st.

 

[Aunt Bea]

 

[Ruthanne]

I guess I have to set them back again because they don't want to stop this. I don't care much because I only have a few clocks to set back. I really don't like it getting dark so early though. They're not even set back yet and it's dark early now.

 

[Furryanimal]

I must remember that-for one week only-the NFL starts at 5pm UK time.

 

[Ruthanne]

So, many people feel that this is an out dated process, that no longer needs to be done. What do you think. So, unless you are in Arizona , and anywhere else who does not do so, change them clocks. Do not want to be early for breakfast. Or is it late? I get so cnfused.

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I don't know if I was supposed to set them back this morning or not...No date and time given to do so. I looked on google and they said to turn them back last Sunday of October at 2 am but is that right? My computer did not go back an hour it seems and it is the same as all of my clocks without setting them back. Confused now.

 

[Ruthanne]

Um...not until next Sunday, November 7, in the US.

Ok. I did also see on Google Nov. 7. Can't understand why they said both October 31 and Nov. 7. Oh well, I have a week yet.

 

[Butterfly]

I have always hated setting the time back in the fall because it makes it dark that much sooner. Back when I was still working it meant I had to drive home in the dark which I didn't like. It just seems to make the day shorter, which it already is in the winter, but when it is pitch black at close to 5:00 PM, it seems to be even shorter.

 

[hollydolly]

Ok. I did also see on Google Nov. 7. Can't understand why they said both October 31 and Nov. 7. Oh well, I have a week yet.

Just asked Alexa for ya.... she says in the US Daylight saving time end at 7am Sunday 7th Nov 2am Eastern time..

 

[hollydolly]

I have always hated setting the time back in the fall because it makes it dark that much sooner. Back when I was still working it meant I had to drive home in the dark which I didn't like. It just seems to make the day shorter, which it already is in the winter, but when it is pitch black at close to 5:00 PM, it seems to be even shorter.

Yep same here , drive to work in the dark and drive home from work in the dark...

 

[Capt Lightning]

My computers, central heating and alarm clock/radios all adjust automatically which is fine, however the mechanical 'Westminster' clock in the lounge needs set manually.
Not so bad going forward, but the easiest way to set it back is to stop it for an hour.

 

[hollydolly]

Yes all my clocks are radio controlled and change automatically ...and of course my computers etc , but my watches and the kitchen clocks need to be changed manually...