Fall Back, U.S.A!
 

Hello, my fellow Americans...did you remember to move all of your timepieces, back
an hour? Daylight Saving Time ended, early on Sunday morning (November 1, 2009), in
our country.

I, personally, needed to reset my wristwatch, several clocks, various electronic
devices, a number of digicams and my lone DSLR (Pentax K100D); initially, I forgot
a few of the devices (including some cameras), and did them later.

--
Cordially,
John Turco <jtur@concentric.net>

Paintings Pain and Pun <http://laughatthepain.blogspot.com>

Re: Fall Back, U.S.A!
 

On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:36:45 -0600, John Turco wrote:

> Hello, my fellow Americans...did you remember to move all of your
> timepieces, back an hour? Daylight Saving Time ended, early on Sunday
> morning (November 1, 2009), in our country.
>
> I, personally, needed to reset my wristwatch, several clocks, various
> electronic devices, a number of digicams and my lone DSLR (Pentax
> K100D); initially, I forgot a few of the devices (including some
> cameras), and did them later.

Fortunately almost all my clocks set themselves and even recognize the
DST flag encoded by NIST, this includes all my wall clocks, the GPS, one
shortwave receiver (eton E1), a couple Casio G-shock wrist watches, as
well as the computer. All I'm left with is the on board timestamp clock
in the Canon, and the clock in the microwave oven.

Re: Fall Back, U.S.A!
 

> Hello, my fellow Americans...did you remember to move all of your
> timepieces, back
> an hour? Daylight Saving Time ended, early on Sunday morning (November
> 1, 2009), in
> our country.
>
> I, personally, needed to reset my wristwatch, several clocks, various
> electronic
> devices, a number of digicams and my lone DSLR (Pentax K100D);
> initially, I forgot
> a few of the devices (including some cameras), and did them later.
>
> --
> Cordially,
> John Turco <jtur@concentric.net>

I leave my cameras on UTC - much other stuff is automatic these days.

Cheers,
David

Re: Fall Back, U.S.A!
 

"John Turco" <jtur@concentric.net> wrote in message
news:4AEE6FED.8181B26D@concentric.net...
> Hello, my fellow Americans...did you remember to move all of your
> timepieces, back
> an hour? Daylight Saving Time ended, early on Sunday morning (November 1,
> 2009), in
> our country.
>
> I, personally, needed to reset my wristwatch, several clocks, various
> electronic
> devices, a number of digicams and my lone DSLR (Pentax K100D); initially,
> I forgot
> a few of the devices (including some cameras), and did them later.
>
> --
> Cordially,
> John Turco <jtur@concentric.net>
>
> Paintings Pain and Pun <http://laughatthepain.blogspot.com>

Hi John!
I'm a fellow Canadian, but thanks anyway. I thought of everything ... except
the cameras ;-))) DONE!
Thanks,
Marcel

Re: Fall Back, U.S.A!
 

On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:36:45 -0600, John Turco wrote:

> Hello, my fellow Americans...did you remember to move all of your
> timepieces, back an hour? Daylight Saving Time ended, early on Sunday
> morning (November 1, 2009), in our country.
>
> I, personally, needed to reset my wristwatch, several clocks, various
> electronic devices, a number of digicams and my lone DSLR (Pentax
> K100D); initially, I forgot a few of the devices (including some
> cameras), and did them later.

Another four million man-hours down the crapper!

Re: Fall Back, U.S.A!
 

John Turco wrote:
> Hello, my fellow Americans...did you remember to move all of
> your
> timepieces, back an hour? Daylight Saving Time ended, early on
> Sunday
> morning (November 1, 2009), in our country.
>
> I, personally, needed to reset my wristwatch, several clocks,
> various
> electronic devices, a number of digicams and my lone DSLR
> (Pentax
> K100D); initially, I forgot a few of the devices (including
> some
> cameras), and did them later.

As someone living in a country where DST is not used, I have
never been able to understand the logic behind the practice or
how it's considered to be worth all the disruption and
adjustments it makes necessary. By adjustments, I mean not just
the twice-a-year resetting of clocks, but also adjusting life
(personal, business, time-critical management, etc.) to the new
timings. But I'm not blindly criticising something I don't
understand. I'm open to enlightenment.

Re: Fall Back, U.S.A!
 

mianileng wrote:
> John Turco wrote:
>> Hello, my fellow Americans...did you remember to move all of
>> your
>> timepieces, back an hour? Daylight Saving Time ended, early on
>> Sunday
>> morning (November 1, 2009), in our country.
>>
>> I, personally, needed to reset my wristwatch, several clocks,
>> various
>> electronic devices, a number of digicams and my lone DSLR
>> (Pentax
>> K100D); initially, I forgot a few of the devices (including
>> some
>> cameras), and did them later.
>
> As someone living in a country where DST is not used, I have
> never been able to understand the logic behind the practice or
> how it's considered to be worth all the disruption and
> adjustments it makes necessary. By adjustments, I mean not just
> the twice-a-year resetting of clocks, but also adjusting life
> (personal, business, time-critical management, etc.) to the new
> timings. But I'm not blindly criticising something I don't
> understand. I'm open to enlightenment.

The idea is that in summer (because Winter time is closer to true time)
more evening activities can take place in daylight. In other words, this
takes daylight hours in the very early morning (when most people are
still asleep) and puts them in the evening.

Of course, if the offices of government and big companies, schools,
daycare centers, shops, all started the day at 7am and finished it at
4pm, this would have about the same effect.
--
Bertrand

Re: Fall Back, U.S.A!
 

In article <hcn191$jbl$1@news.albasani.net>,
"mianileng" <mianileng@invalid.com> wrote:

> By adjustments, I mean not just
> the twice-a-year resetting of clocks, but also adjusting life
> (personal, business, time-critical management, etc.) to the new
> timings.


It's no different than moving to another time zone one hour off. Nothing
changes except the clocks.

Fall-back is my favorite day of the year. You get an extra hour to do
with as you please!

--
m-m
http://www.mhmyers.com

Re: Fall Back, U.S.A!
 

On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:57:08 +0530, mianileng wrote:

> John Turco wrote:
>> Hello, my fellow Americans...did you remember to move all of your
>> timepieces, back an hour? Daylight Saving Time ended, early on Sunday
>> morning (November 1, 2009), in our country.
>>
>> I, personally, needed to reset my wristwatch, several clocks, various
>> electronic devices, a number of digicams and my lone DSLR (Pentax
>> K100D); initially, I forgot a few of the devices (including some
>> cameras), and did them later.
>
> As someone living in a country where DST is not used, I have never been
> able to understand the logic behind the practice or how it's considered
> to be worth all the disruption and adjustments it makes necessary. By
> adjustments, I mean not just the twice-a-year resetting of clocks, but
> also adjusting life (personal, business, time-critical management, etc.)
> to the new timings. But I'm not blindly criticising something I don't
> understand. I'm open to enlightenment.

No logic to it at all. It's claimed it saves energy, but a study in
Indiana (a 'split' state) showed that to be totally bogus. It's
psychological - that's all. And a huge waste of resources, resetting all
the damned clocks twice a year. It should certainly be abolished - would
make life simpler all the way around.

Re: Fall Back, U.S.A!
 

Ofnuts wrote:
> mianileng wrote:
>>
>> As someone living in a country where DST is not used, I have
>> never been able to understand the logic behind the practice or
>> how it's considered to be worth all the disruption and
>> adjustments it makes necessary. By adjustments, I mean not
>> just
>> the twice-a-year resetting of clocks, but also adjusting life
>> (personal, business, time-critical management, etc.) to the
>> new
>> timings. But I'm not blindly criticising something I don't
>> understand. I'm open to enlightenment.
>
> The idea is that in summer (because Winter time is closer to
> true
> time) more evening activities can take place in daylight. In
> other
> words, this takes daylight hours in the very early morning
> (when most
> people are still asleep) and puts them in the evening.
>
> Of course, if the offices of government and big companies,
> schools,
> daycare centers, shops, all started the day at 7am and finished
> it at
> 4pm, this would have about the same effect.

That's what's done over here. As the days grow shorter with the
approach of winter, working hours are simply shortened, usually
from mid-October. Government office timings are changed from 9-5
to 9:30-4, and revert to 9-5 in spring. Businesses also make
similar adjustments. I feel that this causes fewer complications
than DST.