Daylight Savings Time in US/Canada - New Law, New Dates

[JohnnyMalaria]

Well, this was news to me this morning when I saw it in an email.

From 2007, the United States and parts of Canada are extending the duration of their Daylight Saving Time (DST).

Daylight Saving Time is brought forward by 3 or 4 weeks in Spring and extended by one week in the Fall. This time change will affect the scheduling of any transcontinental meetings that involve participants in the Daylight Savings Time areas.

United States - DST begins at 2am, March 11 and ends at 2am, November 4

United Kingdom - BST begins at 1am, March 25 and ends at 1am, October 28

Time Difference (US-UK):

March 11 - March 25: 4 hours
October 28 - November 4: 6 hours


Perhaps I've been hibernating but I don't recall hearing anything about this. Apparently, a bill was passed in 2005....

[lordsmurf]

Yes, we apparently let the government monkeys tinker with our clocks too. Now my VCRs will be messed up, along with everything else that could be auto-set for DST.

[MOVIEGEEK]

I wish they would do away with DST.

[lordsmurf]

Why? DST works well for those of us who like to work in the yard.

Where I live right now, it gets dark at 4pm. That's retarded. I'm not even off work yet. I'd hate for it to be that way in the summer too!

[SquirrelDip]

This is going to confuse the crap out of the cattle in Saskatchewan - It'll drive them mad... Hey, wait a minute - I think I may be on to something...

[MOVIEGEEK]

Why? DST works well for those of us who like to work in the yard.

Where I live right now, it gets dark at 4pm. That's retarded. I'm not even off work yet. I'd hate for it to be that way in the summer too!

4pm?! Where do you live...Anchorage?
In the summertime it gets dark at 8:30 where I live so it would be 7:30 if they did away with DST and be cooler.

[budz]

Lucky I live in Hawaii where there's no daylight savings time. I believe it's the same for Arizona and parts of Indiana.

[MackemX]

they should just reduce the working day hours by one instead

[SquirrelDip]

Why? DST works well for those of us who like to work in the yard.

Where I live right now, it gets dark at 4pm. That's retarded. I'm not even off work yet. I'd hate for it to be that way in the summer too!

4pm?! Where do you live...Anchorage?
In the summertime it gets dark at 8:30 where I live so it would be 7:30 if they did away with DST and be cooler.

You don't have to be all that far north - Sunset here in Calgary is about 4:30 through December (8 hour days)

[gadgetguy]

You don't have to be all that far north - Sunset here in Calgary is about 4:30 through December (8 hour days)

You only have to be on the east end of your time zone to experience early nights.

[thecoalman]

I wish they would do away with DST.

I'd agree just a pain in the ass, use the time they do in the summer and be done with it. I know that means it won't be light out until 8 in Decemberwhere I live but I really don't care. Rather have the light at the end of the day.

[Guest]

I wish they would do away with DST.

I'd agree just a pain in the ass, use the time they do in the summer and be done with it. I know that means it won't be light out until 8 in Decemberwhere I live but I really don't care. Rather have the light at the end of the day.

Ditto. I would actually rather it say light to 6pm rather than 5 this time of year. I would rather have it dark on my way to work. I hate getting the sunrise in my sleepy eyes while driving.

[SquirrelDip]

You don't have to be all that far north - Sunset here in Calgary is about 4:30 through December (8 hour days)

You only have to be on the east end of your time zone to experience early nights.

Point taken but it doesn't change you number of daylight hours.

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/sunrise.html

Calgary shows 16.5 hour days in the summer and 8 hour in winter. A few years back I lived in Malaysia and Kuala Lumpur shows 12 hour days year round. It was neat at first having no winters but after about a year I really missed the season changes.

Edmonton is only a 3 hour drive north and they show 17 hour days in summer and 7.5 hour in winter.

[MOVIEGEEK]

You don't have to be all that far north - Sunset here in Calgary is about 4:30 through December (8 hour days)

You only have to be on the east end of your time zone to experience early nights.

That's true,I forgot about that.

[MrMoody]

use the time they do in the summer and be done with it. I know that means it won't be light out until 8 in December where I live but I really don't care. Rather have the light at the end of the day.

I believe they tried this one winter in the 70s, and either no one liked it or too many school kids got run over or something like that and it got changed back.

The important question is, will Microsoft update XP or will we have to buy Vista for our PC clocks to be right in the US?

[ZAPPER]

I keep telling ya, We need to go to a 30 hour day, 8 day week. Work four 10 hour shifts in a week and have a four day weekend!


I got kin folk in Indiana and I think that they have finally adopted DST (Politics, no practical reason)

To be more effective we actually need smaller time zones and variable DSTs or local business time shifts that relate to local economics and conditions, but what a headache that would be!

[quickbits]

...The important question is, will Microsoft update XP or will we have to buy Vista for our PC clocks to be right in the US?

Yes, there are DST "updates" (patches) for MS products that are still supported, but not for those that are EOLed. Here are some links:

• General discussion of DST change impact to Microsoft products (Windows, Office, Outlook, etc).
• MS Knowledge Base Article #928388 detailing impact to Windows OS family.
• Downloadable patch for Windows XP.

My very first post, and I'm trying quotes and links! 8) Hope this works out well.