UK Clocks go forward tonight.

[Labarum]

Don't forget: Spring forward, fall back.

[Miss Phode]

Re: UK Clocks go forward tonight.

I wonder when ours change. hmmmm....

[Miss Phode]

Re: UK Clocks go forward tonight.

Nevermind. April 2nd.

[Laurenfra]

Re: UK Clocks go forward tonight.

Its weird that it is different.

[Labarum]

Re: UK Clocks go forward tonight.

Its weird that it is different.

Why? It's an entirely arbitrary decision. Only in recent years has the UK agreed to move with the rest of Europe.

Getting it right in the US of A is even more a problem than for Europe - the spread North to South is greater. What suits London wouldn't necessarily suit Aberdeen - Helsinki would have even bigger problems with darkeness at the start or the end of the day.

Does Alaska move to Summer Time with the rest of the States?

[Miss Phode]

Re: UK Clocks go forward tonight.

Does Alaska move to Summer Time with the rest of the States?

I think so...

[Labarum]

Re: UK Clocks go forward tonight.

And does Canada move with you?

[Laurenfra]

Re: UK Clocks go forward tonight.

I guess weird was a bad word suprised is more like it. There are parts of the us that dont even move their clocks. I have no idea about Alaska. I guess I just dont see the need for it at all.

[Labarum]

Re: UK Clocks go forward tonight.

I guess weird was a bad word suprised is more like it. There are parts of the us that dont even move their clocks. I have no idea about Alaska. I guess I just dont see the need for it at all.

Thats more like it - Florida is so far south, I can't see summer time would make much difference.

[Miss Phode]

Re: UK Clocks go forward tonight.

And does Canada move with you?

I believe so.

[moonwish]

Re: UK Clocks go forward tonight.

We moved it today and I did't even know before about 5 PM

I must say I just love this summer time. I doesn't make much difference in SUMMER when there's only 2-3 hours without natural light but it makes things so much better right now. I can actually reach home before it gets dark tomorrow! Yay!

[sadie147]

Re: UK Clocks go forward tonight.

Some info on DST (which will change for many of us in 2007 to follow the US lead)

Comparisons Around the World

More than one billion people in about 70 countries around the world observe DST in some form. Here are interesting facts about some of these countries:

• Most of Canada uses Daylight Saving Time. Some exceptions include the majority of Saskatchewan and parts of northeastern British Columbia. In the fall of 2005, Manitoba and Ontario announced that like the United States, they would extend daylight time starting in 2007. The attorney general of Ontario commented that "it is important to maintain Ontario's competitive advantage by coordinating time changes with our major trading partner, and harmonizing our financial, industrial, transportation, and communications links." Other provinces have indicated that they may also follow suit.
• It wasn't until 1996 that our NAFTA neighbors in Mexico adopted DST. Now all three Mexican time zones are on the same schedule as the United States.
• Also in 1996, members of the European Union agreed to observe a "summer-time period" from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.
• Most countries near the equator don't deviate from standard time.
• In the Southern Hemisphere, where summer arrives in what we in the Northern Hemisphere consider the winter months, DST is observed from late October to late March.
• Three large regions in Australia do not participate in DST. Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland stay on standard time all year. The remaining south-central and southeastern sections of the continent (which is where Sydney and Melbourne are found) make the switch. This results in both vertical and horizontal time zones Down Under during the summer months.
• China, which spans five time zones, is always eight hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and it does not observe DST.
• In Japan, DST was implemented after World War II by the U.S. occupation. In 1952 it was abandoned because of strong opposition by Japanese farmers.

from http://www.infoplease.com/spot/daylight1.html

[*Emma*]

Re: UK Clocks go forward tonight.

Ugh, i hate it, i lost an hour in bed