BST begins

Dauphin · March 30, 2003, 08:16

Do I have to change my Poly time zone or will there be a springing forward of the Poly clock in the near future?

badams52 · March 30, 2003, 11:21

BST??

Here it's EST and EDT where the latter is for the great spring forward

Kassiopeia · March 30, 2003, 11:31

I was wondering this too, I already changed my timezone to GMT +3 since the Poly clock was an hour behind.

Zopperoni · March 30, 2003, 11:54

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Originally posted by badams52
BST??

British Summer Time

Where the clock and my post count go +1

Nikolai · March 30, 2003, 12:30

British summer time?

Here in Norway we have something called summer time but I've never heard this British part... Does you tea people have some special kind of summer time to make room for some extra tea time?

Rasbelin · March 30, 2003, 12:42

Nikolai,

it's the same summer time. Brits just call it British Summer Time (BST) as the GMT time isn't changed. Only the local time in the UK.

FrustratedPoet · March 30, 2003, 12:44

I had to change the time zone in my options manually this morning. Doesn't bother me really, since it only needs to be changed twice a year.

Nikolai · March 30, 2003, 12:51

OK, Ras. Thanks for the clear up!

Solver · March 30, 2003, 14:18

Isn't GMT changed. Do you mean that during summer time we (Latvia, Finland) are three hours ahead of GMT?

St Leo · March 30, 2003, 14:33

Binary Search Tree?

Dauphin · March 30, 2003, 14:53

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Originally posted by Solver
Isn't GMT changed. Do you mean that during summer time we (Latvia, Finland) are three hours ahead of GMT?

GMT doesn't change. The UK (and ironically the town of Greenwich) is currently GMT+1 = BST.

badams52 · March 30, 2003, 15:41

why is it that we Americans are a week late this time?

Our daylight savings time starts next week.

Which country started this whole stupid business of daylight savings time anyway? And does anyone know why?

BTW, China doesn't have daylight savings time nor separate time zones. Think of it, in the west the sun doesn't rise till later than 8:30 am in the winter.

Nikolai · March 30, 2003, 16:41

I've heard the reason is that the cows and pigs and such didn't want to cooperate when we humans started the industrialization, and didn't adjust to our timescale when the days got longer.

They acted after the daylight, we after the clock!

spartak · March 30, 2003, 17:04

Its hardly a big deal.

Straybow · March 30, 2003, 19:49

US Daylight Savings Time begins April 6. Servers running on Windows should automatically switch, unless set to ignore it.

alva · March 30, 2003, 22:27

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Originally posted by Nikolai
British summer time?

Here in Norway we have something called summer time but I've never heard this British part... Does you tea people have some special kind of summer time to make room for some extra tea time?

Yep, they do, as a matter of fact, their summer is very strange indeed, as it is the same as their automn, spring and winter....WET

DrSpike · March 31, 2003, 06:36

Its always annoying getting up Sunday morning and having your comp tell you you've lost 1 hour. Of course getting a free hour later on in the year is more acceptable.

Skanky Burns · March 31, 2003, 07:12

And speaking of which, Australia just got an hour back with the end of their daylight saving.

Dauphin · March 31, 2003, 07:17

If I had my way we would be another hour ahead.First light at 4am is insane when you have an east face window like myself. If we moved another hour forward it would just be dark at about 11pm.

Its more sensible all round.

DrSpike · March 31, 2003, 07:40

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Originally posted by Skanky Burns
And speaking of which, Australia just got an hour back with the end of their daylight saving.

Skanky stole my lie-in!!

Grrrrrrr.

Reinhard-Baer · March 31, 2003, 08:54

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Originally posted by Nikolai
I've heard the reason is that the cows and pigs and such didn't want to cooperate when we humans started the industrialization, and didn't adjust to our timescale when the days got longer.

They acted after the daylight, we after the clock!

Perhaps we should teach these animals to act after the clock. Remember we humans can achieve everything it's just a question of how hard we try to convince them. Would save us a lot of trouble

BigFurryMonster · March 31, 2003, 12:34

Will the time zones adjust?? Not the Poly server (since it is in the US) but the zones itself. For example, Central Europe is now on GMT +2, where Poly says it is on GMT +1. Very annoying.

badams52 · March 31, 2003, 13:23

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Originally posted by Big Crunch
If I had my way we would be another hour ahead.First light at 4am is insane when you have an east face window like myself. If we moved another hour forward it would just be dark at about 11pm.

Its more sensible all round.

Not all of us live as far north as you BC.

seems none of you know that the first reason daylight savings time was instituted back during WWI time frame in Germany and Austria was to save energy (and money). http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/

edit: grammar

badams52 · March 31, 2003, 13:25

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Originally posted by Skanky Burns
And speaking of which, Australia just got an hour back with the end of their daylight saving.

And you're also heading into the cold, dark winter while us Northern Hemisphereites are looking forward to warm weather and longer days

Dauphin · March 31, 2003, 14:09

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Originally posted by badams52

Not all of us live as far north as you BC.

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What's with the rolleyes? I'm not asking for all countries to implement it, only the UK.

Dauphin · March 31, 2003, 14:18

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Originally posted by badams52
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/

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The idea was first advocated seriously by a London builder, William Willett (1857-1915), in the pamphlet "Waste of Daylight" (1907) that proposed advancing clocks 20 minutes on each of four Sundays in April, and retarding them by the same amount on four Sundays in September. As he was taking an early morning a ride through Petts Wood, near Croydon, Willett was struck by the fact that the blinds of nearby houses were closed, even though the sun was fully risen. When questioned as to why he didn't simply get up an hour earlier, Willett replied with typical British humor, "What?" In his pamphlet "The Waste of Daylight" he wrote

Having lived in Petts Wood to hear someone say "Petts Wood is near Croydon" feels odd.

badams52 · March 31, 2003, 16:40

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Originally posted by Big Crunch
What's with the rolleyes? I'm not asking for all countries to implement it, only the UK.

Ah, so by "we" you meant the UK, not "everyone who is affected by DST." Point taken. No offence I hope.

mactbone · March 31, 2003, 17:54

We're still holding out in our corn bunkers here in Indiana. Heck, no we don't change!

It's really weird around Indianapolis because the networks time delay all non-live stuff an hour so that prime-time is always 8 o'clock. This is in contrast to Northern Indiana which airs the shows the same time they are shown in Chicago (7 o'clock). Cable shows are always shown on Chicago time in both areas though.

Skanky Burns · March 31, 2003, 18:25

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Originally posted by DrSpike

Skanky stole my lie-in!!

Grrrrrrr.

Thanks. That extra hours sleep was wonderful!

Chowlett · March 31, 2003, 19:11

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When questioned as to why he didn't simply get up an hour earlier, Willett replied with typical British humor, "What?"

Oooh, aren't we a witty nation?

I take it it wasn't a brit who wrote that snippet? Generally, we're slightly funnier than that...