People who rely on their phones/computers to tell time probably forgot or didn't realize that a Daylight Saving Time-Change even happened, some might've forgotten that DST existed at all.
I rely on smart devices to tell the time, but it’s easy to notice DST when the few dumb devices I have are out of sync. If I didn’t have any of those, I would have missed the switch entirely.
I'm on 3rd shift & get paid an hour of OT in the fall for working daylight savings. In the spring if you work it you get paid an hour of straight time since you worked a full shift.
That's incredibly unfair. Everyone says we don't, but I just checked my timesheet and it's listed as a 13 hour shift (instead of 12) with a notation marking it as happening during a time shift.
It was, I didn't stay there long. That one thing was one of many things indicative of a bad employer.That's good that your employer treats you fairly though.
Night shift worker here. May as well be a cave person. I didn’t work when DST happened, therefore it happened seamlessly to me and I am entirely unaware of it. I actually only know it happened because people were talking about it.
I had to stay up to push my sleep schedule back to catch an early flight. I didn't know we were going back until it was about to be 2am (when I planned to go to sleep) and it was suddenly 1am. Normally I'm happy to get an extra hour of sleep but this time it meant having to wait an extra hour to sleep.
I got a late appointment for my dog at the vet’s office. A tech walked out and was kind of freaking out that it was already dark at 5:30. She said she’d never experienced DST before. Turns out she’d moved here fairly recently from Puerto Rico and they don’t change time there.
I only noticed dst change when I saw that my analog desk clock was off by an hour one day compared to my phones. Why do we even do this shit, I dont think anything changes for my routine from it
I knew someone who came to the UK as a student from Nigeria, which used the same timezone as British Summertime. His phone was still on Nigerian time and it took until monday when he realised that people weren't at the bus stop and the bus was an hour late that he was living his life in a different timezone
I was driving to the store on Sunday around 5:30ish and I wondered why it was so dark. That’s when it hit me. The only clock I have in the house that doesn’t set itself is the coffee pot and I rarely drink coffee.
The United States changed about 15-20 years ago to always be after Halloween, so that kids can trick-or-treat longer and people will have to buy more candy.
I think I have it in my contract that I don't have to work longer hours just because the time changed. Basically I start work at 9:00 a.m. (or whatever might start time for that week is) and then I finish 8 hours later. Whatever time 8 hours after the start time is, I go home at that time, regardless of what the clocks currently say.
A number of years ago my wife and I visited Lubec, Maine, which is about the northeastern point of the state. Lubec has a bridge that connects to Campobello Island, which is Canadian. For whatever reason, Campobello is in a different time zone despite being physically only one or two hundred yards from the mainland.
I learned the hard way that the closest cell tower in the area was on Campobello, and since it’s in a different time zone it caused my phone to change time to an hour earlier. Luckily it resulted in us being an hour early for a harbor tour instead of an hour late.
My friends missed a wedding ceremony because of this, showed up an hour late and were very confused. I guess people who live right next to a timezone border turn off the automatic updates on their phone?
My mom usually reminds me about daylight saving time, even though it's unnecessary because I have no clocks to reset. I was surprised she didn't bring it up to me this time
59 Comments
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip · 54 pts · 288d
I rely on smart devices to tell the time, but it’s easy to notice DST when the few dumb devices I have are out of sync. If I didn’t have any of those, I would have missed the switch entirely.
Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 288d
I was very confused why I woke up so early until I spotted my microwave in the late afternoon.
tym@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 288d
lonefighter@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 287d
I work night shift. I got to watch the time on my phone reset and then relive the hour again while stuck on shift.
JigglySackles@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 287d
I hated that when I did overnights. I didn't even get compensation for the extra hour of work.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 287d
I'm on 3rd shift & get paid an hour of OT in the fall for working daylight savings. In the spring if you work it you get paid an hour of straight time since you worked a full shift.
JigglySackles@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 287d
Nice, that's how it should be.
lonefighter@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 287d
That's incredibly unfair. Everyone says we don't, but I just checked my timesheet and it's listed as a 13 hour shift (instead of 12) with a notation marking it as happening during a time shift.
Wolf314159@startrek.website · 4 pts · 287d
It's more than simply unfair. It's theft, wage theft, plain and simple.
JigglySackles@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 287d
It was, I didn't stay there long. That one thing was one of many things indicative of a bad employer.That's good that your employer treats you fairly though.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 287d
Okay, but we're not cave people, ffs. I couldn't help notice the sun was up a lot sooner than normal.
toynbee@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 287d
Hey, speak for yourself. The only reason I remembered DST was a thing was because I saw a bunch of posts here referencing it.
JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 286d
Night shift worker here. May as well be a cave person. I didn’t work when DST happened, therefore it happened seamlessly to me and I am entirely unaware of it. I actually only know it happened because people were talking about it.
stoly@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 288d
You notice when you wake up and the sun either is brighter or it is dark outside.
someguy3@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 288d
It would be nice if there was a little notification. Can't believe there isn't.
papalonian@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 288d
I had to stay up to push my sleep schedule back to catch an early flight. I didn't know we were going back until it was about to be 2am (when I planned to go to sleep) and it was suddenly 1am. Normally I'm happy to get an extra hour of sleep but this time it meant having to wait an extra hour to sleep.
jqubed@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 287d
I got a late appointment for my dog at the vet’s office. A tech walked out and was kind of freaking out that it was already dark at 5:30. She said she’d never experienced DST before. Turns out she’d moved here fairly recently from Puerto Rico and they don’t change time there.
Raiderkev@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 287d
I'm on vacation in Hawaii rn. No time change here, so it's pretty nice, just will be 2 hours different instead of 3 when I go back.
BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 287d
I only noticed dst change when I saw that my analog desk clock was off by an hour one day compared to my phones. Why do we even do this shit, I dont think anything changes for my routine from it
Flax_vert@feddit.uk · 9 pts · 288d
I knew someone who came to the UK as a student from Nigeria, which used the same timezone as British Summertime. His phone was still on Nigerian time and it took until monday when he realised that people weren't at the bus stop and the bus was an hour late that he was living his life in a different timezone
JigglySackles@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 287d
All the more reason to fall back and never spring forward again.
foggy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 288d
I was genuinely wondering why I woke up at 430 am. Like 530 is uncommon but 430?! The fuck?
Went back to bed, woke up before 8?? Like all week it was hard to get my laptop open for 8am but suddenly... what?
My girlfriend reminded me.
sdtg5afwooasiwefr@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 286d
I noticed because my oven suddenly had the right time
BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 288d
Don't worry, the stove will remind you!
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 288d
Me sitting here in Arizona not knowing what you're all talking about then remembering I'm in Arizona.
billwashere@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 286d
I was driving to the store on Sunday around 5:30ish and I wondered why it was so dark. That’s when it hit me. The only clock I have in the house that doesn’t set itself is the coffee pot and I rarely drink coffee.
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 4 pts · 288d
DST was like 2 weeks ago?
I had to adjust the time on my hifi and my wrist watch.
Nighed@feddit.uk · 17 pts · 288d
I think north America only switched this last weekend?
Had a non standard difference last week.
warbond@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 288d
Yeah, the US and Europe do DST a couple weeks apart, presumably because of latitude differences but it could also be spite, I guess.
makyo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 288d
It used to be the same but them W. Bush extended summer time on both ends to really make things confusing
Serinus@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 288d
We should extend it more. Maybe an extra two months on each end.
TheTetrapod@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 288d
I hate the opinion that we should switch to DST all the time. Why should we get to be special little guys with a weird time zone?
Ghoelian@piefed.social · 3 pts · 288d
Well you wouldn't call it DST anymore, so it's just as arbitrary and weird as most other timezones at that point.
dubyakay@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 287d
Yes. Instead we should have micro-timezones. And hopefully our clocks auto adjust based on gps or township/city longitude.
bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 288d
The United States changed about 15-20 years ago to always be after Halloween, so that kids can trick-or-treat longer and people will have to buy more candy.
ijhoo@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 288d
What about the oven?
slazer2au@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 288d
And the microwave.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 288d
They're always at 12:00 anyways
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 2 pts · 288d
Why would they have clocks anyway?
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 3 pts · 288d
People like to have a clock in the kitchen. It helps to know what time dinner will be ready.
Chyioko@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 287d
We stopped doing that in my country. I don't remember why though?
tomcatt360@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 286d
Maybe because the twice yearly time change results in loss of productivity, and is bad for mental health?
fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 287d
First time in my life it was good thing. Friend and I were sleeping off hangovers, thought we wasted the day away and got back an hour.
Every other years it's meant me staying later for or going in early for work lol
echodot@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 287d
I think I have it in my contract that I don't have to work longer hours just because the time changed. Basically I start work at 9:00 a.m. (or whatever might start time for that week is) and then I finish 8 hours later. Whatever time 8 hours after the start time is, I go home at that time, regardless of what the clocks currently say.
fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 287d
As it should be. My management there were just bad at there jobs
mp3@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 288d
The perfect moment to say thank you to Paul Eggert
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tz_database
blave@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 288d
This is how it’s been for me for almost 25 years…
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 3 pts · 287d
Was that today?
echodot@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 287d
Daylight savings happens in different countries at different times, so might have been today for some people.
IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 288d
A number of years ago my wife and I visited Lubec, Maine, which is about the northeastern point of the state. Lubec has a bridge that connects to Campobello Island, which is Canadian. For whatever reason, Campobello is in a different time zone despite being physically only one or two hundred yards from the mainland.
I learned the hard way that the closest cell tower in the area was on Campobello, and since it’s in a different time zone it caused my phone to change time to an hour earlier. Luckily it resulted in us being an hour early for a harbor tour instead of an hour late.
bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 288d
My friends missed a wedding ceremony because of this, showed up an hour late and were very confused. I guess people who live right next to a timezone border turn off the automatic updates on their phone?
snooggums@piefed.world · 2 pts · 288d
Nah, the time change just resets when the sun is in my eyes in the morning on the way to work. Very noticeable.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 288d
I wear an automatic wristwatch pretty much all the time
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 288d
My mom usually reminds me about daylight saving time, even though it's unnecessary because I have no clocks to reset. I was surprised she didn't bring it up to me this time
Flax_vert@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 288d
Some people have a mixture of both and don't know which clock is right or not
XeroxCool@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 288d
A person with a clock knows the time. A person with two does not.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 288d
deep.
njm1314@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 288d
...okay yeah.
grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one · 1 pts · 288d
clocking effen out
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 287d
My phone automatically adjusts.