Day Light Savings time starts this Saturday after Midnight, April 2nd...

eizzle wrote:

This bites. For the first time in my 27 years on this Earth, I am affected by it! I guess its not so bad, other than the only people they are doing it for is big business. Since I have been alive, Indiana never observed this, now they start... why can't we just leave things they were intended?

Amen.  I liked the fact that Indiana had sufficient imagination to not require changing the clocks twice a year.  Thank you to our ever so ingenious governor.  Hey, I voted for the guy, but this is plain silly.  On the plus side, I can now play a full 18 holes after work..

It is really unbelievable the amount of info you do get on this forum!.....I'm sorta glad I did make the mistake..I sure learned a lot from it! Thanks all for your input!.."RC"

ajlafleche wrote:

peglegrc wrote:  ajlafleche wrote:  peglegrc wrote: Yes its one month earlier now starting this year.. Actually, it's been this weekend for a while, as I have to remind the club (or they me) that it starts the day of our contest. I'm sorry to disagree, but if you still have a last years calender you will see that it was the first Sunday in May as its been since it's started..President Bush signed this into effect starting This year to help cut the cost of electricty bills ...."RC" . Daylight Saving Time Schedule 2004: April 4 - October 31 2005: April 3 - October 30 2006: April 2 - October 29 New Federal Law In Effect 2007: March 11 - Nov. 4 2008: March 9 - Nov. 2 2009: March 8 - Nov. 1 2010: March 14 - Nov. 7 2011: March 13 - Nov. 6 Source: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/daylight1.html And "Following the war, states and municipalities were allowed to observe DST at their discretion. This created a great deal of confusion for the broadcasting industry and for many transportation companies because DST was not observed uniformly. Therefore, Congress enacted the Uniform Time Act in 1966. The law simply states that if DST is going to be observed, it must be done in a uniform manner. The Act established the beginning of DST as the last Sunday in April and the end of DST as the last Sunday of October. In 1986, an amendment (Public Law 99-359) to the Act changed the beginning date to the first Sunday in April. " Source: http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/other/dstbegin.html

   Wow!... I stand corrected! Sorry for MY mistake! Thank you for the right coverage on it...Now I'm wondering? Where Did I get that phony info I stated from?!..Guess my old noggen isn't as sharp as I thought it is... I screwed up on another subject last week with my Son's coming Marrage too, I stated I'd heard it wasn't going to happen and IT still is! ha,ha....."Thank you for clearing this mess I made up!"......It starts Next Year on March 11th!  I need to mark this down for my next years calender!  Okay, thank you  again, sorry for my mistake...I wonder why I was thinking it's always started on the first Sunday in May?!........"RC"

The way they were intended? By whom? The measure of time is an artificial contruct. That there are 24 hours in a day comes from some Egyptian or Babylonian dividing the day into 24 as opposed to 12, or 8 or 563 or a thousand equal parts. http://homepage.mac.com/pete.boardman/24hourclock/history.html

Actually, DST is being done to save energy for all of us. People coming home from work dont have to turn the lights on as soon and can do things outside much longer. Traditionally, one of the reasons it was done was so kids wouldn't be walking to school in the dark. As someone who HAS lived with it 56 years, there's nothing cooler than those long summer evenings where twilight goes on forever. Two years ago, when I went to Phoenix for the IPMS National, it was quite weird to go from 8:30 sunsets to 7:30 sunsets over ngiht.

This bites. For the first time in my 27 years on this Earth, I am affected by it! I guess its not so bad, other than the only people they are doing it for is big business. Since I have been alive, Indiana never observed this, now they start... why can't we just leave things they were intended?

peglegrc wrote:

ajlafleche wrote:  peglegrc wrote: Yes its one month earlier now starting this year.. Actually, it's been this weekend for a while, as I have to remind the club (or they me) that it starts the day of our contest. I'm sorry to disagree, but if you still have a last years calender you will see that it was the first Sunday in May as its been since it's started..President Bush signed this into effect starting This year to help cut the cost of electricty bills ...."RC"

. Daylight Saving Time Schedule
2004: April 4 - October 31
2005: April 3 - October 30
2006: April 2 - October 29
New Federal Law In Effect
2007: March 11 - Nov. 4
2008: March 9 - Nov. 2
2009: March 8 - Nov. 1
2010: March 14 - Nov. 7
2011: March 13 - Nov. 6 Source: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/daylight1.html

And "Following the war, states and municipalities were allowed to observe DST at their discretion. This created a great deal of confusion for the broadcasting industry and for many transportation companies because DST was not observed uniformly. Therefore, Congress enacted the Uniform Time Act in 1966. The law simply states that if DST is going to be observed, it must be done in a uniform manner. The Act established the beginning of DST as the last Sunday in April and the end of DST as the last Sunday of October. In 1986, an amendment (Public Law 99-359) to the Act changed the beginning date to the first Sunday in April. "

Source: http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/other/dstbegin.html

peglegrc wrote:

Lufbery wrote: Except that Saturday is April the 1st. LOL Sorry, I ment to say Sunday it starts, but to turn them forward on Saturday night when you go to bed...Please excuse the mistake I made..Thank you!.."RC"

Hey, no problem! I get confused easily, so I wanted to make sure I got the right day.

grandadjohn wrote:

Doesn't effect me

Or me Thank god i hate dturnning the clocks.

Lufbery wrote:

Except that Saturday is April the 1st.

LOL Sorry, I ment to say Sunday it starts, but to turn them forward on Saturday night when you go to bed...Please excuse the mistake I made..Thank you!.."RC"

ajlafleche wrote:

peglegrc wrote: Yes its one month earlier now starting this year.. Actually, it's been this weekend for a while, as I have to remind the club (or they me) that it starts the day of our contest.

I'm sorry to disagree, but if you still have a last years calender you will see that it was the first Sunday in May as its been since it's started..President Bush signed this into effect starting This year to help cut the cost of electricty bills ...."RC"

Doesn't effect me

Except that Saturday is April the 1st.

peglegrc wrote:

Yes its one month earlier now starting this year..

Actually, it's been this weekend for a while, as I have to remind the club (or they me) that it starts the day of our contest.