Do not forget !!

[rivonia]

Tonight is the night we all put the clocks/watches BACK one hour.

Just a gentle reminder

Peter

 

[sailorgirl]

We did that last month in Morocco only to find the government had postponed the change the Thursday before - took us a few days to realise! Anyway for everyone in Morocco tonight is the night unless of course you know different...

 

[akyaka]

and also tonight in Turkey

 

[Cymrogwyllt]

You turn them forward an hour you know

 

[chinita]

Now I am really confused.

 

[Vallich]

Turn your time pieces back 60 mins on Sunday (tomorrow), actually 2am is the correct time to perform the deed (allegedly) but most will turn them back an hour before they go to sleepy bybyies if that is before 2am.This is getting way too wordy...

 

[chinita]

So, is it different in Wales?

 

[Tony Cross]

It's different in Greece, I had to get up a 4am here to put the clocks back. They gave me an extra hour in bed though for my trouble.

 

[nigelmercier]

We once spent a week in the USA not realising they had put their clocks forward.

BTW: Spring forward, fall back.

 

[tri39]

Pub was very busy at only 12 noon today in Firle, Sussex!
It's easy to forget the time difference when travelling from Spain to Portugal.
Then I found out Spain used to be on GMT/BST till the late thirties when Franco put the clocks forward to be on German time!!
Imho they should go back to British time, I find getting up at dawn and eating dinner in bright sunlight disconcerting.

 

[macd]

Then I found out Spain used to be on GMT/BST till the late thirties when Franco put the clocks forward to be on German time!!
Imho they should go back to British time, I find getting up at dawn and eating dinner in bright sunlight disconcerting.

What an influential chap you must be: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24294157

 

[Cymrogwyllt]

So, is it different in Wales?

I usually get at least one victim most years

 

[Sybarite]

You turn them forward an hour you know

Fall back : Spring forward

 

[macd]

Fall back : Spring forward

That's what any summer upper might say, although Nigel prefers it the other way round (Post #9).
Then there's winter down to keep you snug.

 

[charles_reed]

Changes to and from Summer Time, throughout Europe and most of the rest of the world take place on the last Sunday (back) of October and (forward) the last Sunday of March.
I would remind those who yearn for a standard time throughout the world that the immutable rotation of the earth means that for every 15degrees E you go, the sun rises and sets 60' earlier.
Most computers and smartphones do it automatically and even some clocks (providing they're radio-controlled).

 

[BrianH]

What an influential chap you must be: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24294157

"It said that following the "wrong clock" explained why Spaniards tended to eat, leave work and go to bed later than their European neighbours." ParliamentaryCommission Report.

That's ridiculous, Spanish culture dictates their lifestyle and shifting their timezone won't change that. When I lived in Madrid (admittedly almost 40 years ago) I fell easily enough into the pattern of finishing work early in the afternoon after no lunch break - set to accommodate the summer heat before air conditioning - have a siesta, keep going on tapas until a late, very late, evening meal. The restaurants did not even open for business until 10 pm and didn't start filling up before 11 pm. Most of their "European neighbours" e.g. France and Italy, are on the same timezone as they are.

As for remembering to change back from summer time, now that I have laid up and gone home, I don't have to any more. I have slowly changed all the clocks in the house to be radio controlled from the LW transmitter in Frankfurt. Even my wrist watch is so controlled. Only when I go back to the boat next April need I set my solid brass mechanical bulkhead clock to the right time ... but that needs winding every week anyway.

 

[macd]

Changes to and from Summer Time, throughout Europe and most of the rest of the world take place on the last Sunday (back) of October and (forward) the last Sunday of March.
I would remind those who yearn for a standard time throughout the world that the immutable rotation of the earth means that for every 15degrees E you go, the sun rises and sets 60' earlier.

All true, of course, but can someone explain why, if 'winter time' is helpful to farmers, kids going to and from school and all the other arguments, it is so far from symmetrical about midsummer which, logically, it would have to be?

 

[BrianH]

In insular Switzerland some thirty years ago they ignored summer time and kept doggedly to not changing the clocks. But porous borders with four neighbours who did caused problems, especially with transport schedules that ran seamlessly between them. So the government introduced the time change to coincide with all other central European countries, which incensed the populace, who, in true Swiss democratic fashion, forced a referendum on the matter, winning a reversion of the law by a close majority.

The government, not to be thwarted, themselves brought a referendum to reintroduce it but not before a blitz of propaganda outlining all the advantages and, most importantly for the Swiss, the financial benefits of being in step with the rest of Europe. They won.

So I remember a time of madness when just arriving in Switzerland there was a see-saw of years of, time-change on, off again and on again; it was difficult to remember which year we were in and if we should change. A good account of it all is at: http://www.dicconbewes.com/2011/03/28/thirty-years-of-swiss-summer-time/

 

[chinita]

Fall back : Spring forward

Oh no, no , no...... we have been caught by a Welsh 'prank'!