Did they change standard time/daylight savings

[li10up]

This was an energy bill passed by CONGRESS in 1995 with a lot of democratic support. No need to blame one man for this.....politics is just that...politics. IMO it's a good idea.

[RoadRaven]

We did the daylight savings change last night...

We did the jump forward (its Spring here)

So yesterday this time was 7:40am... but today its 8:40am!!!

I think they shifted it forward AGAIN because we are in the middle of the school hols, and it makes sense to get everyone used to the new times while they are in holiday mode

[nomummytummy]

and Road raven doesn't it seem wrong? It's wintery, raining, windy & cold here & the sun was still up when I wanted the kids in bed. Not sure why it's earlier this year - we were skiing yesterday so my poor brain is all confused.

missed my group ride this am b/c forgot to change the clock so went out by myself & it was just so gusty I called DH to collect me. looks like good weather tomorrow, but gale winds again tuesday. "Love' spring in Wellington - not!

[RoadRaven]

It seems very perculiar, NMT...

I was up in Rotorua last week at a convention, and was due to come home Wednesday night, but my partner convinced me over the phone to stay one more night because there was that southerly hitting the country and he was worried the Napier/Taupo road would be at least icey and possibly snowy.

I left at 5:20am Thursday and there were frosts right through from Rotorua to Taupo to my turn-off just before Napier. Thank goodness for the big trucks.

But you are so right - I always think of daylight savings as a summer thing - but nope, not this year, at the moment, at best, its still spring!

[OakLeaf]

.....politics is just that...politics. IMO it's a good idea.

Ummm... why? Is your workplace naturally lit? Probably most workplaces in the USA don't even *have* windows. Certainly any natural light that manages to sneak into workplaces and schools doesn't mean that they use any *less* artificial light than they do when they use the same rooms at night. Now if we were on permanent double daylight savings time like Russia, then people *would* use less artificial light at home... and probably be more productive at work because they're reaping all the benefits of getting some natural light and outdoor recreation.

[DirtDiva]

It's politics in lots of ways. For example, the tourism industry in NZ has been putting pressure on for ages as extending daylight hours in autumn (not so much in spring here as we're still in the post ski-season lull) allows a whole lot of providers to run more tourism-based activities for longer each day before the summer season winds down. That equals big bickies for the national economy (I think tourism is the second or third highest earning industry in NZ).

[li10up]

Ummm... why? Is your workplace naturally lit? Probably most workplaces in the USA don't even *have* windows. Certainly any natural light that manages to sneak into workplaces and schools doesn't mean that they use any *less* artificial light than they do when they use the same rooms at night. Now if we were on permanent double daylight savings time like Russia, then people *would* use less artificial light at home... and probably be more productive at work because they're reaping all the benefits of getting some natural light and outdoor recreation.

Actually, yes...every office in our building (except 3) has one wall that is full glass. Most of the people don't even turn their lights on due to the amount of sunlight coming in through the window. But I mostly like it because it gives people more daylight after work to spend outside with family, etc. The idea being that they aren't inside with all the lights on, watching tv, on the computer, playing video games, etc. And at 6:00 a.m. I personally couldn't give a rat's @ss how light it is outside...can you tell I'm not a morning person? I'm sure the commuters would disagree...that's why I said IMO. :-)