Day Light Savings Time
By CatsandDogs
@CatsandDogs (13963)
United States
September 24, 2009 3:35pm CST
Does anyone know when day light savings time starts again? I haven't a clue but thought it happened in the month of September but maybe it's October, I'm not sure. I hate it when it happens for it screws me up for about two or three weeks but the damned government of ours started it so they'd have more day light after work to go golfing. What a reason, eh? It's hard enough to get used to the days getting shorter in the winter, so why make it worse?
Does it mess you up when the time changes? Do you remember how it goes? My mom told me how to remember. It's Spring Forward and Fall Back.
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15 responses
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
25 Sep 09
Hi Elic, it's from March 8 and ends on November 1. whiteheather knew and said so! lol
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
25 Sep 09
It'll go by before you know it.... trust me on that. The older we get the faster time flies on by us and then we wonder where the hell did it go? lol
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
25 Sep 09
Hi quita, it's from March 8 and ends on November 1. whiteheather knew and said so! lol
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
25 Sep 09
Yup! Don't want to be an hour early to anything especially a doctors appointment when they make us wait so long as it is.
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@robert19ph (4577)
• Philippines
25 Sep 09
hello CatsandDogs,
wish i can remember either for it's been seven years already when i worked there together with my family. stayed there for two years. find it weird though for there is still a sun and it's already late.
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
2 Oct 09
It's Sunday Nov 1, 2009 when we turn our clocks back an hour. I got it now! lol
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
2 Oct 09
It messes my mind up too when the time changes and even more so with these longer nights and shorter days. Not to mention the cold dry air. Nope. Not looking forward to it at all.
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
25 Sep 09
I guess I'll see the answer after I reply, as I work through email notification.
I wish they'd just leave it alone! Did you know that pedestrian fatalities increase when the "fall back" the time in Autumn? That's unacceptable to me. You could just tell them to stay home or adjust their schedules but many working people are time-trapped. It's an outdated procedure that was originally meant to give people more time to work on farms.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
2 Oct 09
Nov 1st at midnight! Now you know! lol I was told the reason for our time change is for the government to have an extra hour at the end of a work day so they could play golf. Who knows what the real reason is but I hate it nonetheless because it screws me up for about two weeks before I'm righted again.
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@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
2 Oct 09
My Grandpa told me about the farm theory. It didn't work well for them then--he said they adjusted to the seasons way before the government decided their time schedule. He also said nothing good ever came from the government!
I think he was right.
@jodylee_04530 (1097)
• United States
25 Sep 09
I just asked this question today and no one could answer me. I also can't stand when it happens. I never heard the golfing reason. I did know Bush decided to change it while he was in office, so know I have no idea.
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
25 Sep 09
[b]It is never on a Monday in the USA. ALWAYS on a Sunday:
Daylight Saving Time Will End on November 1, 2009 [/b]During Daylight Saving Time, clocks are turned forward an hour, effectively moving an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening.
www.squidoo.com/daylightsavingstime
BTW the end at 1200AM SUNDAY Nov 1, 2009. That why we always turn our clock back At bed time on the Saturday night 11:59PM.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
25 Sep 09
Oh it had been going on waaaaay before Bush was in office. It's been going on in my childhood days and I'm 45 years old. According to whiteheather, it changes again on November 1st. Kind of late in the year this year but it is what it is, ya know?
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
25 Sep 09
Ummmm maybe not, Nov 2nd? Look at the response below yours....
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
2 Oct 09
I stand corrected here. lol It's Sunday Nov 1, 2009 when we turn our clocks back an hour. I got it now! lol
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
24 Sep 09
•In 2009, daylight time begins on March 8 and ends on November 1
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
24 Sep 09
Really?! My mom thought it was the end of September but she wasn't sure. I thought it was in October. lol We were both wrong! I'm glad I asked! Thanks so much whiteheather!
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
25 Sep 09
Ummmm maybe not, Nov 2nd? Look at the response below yours, #6
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
25 Sep 09
I just looked it up on my calendar and it says that it is on Nov.2. That seems a bit late. I looked it up also on the internet and it says the very same thing. It seems like it should be in September or October. I have heard of the spring forward and fall back also.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
25 Sep 09
Really? Then all of us above have it wrong, but just by a day though. whiteheather said it changes again on Nov 1st. I've always known it to be in September or October. It's strange to be so late in the year this year. It's really going to mess up Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. Maybe next year it'll be earlier like we're used to.
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
25 Sep 09
It is never on a Monday in the USA. ALWAYS on a Sunday:
Daylight Saving Time Will End on November 1, 2009 During Daylight Saving Time, clocks are turned forward an hour, effectively moving an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening.
www.squidoo.com/daylightsavingstime
BTW the end at 1200AM SUNDAY Nov 1, 2009. That why we always turn our clock back At bed time on the Saturday night 11:59PM.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
25 Sep 09
hi catsanddogs it is sometime in October I believe, it used'to be earlier like September but they changed,anyway I like the fall one as we get our hour back again. they should have left it
alone to start with, as I have never understood the reason
for daylight savings time anyway. None of us peons ever
wanted it , so who did come up with the idea and why?
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
25 Sep 09
My understanding is that the government started it so they had an extra hour to go golfing after work. I too like the fall one because it's the RIGHT time. whiteheather said it changes again on Nov 1st this year. I've always known it to be in September or October. It's strange to be so late in the year this year.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
25 Sep 09
Ummmm maybe not, Nov 2nd? Look at the response below yours, #6
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
25 Sep 09
We are still on daylight savings time here. I think it goes back to regular time in oct. but i don't knowthe date. I especially hated the time change when i was working & i still don't really like it. wish they would just leave it alone.
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
2 Oct 09
I can't agree more Jo! I wish they'd leave the time alone once and for all but you know how our government is, what they want is what they get, to hell with everyone else. The time change is on Nov 1st at midnight.
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
25 Sep 09
we had that way way back during the times there was energy crisis in my country. the time was adjusted one hour earlier than the normal time. i had not much big adjustments to that. it did not change my lifestyle or any thing in my life. i was yet a first year high school back then. maybe from other people in those times it affected them but i think not much people were affected. but just as you said, we have longer nights now and shorter days.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
2 Oct 09
It is very hard to get used to when we have to readjust to our time change. It takes me about two weeks to get used to it.
@superaren (209)
• China
25 Sep 09
In 2009, daylight time begins on March 8 and ends on November 1.
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@anurag3786 (6267)
• India
25 Sep 09
hii daylight saving times started from 8 march..and end on 1 november... in 2009..
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
25 Sep 09
yep i used to have to remember that saying all the time when living in ohio. the kids would sometimes be late for school, etc. i'd watch news, ask friends and neighbors and so on. these days people where iam never have to remember as Arizona never changes the time. only time we need to know is when calling long distance.
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
25 Sep 09
Arizona doesn't change their time? Wow, I know there's one other place, I think up north somewhere that doesn't either. I'd be confused if I lived on the border of either states. lol Can you imagine that? to go into the next state, it would be this time and home state to be this time. Bizarre. Well the person above you checked the internet and found it to be Nov 2nd. All the others above think it's Nov 1st.... a day difference....