Going back to Standard Time

I always forget to set the clocks. We are usually late or early for everything! One year my husband was late to work, so they fired him! The nerve of those people. LOL I guess everyone has to be on time or nothing gets done.

I hate it....so hate it. I work 2nd shift and it just really messes me all up for days. I guess it's my fault in a way. If I got home and went to bed an hour earlier than normal (according to the clock) it'd be better. I don't tho. The time change was originally started for the benefit of farmers so that they could have more daylight to do their chores. Back then there were many farmers. Not so many anymore. I wish they would just leave our darn clocks alone!

We also have it ,I don't see any sense in it.Most of us forget until the next change anyway.I just does not make sense as our waking hrs. are darker to begin with why change the time too..... Time is time as long as its right ,I guess I will keep switching the clocks .Don't think hb's boss would be to happy with me not doing so.

Hi doranmwin, well we beat you to it here in Greece and our clocks went back an hour last Saturday. I actually like it when the go back as I get an extra hour on the weekend and for a little while at least now it won't be dark when the alarm goes off. I hate to wake in the dark mornings and if the clocks weren't changed I wouldn't be able to send my son off to the busstop in the dark.

I live in NC and we have it too. I like it since it will make it lighter when the kids go out for the school bus. I guess we just follow along like everyone else.

I know how you are feeling about daylight savings time. We also have it where I live. I believe next week will be my turn to turn back time. It makes me crazy. Running around and changing every clock in your house and watch and car clocks can be such a pain. Who came up with such a concept? I always forget when the time comes if we set clocks back or forward. I go through this big turmoil about remembering which way to go. If we had to vote on daylight savings time, I would vote for leaving the clocks alone. I know in the vastness of the universe somewhere, there is a good reason for daylight savings time. Right now i just can't see it.

Yes, we have it here. I think it's totally irrelevant to most lifestyles today and causes more problems than it solves. If it wasn't for my computer and cellphone, I'd never remember to reset the clocks. Daylight Savings Time can't create more daylight hours, so all you can do is take them off one end of the day and add them to the other. Most of us work in artificial light during the winter anyway and those who don't are farmers and the like, who have the freedom to work an hour later or earlier.

we dont have it in AZ and its one of the VERY FEW things i like about AZ. i grew up and lived for years in ohio and spent a couple in florida. i hated the old spring forward/fall back crap every year.

Personally I wish they would just leave the clocks alone. Set it to daylight savings time because there are certain advantages to it and just leave it there all year round, apparently it would save a lot of energy as well and save everybody the hassle of this constant forward and back nonsense. The time of 12 noon was set when the sun was directly overhead so that there would be equal to a light before noon as afternoon and this may have made sense in agricultural society when it was first proposed. Then in the industrial era when daylight savings time was proposed it made sense as well, in order to have more daylight at the end of the day. However in our post-agricultural, postindustrial society where many things are operated 24 hours a day that no longer applies, and we should update our time keeping schedules to reflect this. The constant moving of our clocks is unnecessary and should be abandoned. I am with you that the clocks should be left alone. Maybe we could join forces, even starts own country where the clocks are left alone. See my discussion about using a daylight savings day instead. http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1774347.aspx

Actually the first and last time my country implemented Day Light Saving Time was when I was still in grade six I think that was more than 20 years ago. But I remember that I was very excited during those times because the delight of being so early in school and early at home were so great, just I imagine I was already at home at 2:00pm! Honestly, I always wished that the Philippine government will implement day light saving time again because it can really save energy, effort, money and time. This program is beneficial. I would be too glad to be at home very early.

Hi Dorann. I wish they would leave it as it was orignally, as when I was young. The shift seems to play havoc with "natural body rhythms" and sleep each time they make the shift. I'm aware of why they do it, but ugh! Leave it alone already. Karen

Yes, we do have day light savings time here. I find it to be a hassle because I have a lot of clocks in my home I have to change. I guess the only advantage is that I get an extra hour of sleep. I just wind up waking up an hour earlier. lol.

Yes, I understand how it works - spring forward in spring, fall back in fall. I guess historically it was important to make most use of the daylight available. But I am not sure how relevant it really still is. I for one always forget it. If they wouldn't mention it every 5 minutes on the radio I'd never remember changing the clocks...

Hi dora! I think it's hard to live life that way. Good that we don't have daylight savings time here in the Philippines. And i don't wish for one either. :) Enjoy your day! yan

i live in GA, an yes we fall back an spring forward, it's pain to adjust to at 1st, but you become thankful for it not being pitch black in the mornings, an having more daylight hours at other times.

Hey Dora, I'm pretty sure daylight savings time is worldwide. I kind of like it when the clocks go back an hour I mean who doesn't like an extra hour of sleep lol. I don't think it's really that much hassle the only thing that annoys me is when I forget to change the time on the clock and end up getting up to early or late which ever the case may be.