CLOCKS go forward this weekend - BST

freak2002 · 23 Mar 2012 at 13:09

So this is the one where we lose the hours sleep?

Bonus the my little boy should hopefully wake up an hour later.

Jay794 · 23 Mar 2012 at 13:13

SB118 said:
Ah crap, now to have a couple of weeks of the kid complaining that she shouldn't have to go to bed when it's still sunny outside.

Why not just let them stay up till it goes dark then?

SKILL · 23 Mar 2012 at 13:23

yay, just as it gets light in the morning at a reasonable time the clocks change just so I can enjoy another few weeks of darkness \o/

DJMK4 · 23 Mar 2012 at 13:25

Wait what, this is like de ja vous

Edward78 · 23 Mar 2012 at 13:51

I thought just the US did the dumb time change crap, I do wish they would end it.

anything I don't mind · 23 Mar 2012 at 13:53

will iphones work this time ? you know you have a crap device when it fails at changing the clock every year

TheKork · 23 Mar 2012 at 14:02

Love the clocks going forward, spells the end of the grim winter...

TurnipHead · 23 Mar 2012 at 14:05

Edward78 said:
I thought just the US did the dumb time change crap, I do wish they would end it.

..huh? How old are you? Have you never done it before..? Or have you just moved to UK recently?

edit: this post seemed rude but it wasn't meant to be, so I'll add a smiley just in case

The Dread Pirate · 23 Mar 2012 at 14:12

Right thats it time to arm myself to the teeth I'll be damned if I'm gonna let them take an hour off me so I'm going to defend my extra hour to the death!

Jay794 · 23 Mar 2012 at 14:16

I wonder how many people will be late for work Monday morning...

Scuzi · 23 Mar 2012 at 14:18

I like BST. The clocks in work always show UTC and even though I always know this, I get a good feeling when I realise it's an hour closer to home time than the clock shows. I'm like that meme with the baby holding his fist up.

MikeHunt79 · 23 Mar 2012 at 14:19

Jay794 said:
I hate having to adjust the clocks, not the physical act of doing it, but the annoyance of having no sleep for fear of being late for work on Sunday morning due to my iPhone alarm not going off, good thing I always set 2 alarms whenever the clocks change, put my bedside alarm clock forward an hour on saturday night and set it for 5am, and wait to see which alarm actually wakes me up lol

You should get one of those radio controlled clocks, they go a little crazy when the hour changes but they work it out after a few minutes.

craarc · 23 Mar 2012 at 16:49

didnt samoa or somewhere lose a whole day because of the changing of timezones or something recently?

The Dread Pirate · 23 Mar 2012 at 16:51

Scuzi said:
I'm like that meme with the baby holding his fist up.

No as I recall you're a guy wearing a funny hat who built himself a fort!

by the way how is the fort?

Cosimo · 23 Mar 2012 at 16:59

craarc said:
didnt samoa or somewhere lose a whole day because of the changing of timezones or something recently?

Samoa jumped the dateline at the end of last year to get in step with other Pacific countries:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...t-slips-across-dateline-to-boost-economy.html

http://www.samoadatechange.com/

Shiny-G · 23 Mar 2012 at 17:05

The best time of the year for me until it gets too hot though, the smell of spring in the wind is great.

DJMK4 · 23 Mar 2012 at 17:06

Best get myself a new fan and a mozzy net for my window.

RomanNose · 23 Mar 2012 at 17:09

The one thing I hate is when people get mixed up between GMT and UTC. They are different!

craarc · 23 Mar 2012 at 17:11

simulatorman said:
Samoa jumped the dateline at the end of last year to get in step with other Pacific countries:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...t-slips-across-dateline-to-boost-economy.html

http://www.samoadatechange.com/

yup that was it

Somnambulist · 24 Mar 2012 at 02:38

I'm at work from 8pm-8am, so at least I get to finish work 1hr earlier.