Woo-hoo, the clocks go back to GMT this weekend!

steve45 · 23 Oct 2019 at 16:04

I normally rejoice at the clocks going back, it's like a major milestone on the way to my favourite time of year. However I'm not so happy with it this time, I'm on the night shift this weekend that's an extra hour in work...

explicit4u · 23 Oct 2019 at 17:36

Worst time of the year for sure, I much prefer BST for the lighter evenings. Time to stock up on Vitamin D.

UTmaniac · 23 Oct 2019 at 17:47

Might not need lights to commute in for a couple of weeks, on days I head off at 0635ish. \o/

Sunset before 1700 and getting earlier until mid December.

Rainmaker · 23 Oct 2019 at 17:58

Stumble Bum said:
Why celebrate darker evenings?

It's winter, the Earth's axis has tilted away from our sun. It's going to get darker in the evenings anyway - but at least now without any nonsensical interference with the time. UTC all around. Woot. No more fudging around with generating locales to adapt from UTC to UTC+1/BST nonsense... for a while, anyway. God bless GMT.

Smokey Deza · 23 Oct 2019 at 18:30

The darkness helps me go unseen. I welcome it.

Kelt · 23 Oct 2019 at 18:52

We've spotted the vampire.

Devrij · 23 Oct 2019 at 20:18

As someone who gets polymorphic light eruption, the dark is generally my friend, but I lose all my tolerance to the sun over winter so the first hot day of summer and I'm buggered. I basically get something akin to prickly heat over my entire body and my face swells up if I'm out in the midday sun for more than 30 mins or so (mercifully after a couple weeks of careful exposure I'm generally okay, but summer holidays somewhere sunny are basically something I dread) . Bring on the darkness!

UTmaniac · 23 Oct 2019 at 20:37

Devrij said:
Bring on the darkness!

Your wish is my command

Rilot · 23 Oct 2019 at 20:39

Bah. I'm bloody miserable from the time the clocks go back until then go forward again......then I'm miserable from then until they go back again. Actually, I'm just bloody miserable.

Pawnless Endgame · 23 Oct 2019 at 21:31

Stumble Bum said:
Why celebrate darker evenings?

Because I'm a warlock. Offspring of my Dad who was born on Hallowe'en (which makes him a werewolf). I struggle with the light, so darker evenings are cool with me. In the summer, my windows have black-out blinds.

Terminal_Boy · 23 Oct 2019 at 21:47

Pffttt... CET for the win.

Captain · 23 Oct 2019 at 21:50

Why do we still do this? It's ridiculous.

Uther · 23 Oct 2019 at 22:00

As I get up to go to work at 2am this is great... :rolleyes:

Malevolence · 23 Oct 2019 at 22:06

Stumble Bum said:
Why celebrate darker evenings?

Because darkness is the best place to dwell.

robfosters · 23 Oct 2019 at 22:32

Too many vampires in this thread

tom_nieto · 23 Oct 2019 at 22:33

Cool, seeing daylight in the working week is over rated anyway.

Nasher · 23 Oct 2019 at 22:39

Time to clock changing. Stay on GMT all the time.

The_Abyss · 23 Oct 2019 at 22:46

One of my favourite times of the year. Sometimes, as with this year, I get a 25 hour birthday

Uther · 23 Oct 2019 at 23:28

Uther said:
As I get up to go to work at 2am this is great...

Actually just realised this IS great, just as my alarm is about to go off at 2am the clock will jump back to 1am!
Extra hour in bed.

dowie · 24 Oct 2019 at 00:04

They should just pick one and fix it tbh... probably GMT - then again I live on the Greenwich Meridian line so am a bit biased perhaps! It is completely arbitrary tbh..