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

Feek · 26 Oct 2021 at 08:41

I'm so pleased that we'll be back to GMT (UTC, Z, etc) this coming weekend.

We invented time, we invented Greenwich, we invented longitude and we invented clocks*

We'll be back to proper time again... BST can go swivel.

Everyone gets an extra hour sleep, everyone can be happy. GMT is the bestest!

*some of this may not be entirely factual

Feek · 26 Oct 2021 at 10:19

cheesefest said:
One thing I don’t understand is how my timer for hot water and heating knows which Sundays the clocks change as done automatically

It’s always the last full weekend in March and October.

Feek · 1 Nov 2021 at 19:36

Buddy said:
How is there a 7 page thread on this?

Because you have a silly low number of posts per page. This thread is only on page two.

Feek · 25 Oct 2022 at 11:21

Damnit, this means I don't get the pleasure and the satisfaction of starting a new thread.

Feek · 25 Oct 2022 at 17:19

NooBish AbbZ said:
Well there goes my squeezing in a 50 minute bike ride after work.

Go before work.

Feek · 29 Oct 2022 at 12:48

m4rmite said:
We invented time..

Best one I've heard all year

You missed the ‘clocks go forward’ thread then?

Feek · 29 Oct 2022 at 20:09

Philtor said:
Nobody ‘invented’ time. It’s a constant which we choose to measure differently come certain times of the year.

John Harrison invented time, clearly.

Feek · 30 Oct 2022 at 14:53

Ahh, that's better.

Feek · 23 Oct 2023 at 12:20

Only a week to go and we're back to proper time, yay!

Feek · 23 Oct 2023 at 12:31

Sinbad2000 said:
if I had my way the whole year we'd be UTC+1

Good job you don't have your way

Feek · 23 Oct 2023 at 13:09

darkblade said:
You've been waiting since March to post that!!!

I have. I'm so much fun at parties :cry:

Feek · 23 Oct 2023 at 13:28

413x said:
November is the very worst month of the year!

November is the best month.
My birthday is in November.
Things like this used to happen when we were all much younger.

Feek · 28 Oct 2023 at 08:02

Not long to go until the best time zone [Clarkson] in the world [/Clarkson] is upon us.

Feek · 29 Oct 2023 at 16:47

Best day of the year.

Feek · 22 Oct 2024 at 09:34

SpellowHouse said:
Animals know when the rush-hours are. Changing the times kills huge numbers of them.

What?

Feek · 24 Oct 2024 at 12:10

I like that so many people agree with me and I don't need to post a new thread for this every year now, other people are so excited that they bump it.

Feek · 24 Oct 2024 at 14:10

Thekwango said:
is it dark yet?

Just a little sooner.

Feek · 25 Oct 2024 at 12:31

Only 37 hours or so go to until we get to proper time.

Feek · 28 Oct 2024 at 13:27

Ahh, so much better.

Feek · 28 Oct 2024 at 17:11

Combat squirrel said:
Why not just move to the poles where it's permanent night?

Because GMT is perfect.