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

Mason- · 29 Oct 2022 at 11:06

Sad seeing all the Jean-F posts in the start of this thread.

Infidelus · 29 Oct 2022 at 12:25

inogen said:
About time we stop this nonsense and stick to bst.

There was a EU vote while we were still a member, and the final vote was in favour of binning this stupid pointless biannual nonsense; then Covid hit and everyone just forgot about it.

Pigeon_Killer · 29 Oct 2022 at 12:28

People from Greenwich can have GMT, I'm from Cornwall and I'm British. BST for life!

Doobedoo · 29 Oct 2022 at 12:29

Infidelus said:
There was a EU vote while we were still a member, and the final vote was in favour of binning this stupid pointless biannual nonsense; then Covid hit and everyone just forgot about it.

Set up a petition if enough people agree parliament will debate it.

throwaway4372 · 29 Oct 2022 at 12:31

The world will just follow usa when they do it, seeing as they control all the tech. Usa, uk, eu will all stop dst together.

m4rmite · 29 Oct 2022 at 12:34

We invented time..

Best one I've heard all year

subbytna · 29 Oct 2022 at 12:37

Woo hoo another 6 months of having the wrong time in my car

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?

cheesefest · 29 Oct 2022 at 13:34

Chris Wilson said:
Not a problem for King Charles, the Palace and Windsor Castle employs a Royal Clock Master to ensure all the clocks are always set correctly. I think it's still Fjodor van den Broek.

He has loads of clocks.

Infidelus · 29 Oct 2022 at 14:10

Doobedoo said:
Set up a petition if enough people agree parliament will debate it.

I shouldn't have to. The vote was in 2018 while we were still a member of the EU. Add to that, every time I see someone get a petition with enough votes through to parliament our wonderful politicians always find some reason not to do it, no matter how many signatories there are.

R3dRaven · 29 Oct 2022 at 14:51

I hope you all spare a thought for us poor night shift workers tonight, 13 hour shift....lovely.

m4rmite · 29 Oct 2022 at 15:03

R3dRaven said:
I hope you all spare a thought for us poor night shift workers tonight, 13 hour shift....lovely.

Do i need to spare a thought for your 11 hour shift in the spring?

Freefaller · 29 Oct 2022 at 15:36

Since I'm up at 5-530am most days this pleases me enormously.

cheesefest · 29 Oct 2022 at 15:54

m4rmite said:
Do i need to spare a thought for your 11 hour shift in the spring?

Doesn't always work like that. If night shift workers work alternative weekends,1 in 3 or 1 in 4,they won't work both clock change nights as 31 weeks since clocks went forward.

Captain · 29 Oct 2022 at 16:20

R3dRaven said:
I hope you all spare a thought for us poor night shift workers tonight, 13 hour shift....lovely.

Surely you’ll just go home an hour before you normally would to account for the hour?

Gixer · 29 Oct 2022 at 17:06

Not a fan of GMT here, I'd prefer time to stay as BST all year round.

Tony Edwards · 29 Oct 2022 at 17:40

Feek said:
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

This will make you feel proud to be british @Feek

Big Ben clock to be turned back to GMT for first time in five years

London landmark to signal end of daylight saving after major repair and conservation project

www.theguardian.com

All four faces of Big Ben will be put back to Greenwich mean time (GMT) this weekend for the first time in five years.

British summer time (BST) officially ends at 2am on Sunday, and the clocks go back an hour, giving people an extra hour in bed – or partying.

The Great Clock on the Elizabeth Tower, better known by the name of its bell, Big Ben, will be changed in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The Commons Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, said the clock change “will herald a new beginning” for the landmark at the northern end of the Houses of Parliament.

Im not going to call it a benefit but well...

200sols · 29 Oct 2022 at 18:03

Dark evenings are back at last

Tony Edwards · 29 Oct 2022 at 18:15

200sols said:
Dark evenings are back at last

That started last week didnt it?

200sols · 29 Oct 2022 at 18:18

Tony Edwards said:
That started last week didnt it?

Full hour back it'll be dark at 5pm /cheer.

I do like dark evenings if only it wasn't so hot.