Don't forget the clocks go forward tonight

[mavhc]

Main problem with Domain clocks is it syncing to the bios clock of the actual machine the hypervisor is running on

[Alis_Klar]

Seems opinion even within Microsoft is divided on this. https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/robertvi/2011/05/11/time-synchronization-and-domain-controller-vms/

[fredbayker]

Yeh and setting it shouldn’t be so difficult. MS have made a right mess of it.

[6Foot2]

Reminder for 2021 that clocks go forward tomorrow at 1:00 am.

 

[6Foot2]

Reminder for 2022 that clocks go forward tomorrow at 1:00 am.

 

[mikeprice]

OK - a bit late to this thread

 

 

But I had all mine done by 9 a.m. - I think that was 'new time'

 

even the car that I normally forget because it is often behind the satnav

 

 

now I just have to sneak into sister-in-law's kitchen and change hers without being noticed

 

I set it to the right time a few months ago and I don;t think she has noticed yet

 

She has 3 kids and a husband - all the kids have a partner - and it seems I am the only one that can change a kitchen clock - but they don't want me to so I have to sneak in or at some point I am going to end up having a cuppa in her kitchen and see the clock is wrong and it will spoil my whole day

[6Foot2]

...now I just have to sneak into sister-in-law's kitchen and change hers without being noticed

 

I set it to the right time a few months ago and I don;t think she has noticed yet

 

She has 3 kids and a husband - all the kids have a partner - and it seems I am the only one that can change a kitchen clock - but they don't want me to so I have to sneak in or at some point I am going to end up having a cuppa in her kitchen and see the clock is wrong and it will spoil my whole day

Swap it for a radio-controlled/Rugby clock (or keep the clock and only swap the mechanism) Job done for every year! (x2)

[hardtailstar]

I set it to the right time a few months ago and I don;t think she has noticed yet

 

Just remove the clock,

[jthompson]

I get why our oven has a clock on it, because you can set it to start or end cooking at a particular time of day, but I've no idea why they put clocks on microwaves. If I could make our microwave not display the time of day, I would: it drifts a lot and power cuts are a thing.

[DeGrimmy]

I absolutely hate the clocks going forward. I know the US are thinking about staying in Daylight Savings Time now and I've seen a lot of people in the UK think that's a good idea, but from a timezone standpoint, it would annoy me no end if we were permanently GMT+1... I know I'm weird, but let's get the satisfaction of setting the clocks back to regular ol' GMT and gaining that hour again first before we consider ditching it all!

[Rob_D]

I absolutely hate the clocks going forward. I know the US are thinking about staying in Daylight Savings Time now and I've seen a lot of people in the UK think that's a good idea, but from a timezone standpoint, it would annoy me no end if we were permanently GMT+1... I know I'm weird, but let's get the satisfaction of setting the clocks back to regular ol' GMT and gaining that hour again first before we consider ditching it all!

 

I'm the same. All for getting rid of daylight savings but would rather stick to GMT than BST year round (I don't want no gom'mit stealing my time!!)

The EU were so close to abolishing daylight savings a couple of years ago, but got sidetracked dealing with the pandemic and now it looks like it's going to be forgotten. (admittedly letting each country choose it's time-zone sounded like a recipe for disaster)

[DeGrimmy]

I'm the same. All for getting rid of daylight savings but would rather stick to GMT than BST year round (I don't want no gom'mit stealing my time!!)

The EU were so close to abolishing daylight savings a couple of years ago, but got sidetracked dealing with the pandemic and now it looks like it's going to be forgotten. (admittedly letting each country choose it's time-zone sounded like a recipe for disaster)

Glad I'm not alone! I got some funny looks from my girlfriend and brother when I explained my viewpoint to them...

[elsiegee40]

We were expecting an electrician yesterday so I didn’t bother resetting the oven or microwave. He was ill.

 

If he doesn’t come today I am going to have to reset them.

[Andrew_C]

TL;DR

 

My Polski side kick says they have just changed their clocks at home for the last time... Anyone know if this is a Europe wide change?

 

Of course, if Europe are doing it, there's no chance we...RIBBIT.

[jthompson]

Not sure about GMT all year round. Wouldnt that mean that the sun would come up stupidly early and summer evenings would be noticeably darker? Wouldn't having BST through winter be better than having GMT through summer?

 

tbh the annoyance of adjusting clocks is probably trumped several times over by pragmatic arguments for safer roads and lower energy consumption when keeping DST. DST is less of a benefit at lower lattitudes, I suspect.

Edited March 30, 2022 by jthompson

[Rob_D]

tbh the annoyance of adjusting clocks is probably trumped several times over by pragmatic arguments for safer roads and lower energy consumption when keeping DST. DST is less of a benefit at lower lattitudes, I suspect.

On could argue that, in this era of internationalism, working from home and flexible working, the time on the clock shouldn't effect any of those things.

There's also plenty of "research" pointing to the jet-lag of changing the clocks having a noticeable effect on productivity and safety.

[Norphy]

My five year old has been exhausted this week. That can be directly pinned on the clocks changing and his sleep cycle being messed up.

[DeGrimmy]

Not sure about GMT all year round. Wouldnt that mean that the sun would come up stupidly early and summer evenings would be noticeably darker? Wouldn't having BST through winter be better than having GMT through summer?

 

tbh the annoyance of adjusting clocks is probably trumped several times over by pragmatic arguments for safer roads and lower energy consumption when keeping DST. DST is less of a benefit at lower lattitudes, I suspect.

On the flip side, having BST through winter would mean more darkness in the morning and a little bit more sunlight in the evening... Not sure which is worse, to be fair!

 

Your argument may have changed my opinion - Perhaps changing the clocks should continue, as much as I loathe losing an hour.

[HarryMonkey]

A friend of mine once spent a few weeks in jail and was most indignant when he realised that when the clocks went back in October he was going to have to spend an extra hour in clink.

[southhamster]

I hate our boiler clock timer. It is the most unintuitive idiotic design ever. Even changing it for DST is a total palaver.

[jthompson]

One of my pet hates is clocks which are meant to automatically adjust, but don't, leaving you with no option to manually set it. My previous car was meant to pick up the correct time through DAB or whatever, but usually didn't. Maddening.

[Koldov]

It does mess with our dogs waking times though I have to admit... they are ex-racing greyhounds we rescued and are used to getting up very, very early normally with sunrise or at least 5 a.m. After the first couple of days it seemed that we had adjusted and they hadn't, which technically meant that although they were up at 5 a.m. it was actually 6 a.m. so although we lost an hour it weirdly makes it OK... Have I got that right...? Even I'm confused...

 

On another note we had radio controlled clocks bought for all the classroom/offices, but unfortunately due to our building very few of them actually receive the signal...

[southhamster]

Isn't part of the problem with the UK MSF signal that the transmitter was moved from Rugby to Cumbria and is not that powerful?

[mavhc]

"Go to work an hour earlier so you don't have to go home in the dark" -- "What, never!" -- "ok, we'll just change time itself so you'll have to"

[Andrew_C]

Isn't part of the problem with the UK MSF signal that the transmitter was moved from Rugby to Cumbria and is not that powerful?

I believe that this is indeed the case; and a big problem here in the south with thick stone walls!