Clock changing

[sobrique]

OK, so which sadist came up with the idea of sneakily stealing an hour?
First sunday after equinox, we put the clocks forward. Meaning it's now an hour earlier than it was last week.

It's very Orwellian don't you think? I mean, in as much as time is an arbitrary division of the day anyway. But rather than just going "we'll we're going to alter working hours the week after each equinox" instead we tell ourselves (in a deep and sonorous voice) that "It is now 7am. Anyone who thinks it is 6am is misguided and wrong, and should be reported to the Ministry of Day".

Oh well, I'll feel better once I've sorted out that coffee.

Comments

[eithnepdb.livejournal.com]

Nice spin there :)


Good morning ;)

We don't set ours back until next weekend in the states - oddly, I think we turn them back at the same time in the fall.

Worse yet - there are certain cities within states that rebel and don't turn them at all.

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

I think that france changes clocks a week later too. At least, I seem to recall having to change my watch on the way over on the ferry, but didn't have to on the way back. That was a little surreal.

I thing 'first sunday after equinox' is a reasonable point - it's keyed to the same 'point' in the year, with the sunday meaning it's (generally) less inconvenient.

But then I have a 24 hour watch that's keyed to sunrise, sunset and phases of the moon so I like to 'follow' the pattern of the seasons.