"SPRING FORWARD".....DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME STARTS 4/7!
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morninggirl5
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I don't have to worry about a clock for the next week, it's Spring Break.
I have a student who was on time two weeks ago for the first time almost all year. We discovered after the third day that they had changed their clocks then.
I have a student who was on time two weeks ago for the first time almost all year. We discovered after the third day that they had changed their clocks then.
tigerjen
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roxie said:Thank you for reminding me! I KNOW I have to
go to bed nowsince I lose an hour......
You're welcome!
I hear ya about the losing one hour of sleep.......that's
one reason why i don't like the time switch this time
of year.......
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Chantal Marchon
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We don't have daylight savings time in Indiana so ne need to move the clock- unless of course you work across the border in another state. 
tigerjen
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Chantal Marchon said:We don't have daylight savings time in Indiana so ne
need to move the clock- unless of course you work
across the border in another state.
Now, enlighten me here.....why does Indiana not have
DST? Is it because of where the time zone line is? Or
what? NCWOLF mentioned where he's at in Indiana
that they had no DST.......
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seXieleXie
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Daylight Saving Time begins for most of the United States at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of April. Time reverts to standard time at 2 a.m. on the last Sunday of October. In the U.S., each time zone switches at a different time.
In the European Union, Summer Time begins and ends at 1 am Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time). It starts the last Sunday in March, and ends the last Sunday in October. In the EU, all time zones change at the same moment.
Daylight Saving Time, for the U.S. and its territories, is NOT observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Eastern Time Zone portion of the State of Indiana, and the state of Arizona (not the Navajo Indian Reservation, which does observe). Navajo Nation participates in the Daylight Saving Time policy, due to its large size and location in three states.
In the European Union, Summer Time begins and ends at 1 am Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time). It starts the last Sunday in March, and ends the last Sunday in October. In the EU, all time zones change at the same moment.
Daylight Saving Time, for the U.S. and its territories, is NOT observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Eastern Time Zone portion of the State of Indiana, and the state of Arizona (not the Navajo Indian Reservation, which does observe). Navajo Nation participates in the Daylight Saving Time policy, due to its large size and location in three states.
seXieleXie
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Indiana is one of three U.S. states which do not Spring ahead from "standard" to "daylight saving" time or Fall back from daylight to standard six months later. Arizona and Hawaii are the others. By State Law, most of Indiana is on Eastern Standard Time (EST) all year long.
The statute creates three different time arrangements in the Hoosier State:
77 counties (including state capital Indianapolis) are in the Eastern Time Zone but do not change to Daylight time in April; instead they remain on Standard Time all year long; [yellow on map and chart]
10 counties -- five near Chicago, IL, and five near Evansville, IN, are in the Central Time Zone and use both Central Standard and Central Daylight; [green on map and chart] and
five other counties -- two near Cincinnati, OH, and three near Louisville, KY -- are in the Eastern Time Zone but use both Eastern Standard and Eastern Daylight. [pink on map and chart]
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/i/photos/indiana.jpg
The statute creates three different time arrangements in the Hoosier State:
77 counties (including state capital Indianapolis) are in the Eastern Time Zone but do not change to Daylight time in April; instead they remain on Standard Time all year long; [yellow on map and chart]
10 counties -- five near Chicago, IL, and five near Evansville, IN, are in the Central Time Zone and use both Central Standard and Central Daylight; [green on map and chart] and
five other counties -- two near Cincinnati, OH, and three near Louisville, KY -- are in the Eastern Time Zone but use both Eastern Standard and Eastern Daylight. [pink on map and chart]
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/i/photos/indiana.jpg
Mischka
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This answer is as clear as mud:
http://www.mccsc.edu/time.html#WHAT
Near the bottom of the page, the site mentions, "From 1973-1975, Indiana and the US observed Daylight time following the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973. On January 6, 1974, implementing the Daylight Saving Time Energy Act, clocks were set ahead for a fifteen-month period through April 27, 1975. This experiment worked, but Congress did not continue the experiment in 1975 because of opposition -- mostly from the farming states."
Cows may not wear watches, but farmers do.
http://www.mccsc.edu/time.html#WHAT
Near the bottom of the page, the site mentions, "From 1973-1975, Indiana and the US observed Daylight time following the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973. On January 6, 1974, implementing the Daylight Saving Time Energy Act, clocks were set ahead for a fifteen-month period through April 27, 1975. This experiment worked, but Congress did not continue the experiment in 1975 because of opposition -- mostly from the farming states."
Cows may not wear watches, but farmers do.
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Chantal Marchon
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Definitely as clear as mud- and I don't know why the state legislature voted not to put the whole state on DST. But yes it does have something to do with the farmer's lobby group- I don't know what there beef is (ha ha) but it comes up on referendum every couple of years in the state house and never gets anywhere and it is always the farmer lobby groups that get the most press for shotting it down. I really doubt it has anything to do with cows though.
More likely to do with crops and how they relate to the futures market (farmers stock exchange) in Chicago-
Illinois is normally one hour behind us but in Summer and through harvest time it is the same time zone.
More likely to do with crops and how they relate to the futures market (farmers stock exchange) in Chicago-
Illinois is normally one hour behind us but in Summer and through harvest time it is the same time zone.
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Daylight Saving Time saves energy. Based on consumption figures for 1974 and 1975, The Department of Transportation says observing Daylight Saving Time in March and April saved the equivalent in energy of 10,000 barrels of oil each day -- a total of 600,000 barrels in each of those two years.
Daylight Saving Time saves lives and prevents traffic injuries. The earlier Daylight Saving Time allowed more people to travel home from work and school in daylight, which is much safer than darkness. And except for the months of November through February, Daylight Saving Time does not increase the morning hazard for those going to school and work.
Daylight Saving Time prevents crime. Because people get home from work and school and complete more errands and chores in daylight, Daylight Saving Time also seems to reduce people's exposure to various crimes, which are more common in darkness than in light.
Opposition to Daylight Saving
Occasionally people complain about daylight saving time. A frequent complaint is the inconvenience of changing many clocks, and adjusting to a new sleep schedule. For most people, this is a mere nuisance, but some people with sleep disorders find this transition very difficult.
Another complaint is sometimes put forth by people who wake at dawn, or whose schedule's are otherwise tied to sunrise, such as farmers. Farmers often dislike the clocks changing mid year. Canadian poultry producer Marty Notenbomer notes, "The chickens do not adapt to the changed clock until several weeks have gone by so the first week of April and the last week of October are very frustrating for us."
In Israel, ultra-Orthodox Sephardic Jews have campaigned against daylight saving time because they recite Slikhot penitential prayers in the early morning hours during the Jewish month of Elul.
oh, btw i'm getting all of this from http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/index.html
Daylight Saving Time saves lives and prevents traffic injuries. The earlier Daylight Saving Time allowed more people to travel home from work and school in daylight, which is much safer than darkness. And except for the months of November through February, Daylight Saving Time does not increase the morning hazard for those going to school and work.
Daylight Saving Time prevents crime. Because people get home from work and school and complete more errands and chores in daylight, Daylight Saving Time also seems to reduce people's exposure to various crimes, which are more common in darkness than in light.
Opposition to Daylight Saving
Occasionally people complain about daylight saving time. A frequent complaint is the inconvenience of changing many clocks, and adjusting to a new sleep schedule. For most people, this is a mere nuisance, but some people with sleep disorders find this transition very difficult.
Another complaint is sometimes put forth by people who wake at dawn, or whose schedule's are otherwise tied to sunrise, such as farmers. Farmers often dislike the clocks changing mid year. Canadian poultry producer Marty Notenbomer notes, "The chickens do not adapt to the changed clock until several weeks have gone by so the first week of April and the last week of October are very frustrating for us."
In Israel, ultra-Orthodox Sephardic Jews have campaigned against daylight saving time because they recite Slikhot penitential prayers in the early morning hours during the Jewish month of Elul.
oh, btw i'm getting all of this from http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/index.html
OldAllisWD45
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I HATE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
I get up in the dark every morning and dont get home until after dark every evening. If people really want to save day light they just need to get up earlier!!!!!!
BTW......... I am up late tonight..... usually I am asleep by 8 or 8:30 (CST) and I am always up by 4am every morning...... well maybe not this morning but i bet it wil be close to it!!
I get up in the dark every morning and dont get home until after dark every evening. If people really want to save day light they just need to get up earlier!!!!!!
BTW......... I am up late tonight..... usually I am asleep by 8 or 8:30 (CST) and I am always up by 4am every morning...... well maybe not this morning but i bet it wil be close to it!!
