Yep, every year. We don't change our clocks ever.

I wish we lived in a state that didn't change the time. Or better yet, just put it one way for everyone and keep it that way!

Audrey :)

I'll admit, it was only a few years ago when I found out that not everyone would "fall forward" or "spring back". I just thought everyone did. How come most states do but a few don't?

WOW! I didn't know that other states don't do this. How does that work w/ figuring for time zones!?! How confusing is that! <SIGH> Another reason to keep it the same way all yr!

K

Well, what makes me feel "cheated" so to speak is wondering why the time change is November now, and used to be October. Pushing it back to Nov. gives us, where we live, many more days of dark mornings at 6 a.m. which makes it hard to feel perky when the sky is dark. ;o) It's much better now, because mornings have the amount of sunshine they should.


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kerby, I went to ask.com to find out what states didn't observe daylight savings. Here's what one site said:

Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Nation) and Hawaii and the territories of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa are the only places in the U.S. that do not observe DST but instead stay on "standard time" all year long. And if you've spent any time in the sweltering summer sun in those regions you can understand why residents don't need another hour of sunlight.

It also mentioned why it's Nov and not Oct now:

In Aug. 2005, Congress passed an energy bill that included extending Daylight Saving Time by about a month. As of 2007, DST starts the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November.

But, you raise an interesting question about the time zones. I don't know. You might be able to google about it, if you really wanted to. :0)

For me it's the meals. I find that cooking by the clock just doesn't work after the time change. You know, you start cooking at 4:30 when just he day before it was 5:30. The kids are just to starved now.

I can't figure out how change my watch to this new time either, grrr

In Aug. 2005, Congress passed an energy bill that included extending Daylight Saving Time by about a month.


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OK, now I understand theoretically why they did that (to save energy costs) but the math department in my brain isn't in the office right now, LOL. *How* does it save energy (money?)?

(Like, in our family, my husband had to turn lights *on* in the bedroom when he got up because it was so dark, that now he doesn't need on because there's already light from the dawn coming in the window now after DST change. So, for us, was any energy saved? But maybe looked at in terms of the entire nation, it does make a broader impact.)




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