This weekend we switched the clocks back, from daylight-saving time to regular time. That's the astronomically correct time, more or less, depending on where you are compared to the meridians that define the timezones. It's getting dark pretty early now. It's dark already when I go home from work.
Anyway, we got one hour extra this weekend. It's like we save one hour in the spring, and get it back in the fall. I spent that extra hour in the best possible way with seafood, oyster and that kind of stuff. To Thou Who Dwellest In The Night, I recommend this great song by Arcturus.
Which timezone are you in? I'm at GMT+1 >:)
I'm in Central. I don't know the abbreviation for it though. That's cool how you explained it.
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I love the extra hour in the autumn. Sadly, this year I spent mine in oblivion, as I'm in no way keeping up with such trivialities as "time" these days... I've caught up now, though.
ReplyDeleteIronically, next year I will "cheat" time, since I'll be spending spring in a non-daylight saving time zone, and then returning in time for end of summer time. So effectively I gain an hour. Sort of. Then again, I've done the opposite in the past, so maybe it's just payback for time's old sins towards me...
hate time changes! growrrrll
ReplyDeleteI think I'm at GMT-5, though I think part of the year it might only be -4. I know our BB&B blog is set at GMT and in the summer it was only 4 hours off.
ReplyDeleteWe don't change clocks until Sunday and you just made me realize I have an extra hour for NaNoWriMo!!! WAHOO!
*cough* Mmmmmmm... seafood in the dark... (crab is my favorite food)
Clarissa: Central is GMT-6 i think.
ReplyDeleteCruella: Yes, that extra hour is nice. I would be happy to have 25 hours every day, in particular in the week ends. Lucky you with you internship in the east. I believe and hope you will get a great time there.
Colene: I think the time changes when I go from Europe to America is easy. You just get an extra long day, about 30 hours. Going the other way is terrible. You basically get two days in a row with no night between.
Hart: Enjoy your crab ... and good luck with the NaNo >:)
I'm GMT+2hrs and daylight savings and switching clocks back still confuses the hell out of me! I prefer simple time measurements like the sun is up = day time, or the sun is down = night time! :)
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I like your definitions of night and day, Judy. When we lived up north, the sun stayed up from 22. May till 20. July. That's a day that lasts for 1440 hours, a very nice day indeed >:)
ReplyDeleteThe simple rule to remember for daylight-saving clock switching is that you always adjust your clock towards the summer, forward in spring and backward in the fall ... and then you just have to adapt this to the southern hemisphere in your case >:)