So did you make it to work on time today? I don’t know why a concept as simple as daylight savings (“Spring forward, fall back!”) seems to confuse people each year. This year was a bit different, since daylight savings was extended for a week (it now starts 6 April) to try to bring the south-eastern states and the ACT in line with each other. The result? My Vista PC behaved itself just fine yesterday (the “old” switchover date), my mobile phone however cranked the clock forward by an hour, a week too early.
Chris
March 31, 2008 at 9:44 AM
6 April is not the start of daylight savings but the end, that is, the return to EST (Eastern Standard Time)
Report PermalinkLeo Perkins
March 31, 2008 at 9:47 AM
My Windows Mobile did the same thing. It wasn’t until I got to the train station that I realised what had happened.
Report PermalinkShane
March 31, 2008 at 3:09 PM
My 3 mobile (Moto) kept the right time. My wife’s 3 mobile (Nokia) did the ‘switch’. Both our XP and Vista computers kept the right time.
Should it really be this hard to get right?
Report PermalinkTim
March 31, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Are you sure your mobile went forward an hour? It should have gone back, like mine did. This caused me to wake up an hour later than planned, therefore missing a MTB race I was meant to be competing in. What a waste of my not inconsiderable entry fee. Not happy. Who should I be annoyed with – my carrier, my brand of phone, or myself for not using a standalone alarm clock?
Report PermalinkPatrick O'Duffy
March 31, 2008 at 4:54 PM
I don’t know why a concept as simple as daylight savings (“Spring forward, fall back!”) seems to confuse people each year.
Because it’s stupid.
Report PermalinkGish Domains
March 31, 2008 at 9:56 PM
Well, it could be worse, my Windows Mobile (HTC Touch Dual) on telstra shifted all of its appointments back one hour causing the all day events to shift back one day.
Bloody annoying!
I called HTC and then microsoft, and Microsoft advised that the ‘fix’ would be issued by the 8-9th of April….
Grr…
Report Permalinkold_devil
April 1, 2008 at 8:57 AM
…. it’s daylight saving …. that’s probably what’s causing the confusion ;) ….. (no -s) 8)
Report PermalinkAllan Maslow
April 1, 2008 at 5:44 PM
Confused by daylight saving time? Check out http://www.daylight-savings-time.info
Report PermalinkAdz
April 2, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Has anyone checked ebay since the non change in daylight savings time?
Seems ebay have messed up. If i check a list that as per the AEST time is one hour away. Ebay says it finishes in 2 hours.
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