Daylight Saving Time In The US

[kphoger]

You seriously linked to the wikipedia article on the Estonian language?  That's awesome.   

[CNGL-Leudimin]

So, the US observes DST as well as Europe, Kyrgyzstan doesn't so (Sorry, too much Sporcle for me) and Alanland both does and doesn't.

Anyway, I'd like the US switched between Standard Time and DST at the same time as Europe, so I wouldn't have to change my time offset with the forum 4 times a year (Had to change it last Sunday when DST went into force here).

[J N Winkler]

Anyway, I'd like the US switched between Standard Time and DST at the same time as Europe, so I wouldn't have to change my time offset with the forum 4 times a year (Had to change it last Sunday when DST went into force here).

Before DST was expanded in the US, one of the time changes was actually coordinated across the Atlantic--I think it was in the spring.  This lack of coordination in time changes is one reason I never bother to adjust my timezone offset in any forum I visit.  Another is that changing a clock is wasted effort on any timekeeping device that I do not actually use to tell the time.

[1995hoo]

Anyway, I'd like the US switched between Standard Time and DST at the same time as Europe, so I wouldn't have to change my time offset with the forum 4 times a year (Had to change it last Sunday when DST went into force here).

Before DST was expanded in the US, one of the time changes was actually coordinated across the Atlantic--I think it was in the spring.  This lack of coordination in time changes is one reason I never bother to adjust my timezone offset in any forum I visit.  Another is that changing a clock is wasted effort on any timekeeping device that I do not actually use to tell the time.

It was the one in the fall (last Sunday in October). DST in Europe starts on the last Sunday in March. In the US it originally started on the last Sunday in April; during the second Reagan Administration it was extended to the first Sunday in April. The "last Sunday in October" end date remained the same until the 2007 change that moved it to "second Sunday in March through first Sunday in November."

[agentsteel53]

Before DST was expanded in the US, one of the time changes was actually coordinated across the Atlantic--I think it was in the spring.  This lack of coordination in time changes is one reason I never bother to adjust my timezone offset in any forum I visit.  Another is that changing a clock is wasted effort on any timekeeping device that I do not actually use to tell the time.

yeah, my forum settings are eastern time (must be a default) so the time stamps are a bit off... but I never pay too close attention to exactly when something was posted.

[elsmere241]

It was the one in the fall (last Sunday in October). DST in Europe starts on the last Sunday in March. In the US it originally started on the last Sunday in April; during the second Reagan Administration it was extended to the first Sunday in April. The "last Sunday in October" end date remained the same until the 2007 change that moved it to "second Sunday in March through first Sunday in November."

When I lived in Italy (1992-1994) DST did start the last Sunday in March, but ended the last Sunday in September.