Changing the clocks

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niemeyjt · #1 Post by **niemeyjt** » Mon Nov 01, 2021 6:30 am

Has everyone got round all their clocks yet?

Anyway, got me thinking (always dangerous) . . .

What happened to the proposal a few years ago for clocks to be fixed and all countries to pick their own time zone etc?

Bayleaf · #2 Post by **Bayleaf** » Mon Nov 01, 2021 7:22 am

You've just reminded me to change the one on here - good call!

As for the idea that countries were going to choose their own, I guess not enough time (heehee, pun intended!) has been put to it, or there has just been too much else going on ....

I see batty-bat hasn't gone to sleep yet!

MAD87 · #3 Post by **MAD87** » Mon Nov 01, 2021 8:42 am

France suspended its decision to do away with the time change a while back.
I've only changed the time on my non-smart mobile. We have a lot of clocks, all of which show a different time. Makes life more exciting.

niemeyjt · #4 Post by **niemeyjt** » Mon Nov 01, 2021 8:46 am

MAD87 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 8:42 am France suspended its decision to do away with the time change a while back.
I've only changed the time on my non-smart mobile. We have a lot of clocks, all of which show a different time. Makes life more exciting.

And let's not forget, even a broken clock is correct twice a day.

Blaze · #5 Post by **Blaze** » Mon Nov 01, 2021 8:56 am

niemeyjt wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 8:46 am
MAD87 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 8:42 am France suspended its decision to do away with the time change a while back.
I've only changed the time on my non-smart mobile. We have a lot of clocks, all of which show a different time. Makes life more exciting.
And let's not forget, even a broken clock is correct twice a day.

+1

I never even think to look at the time on my non-smart mobile, let alone change it

Spardo · #6 Post by **Spardo** » Mon Nov 01, 2021 10:23 am

The cars are always the last to be changed, way too complicated, especially as they are each totally different methods. The one hardly ever used these days, the Berlingo, for the last few years of its constant use, was always on the same time and I got used to making allowances for it.

Bizarrely, on the Freesat epg grid the clocks went back half a day early. Do they do it manually there?

All back to normal now though.

Ironically, the time on my non-smart mobile is the easiest of all, just a click on the hour number, but the one on my Asus tablet (only used as a night clock and occasional alarm now) changes automatically but is always, winter and summer, 15 minutes fast.

niemeyjt · #7 Post by **niemeyjt** » Mon Nov 01, 2021 10:58 am

Even phones without a valid SIM have accurate time - they still "talk" to phone masts and sync their time - hence how they still allow emergency calls.

My SIM-less Oneplus is my alarm clock and was on time this morning.

Cars are a PITA - unfortunately I have to do mine as the battery has been disconnected - but otherwise some years it does end up not getting changed.

p4psb · #8 Post by **p4psb** » Mon Nov 01, 2021 1:38 pm

niemeyjt wrote: ↑Mon Nov 01, 2021 6:30 am Has everyone got round all their clocks yet?

Anyway, got me thinking (always dangerous) . . .

What happened to the proposal a few years ago for clocks to be fixed and all countries to pick their own time zone etc?

This is a proposal from the EU. With Covid now the top of agenda, the clock changing proposal is in abeyance.

Char · #9 Post by **Char** » Mon Nov 01, 2021 4:17 pm

Our car clock stays the same - can't suss out how to change the blasted thing, still it shows the correct time for half the year.

The sooner they do away with this clock changing business the better as far as I'm concerned. It mucks my body clock up.

Pathca · #10 Post by **Pathca** » Mon Nov 01, 2021 4:18 pm

I know ,I never cope well with the clock change and always feel not right for a week or two I

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