Daylight Savings Time
brings unwanted task
“Does anybody really know resumed. what time it is?” Arizona has not observed That’s the title of a song DST since 1967. Hawaii by Chicago released in 1969, has never observed it. In but it could have applied on Indiana, 12 counties observe March 13, or more accurately Central Daylight Time and the night of March 12, when 80 observe Eastern Daylight MIKE BOLLINGER it was time to turn clocks Time. mike@johnstonnow.com ahead an hour for Daylight However, since I don’t Savings Time. control such things, it was I think the whole exercise is pointless. time to change the clocks. All the ones in Let’s pick either Daylight Savings Time the house were fairly easy to change. A or Standard Time and leave it at that. A couple of things I own, not so much. quick poll of the Johnston Now office I wear a watch. That probably dates revealed the majority would prefer no me a little, but that’s another topic for time change and to have DST yearanother time. round. Here are the instructions for setting said This was actually done from Jan. 6, watch. And, these instructions did not 1974, until April 27, 1975, due to the come in writing with the watch. I have to Arab oil embargo. Supporters pointed to look them up online twice a year. more time for recreation, reduced lighting In TIME mode, press and hold SET/ and heating, reduced crime and reduced RECALL. Time zone will flash. To set, car accidents. Detractors said having push + or – to select first or second time DST all the time had children leaving zone. Press NEXT. Hour digits flash. Press for school in the dark and increased the + or – to change hour including AM/PM. likelihood of industrial accidents in the (Scroll through 12 hours to get to AM/ mornings. PM). Press NEXT. Minute digits flash. The country then returned to standard Press + or – to change minutes. Press time for four months from October 1974 NEXT. Second digits flash. Press + or – to until February 1975 when DST resumed. set seconds to zero. When this trial ended in October 1975, I can never do this correctly the first the practice of having DST in the summer time. I always get irritated to the point
I want to throw the watch out of the window until I slow down, take a deep breath and figure it out. Then there are car clocks. I’m convinced they are not really meant to be changed. I have an older car. Really old, as in 2003. First of all, in order to gain access to the clock to change it, you have to punch in a radio code. Fortunately, the person who bought this car new wrote the code in the owner’s manual, which is unbelievably still in the car after all these years. Once you put in the code, following are the instructions for setting the car clock. To set the time, press the CLOCK (or FM) button until you hear a beep. The displayed time begins to blink. Press and hold the Preset 4 button until the hour advances to the desired time. Press and hold the Preset 5 button until the minutes advance to the desired time. Press the CLOCK (or FM) button again to enter the set time. Fortunately, this exercise only happens twice a year. If it has to be done, I much prefer doing the “spring forward” one since that means longer days and warmer weather are on the way. And, at least we don’t have to fiddle with our clocks again until Nov. 6.
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