I just realized something relatively minor but thought I'd share for anyone traveling over the next few weeks, as I am.
North America “springs forward” into Daylight Savings Time this Sunday, the 13th. (OK Arizona… we see you.) But Europe is two weeks behind that schedule, shifting on the 27th. That means that the time difference will be an hour less for those two weeks.
(And in the fall, they’ll “fall back” a week before us. That should add an hour to the time change—I think…)
I saw this too and was confusing myself with my Skype lessons from Zagreb for the time change this Sunday.
Barbara, I didn't even think of it in the context of an online language lesson I have prior to my departure. Thanks!
I loved the 2 wk difference last Oct when i was in Paris. I got one extra hour there and another extra hour when i got back home. That was sweet.
Yes in the fall its great but this week I will lose an hour and again when I am in Paris two weeks later! I don't like to lose an hour of precious time in Paris!!!
I got one extra hour there and another extra hour when i got back home.
There’s something illogical there but it’s not immediately apparent to me why you couldn’t have gained 2 extra hours.
In any event less jet lag the next 2 weeks for those returning to North America, ‘Zonians excluded (and Saskatchewanites?).
So for anyone watching the France/England rugby game on Saturday, it's a 5 hour difference with the eastern time zone. It's being played in France.
BTW, Hawaii doesn't do DST either. Why?Because it's so close to the equator that the sun rises and sets about the same time each day year round.
Arizona is much farther north and has slightly different reasons for not doing DST. We get lots of daylight and heat year round. Not observing DST helps to keep the air conditioning costs lower, to synchronize bedtimes with the light outside and to coordinate waking hours with lower temperatures. Note that the Navajo Nation does observe DST so as to be on the same time as the parts of the Nation in New Mexico and Utah.
There have been and still are voices in North America, Europe and around the world for staying on standard time and for staying on DST. Googling will turn up a number of articles about that as well as about the history of DST.
Personally, I find the time zones annoying enough without the added complications of DST thrown into the mix. 🕐🕑🕒🕓🕔🕕🕖🕗🕘🕙🕚🕛
Lo, didn't realize that about Hawaii. Thanks.
I'm flying out three days after this change, and home the day after Europe catches up. Tried to figure out if this works for me or against me, but that just made my head hurt.
Never mind the fact that my destination isn't even in its correct geographic time zone. (Thank-O, Franco!)
coordinate waking hours with lower temperatures
Having done a lot of field work west of Tucson last June, I know this is not true. We had to leave the hotel by 3:30am to get onsite at first light. The only tolerable temperature daylight hours for outside work were from 4:30 am to 11 am, although we managed to work until 2 pm. Daylight savings would have allowed us to sleep an extra hour, shifting the cooler morning daylight time toward waking hours.
Not observing DST helps to keep the air conditioning costs lower
This doesn't make sense either. Daylight savings means office hours are in cooler hours, not hotter. You are arriving at the office an hour earlier during cooler temperatures, and leaving the office an hour earlier at the hottest time of the day. Same effect for retail or other businesses. Swapping out a cooler start of the day hour for a scorching end of the day hour increases AC costs.
I'm pretty sure the reasons AZ is not on daylight time are pollical/religious, or simply no desire for more sunshine/daylight.
It's also unpleasant when tent camping at the Grand Canyon, sun wakes you up just after 4.
I was in Paris last fall as well, did the fall back the day I left Paris and got to fall back the next weekend in the US, so I'm an hour younger than y'all! lol
When March rolls around, I am just glad when we change to Daylight Savings Time. I like it.
The issue has been on the ballot in CA, although symbolic, where the voters have that distinct opportunity to eliminate DST or vote to retain it. Salient arguments have been presented pro and con.
