Daylight Savings Wreaks Havoc On Gadgets, or Does It?

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So if someone can just tell me how to fix my three clocks/clock radios that automatically reset themselves to the time the rest of the planet goes by, I would be eternally grateful. Hasn't a study shown that the change did not result in energy savings?

This has actually been a major problem for our firm due to Outlook mixing up the meeting schedules.

I'm hoping that someone comes out with a solution soon!

Thanks,

Richard Rinyai

yep-for now I use my cell phone or travel alarm for two weeks twice a year to get up for work

could they just leave the damn time alone please

I would like to know why the time shown on my computer is the right time, but when I send email or receive email, the time sent or received is one hour EARLIER??????

Time-changing is now just a part of life. We can either "roll" with it and get on with our lives or complain about it and be miserable. Its unfortunate what happened to the young boy years ago, but it was a freak occurence. Seriously, it isn't that big a deal if you simply change your watch, cell phone and/or computer (as these are the most common) and gte on with life. Its simple, really.

Personally, I think the whole Daylight Savings Time thing is completely unwarranted nonsense. If you use US Census figures for 2004, there were 112,000,000 households in the US. If you use the number of timepieces that need to have the time changed (there were 20 in my household (clocks, watches, electronics, autos, appliances, etc)) but let's just use 10 and then multiply, you have 1,120,000,000. It took me 20 minutes to set all of them. Multiply again and you have 22,400,000,000 minutes. Now multiply by 2 for once in the Spring and once for the Fall and you now have 44,800,000,000 minutes. Divide by 60 and you have 746,666,666 hours per year Americans waste screwing around with clocks! Think of all the productive things that could be accomplished with that time. Also, all the people who commute to work traveling eastbound have to deal with the sun in their eyes twice a year instead of once not to mention the return westbound trip. I'm sure hundreds of auto accidents are attributable to this time change. Let's just leave the time alone!

I wish that everyone would get the name straight - it's Daylight Saving Time! There is NO "s" at the end of "Saving".

This is so stupid! With all the serious issue's in this country screwing with the time was not one that should have been on this list. One of the greatest joy's to me was a coffee pot with a timer and a clock that re-set itsself.I just can't figure why? What proven reason show's that this work's?

The automatic reset clocks did set themselves back an hour already. However I just manually reset mine back to the correct time. This weekend I'll unplug the clock and it'll reset itself to the correct time.

I do not get American broadcast censors. They have no problem showing a women getting decapitated or dissected and her entrails cut out but God forbid they show us her boob. They even allow those disgusting man boobs on TV but a nice sweet round firm female boob will wreck havoc on our society. Go figure!!!

Can't people just remember to manually set the clocks they go by anymore? Do we really have to rely on a piece of equiment to do everything for us and not use our brain?

Daylight Savings Time, well when I was young and this Time Change thing started. They said it was so the kids going to school would not be walking (yes walking) to school in the dark. Back then it was a pain in the butt. I wish they would just leave it as is. Because it would be nice to drive home in the winter time and have day light left too!

It's going to continue, so we might as well get on with it!

i enjoy daylight savings time. It really is no big deal to reset the clocks, and it does not interfere with productivity, since it is done at home and, God knows, we waste plenty of time at home! You are all just a bunch of "boobs" to complain about it when there is so much more important things to address ... such at your attitudes!

LEAVE THE TIME ALONE!!! ANOTHER WAY GOVERNMENT SCREWS WITH US!!

It's just "Big Brother" showing it's power again. It does it because it can and we keep re-electing these crooks at evey election. WE are thre ones who need to be ashamed of themselves!

It's not Daylight "Savings" time. Try Daylight "Saving" time, without the "s". At any rate, any way you say it, let's get rid of it. Gunnar nailed it . . . big brother screwing with us.

Just "Big Brother" controlling our lives. Wny? Because they can. Anyone remeber the phrase about absoulute power?