Time to Spring Forward!

Arcademan

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That's this Sunday, March 10th for the U.S.. And now for some more fun facts...

Daylight saving time in the United States is the practice of setting the clock forward by one hour during the warmer part of the year, so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. Most areas of the United States observe daylight saving time (DST), the exceptions being Arizona (except for the Navajo, who do observe daylight saving time on tribal lands), Hawaii, and the overseas territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 established the system of uniform Daylight Saving Time throughout the US.

In the U.S., daylight saving time starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November, with the time changes taking place at 2:00 a.m. local time. With a mnemonic word play referring to seasons, clocks "spring forward, fall back"—that is, in springtime the clocks are moved forward from 2:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. and in fall they are moved back from 2:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. Daylight saving time lasts for a total of 34 weeks (238 days) every year, about 65% of the entire year.
 

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I'll do the various clocks around the house, but, I'm not doing it on my 2DS this time, as Nintendo gets their panties in a knot when it comes to the various pay-to-play games that have time-based functions. I don't want to listen to another lecture from the King in Pokémon Rumble World about changing the time again.
 

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I'll do the various clocks around the house, but, I'm not doing it on my 2DS this time, as Nintendo gets their panties in a knot when it comes to the various pay-to-play games that have time-based functions. I don't want to listen to another lecture from the King in Pokémon Rumble World about changing the time again.
The 2DS doesn't just have a setting to automatically adjust for daylight savings?

I say this every year, but the majority agrees we need to be on the summer schedule for the entire year in North America. Daylight Savings has been shown to do more harm than good.
 

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Currently people in the EU are discussing about getting rid of that daylight saving nonsense. Would be nice if they would, it's a pointless relic of the past.
 

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@Takumaji: I wholeheartedly agree; the whole thing is bullshit and should be done away with. We get the same amount of daylight no matter how they assign the hours to it.

@Neo Alec: I assumed that it would be an automatic thing on the 2DS/3DS too, as most modern electronic devices do that, but, nope, you gotta do it manually, if you do it at all (can't remember if the original DS did it automatically or not). If they just lectured you for changing the time, that'd be annoying but tolerable, but they also lock you out of activities/features in games for a day or two afterwards too to teach you a lesson.
 

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That's this Sunday, March 10th for the U.S.. And now for some more fun facts...

Daylight saving time in the United States is the practice of setting the clock forward by one hour during the warmer part of the year, so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. Most areas of the United States observe daylight saving time (DST), the exceptions being Arizona (except for the Navajo, who do observe daylight saving time on tribal lands), Hawaii, and the overseas territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 established the system of uniform Daylight Saving Time throughout the US.

In the U.S., daylight saving time starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November, with the time changes taking place at 2:00 a.m. local time. With a mnemonic word play referring to seasons, clocks "spring forward, fall back"—that is, in springtime the clocks are moved forward from 2:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. and in fall they are moved back from 2:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. Daylight saving time lasts for a total of 34 weeks (238 days) every year, about 65% of the entire year.

Happy Spring Forward INSERT NAME HERE!

Hope you have a INSERT GREAT, FANTASTIC, ETC. HERE day :buttrock:

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xROTx

PS. Did I do it right?
 

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I was listening to the radio this morning, and a Michigan Representative, Michele Hoitenga, is trying to introduce legislation to ban Daylight Savings Time here in my state forever, hip hip hooray!
 

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I was listening to the radio this morning, and a Michigan Representative, Michele Hoitenga, is trying to introduce legislation to ban Daylight Savings Time here in my state forever, hip hip hooray!
Florida and Nevada want to go into DST year around but The Uniform Time Act of 1966 is what's stopping all of it from happening for now.
 

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Super-Bump!!!

It's time to spring forward again on Sunday, March 8th in the United States, not counting Arizona(except Navajo Nation) and Hawaii.

Another useless fact: Driving via AZ Highways, you will start in Arizona's MST, enter Navajo's MDT, go through the Hopi Nation's MST, back into Navajo Land and finally out back into state land, changing time zones 5 times in an actual hour's time.
 

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One of the rare cases where Arizona gets something right.
 

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I wish we would stay on daylight savings time in PA, the sun glare driving home around 5 in the fall during standard time is awful, it’s downright dangerous, I would be fine driving into work in the dark if I could see a little more sunlight after work.
 

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Why yes...it's that time once again!!!

It's time to spring forward again on Sunday, March 13th in the United States, not counting Arizona (except Navajo Nation) and Hawaii.
 

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You're welcome, son (probably old enough to be your dad :tickled: )
 

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Staying light later is great for kids sports during the week :)
 

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It feels unnatural going to work in the morning, where I live, with the sun coming up now. 🤣
 

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I hate it. I hate it so fucking much. Make it stop. Please.

Some people, if they had a time machine, could go back to stop Hitler, or Stalin, or some other despot.

I would go after the real criminal to history. The asshole that invented DST and stole a precious hour of sleep from everyone.
 

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I don't care which one we switch to so long as we stick with one.
 

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent starting in 2023, ending the twice-annual changing of clocks in a move promoted by supporters advocating brighter afternoons and more economic activity.

The Senate approved the measure, called the Sunshine Protection Act, unanimously by voice vote. The House of Representatives, which has held a committee hearing on the matter, still must pass the bill before it can go to President Joe Biden to sign. The White House has not said whether Biden supports it.

On Sunday, most of the United States resumed daylight saving time, moving ahead one hour. The United States will resume standard time in November.

Senator Marco Rubio, one of the bill's sponsors, said after input from airlines and broadcasters that supporters agreed that the change would not take place until November 2023.

The change would help enable children to play outdoors later and reduce seasonal depression, according to supporters.

"I know this is not the most important issue confronting America but it is one of those issues that there is a lot of agreement. ... If we can get this passed, we don't have to do this stupidity anymore," Rubio added. "Pardon the pun, but this is an idea whose time has come."

About 30 states since 2015 have introduced legislation to end the twice-yearly changing of clocks, with some states proposing to do it only if neighboring states do the same.

The House Energy and Commerce committee held a hearing on the issue this month. Representative Frank Pallone, the committee's chairman, said that "the loss of that one hour of sleep seems to impact us for days afterwards. It also can cause havoc on the sleeping patterns of our kids and our pets."

Pallone backs ending the clock switching but has not decided whether to support daylight or standard time as the permanent choice.

Pallone cited a 2019 poll that found that 71% of Americans prefer to no longer switch their clocks twice a year.

Supporters say the change could prevent a slight uptick in car crashes that typically occurs around the time changes and point to studies showing a small increase in the rate of heart attacks and strokes soon after the time change.

"It has real repercussions on our economy and our daily lives," said Senator Ed Markey, another leading sponsor.

Supporters argue it could help businesses such as golf courses that could draw more use with more evening daylight.

The use of daylight saving time has been in place in nearly all of the United States since the 1960s after being first tried in 1918. Year-round daylight savings time was adopted in 1973 in a bid to reduce energy use because of an oil embargo and repealed a year later.

The bill would allow Arizona and Hawaii, which do not observe daylight saving time, to remain on standard time.
 

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BUMP!!!

It's time to spring forward again on Sunday, March 12th in the United States, not counting Arizona (except Navajo Nation) and Hawaii.

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Oh hell yeah. That means an 11 hour worknight for me but i get paid for 12. Lol
 
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