I changed all the clocks but one and that was the one I looked at before leaving the house for a baby shower. Of course I was an hour early!

Leave it on Standard Time, or move the Chang dates back to April and October. 8:00 sunrises are a bummer.

Water clocks
 

Scrap it or make it permanent?

Still finding this subject particularly fascinating. Journeyed even *further* down that rabbit hole and found *this* fun fact. Had no idea!

"Ancient civilizations adjusted daily schedules to the sun more flexibly than DST does, often dividing daylight into 12 hours regardless of daytime, so that each daylight hour became progressively longer during spring and shorter during autumn.[17] For example, the Romans kept time with water clocks that had different scales for different months of the year; at Rome's latitude, the third hour from sunrise (hora tertia) started at 9:02 solar time and lasted 44 minutes at the winter solstice, but at the summer solstice it started at 6:58 and lasted 75 minutes.[18] From the 14th century onward, equal-length civil hours supplanted unequal ones, so civil time no longer varied by season. Unequal hours are still used in a few traditional settings, such as monasteries of Mount Athos[19] and in Jewish ceremonies.[20]"

Well, *I* thought it was interesting. :-)

Not anymore. I carry mine around, it's so fancy it can take pictures and make phone calls.

Too funny. I hope the clock eventually stops blinking/flashing at you screaming to be set.

Not for northeasterners, we are so far east of the Villages that the sun still sets later in the Villages than in the northeast in June.

But you still have more hours of daylight. The hours may be shifted relative to the Villages (earlier sunrise and sunset) but more total hours.

I hate all this. Prefer DST. Now it will get dark at 4:30 in the afternoon . Who cares if its light in in the early morning! Just pick one time and I'll learn to live with it. Enough already!

Back in the seventies (1974, I think) nationwide Daylight Savings Time remained for one year as an experiment to see how people would handle it. It lasted only one year mainly because people complained that it was too dangerous for children going to school in the dark (among other reasons).

1974!
 

Wow! How did I not know (remember) that! Cool! The US Tried Permanent Daylight Saving Time in the ’70s. People Hated It - Washingtonian

Tricky stuff
 

Looks like it depends on the time of year. Tricky stuff. . .

Times for sunrise and sunset in the United States of America

While you are at it don’t forget to change the batteries in your smoke detectors. In the world of potential serious events, stress from changing my clocks is at the very bottom of the list. As for there ever being a time when daylight savings time is year round please consider that children will be standing at bus stops in pitch dark.its never going to happen.

Contact your Congressman. Florida passed the measure to stay on DSL all the time, but for some reason it has to be approved by the U-S House of Representatives. Pelosi wouldn't bring it to the floor of the House for a vote. Now we have a new speaker. Let's get it voted on to go into effect immediately. This getting dark at 5:30 is for the birds!

Every time you get upset at something, ask yourself if you were to die tomorrow, was it worth wasting your time being angry.

Has to do with the axis, sun not going around the equator.

I always forget the irrigation clock. Thanks Tinker. Going to change that one now.

I wish I had so few clocks to change........

Battery clock in master bath, 2 alarm clocks in the master bedroom, large clock in LR, battery clock in kitchen, microwave, stove, battery clock in foyer, battery clock in hall bathroom, battery clock in garage, three timers in the house that operated lamps, battery clock in den, 2 clock radios and timer outside for holiday lights. Let's not forget the irrigation clock!

What a royal PIA to do this twice a year. It doesn't matter which time can be permanent (standard or DST)..........................just pick one!!!!

I’m the OP. And I thought I had a job with 14 or so clocks to reset. PIA is so right.

Spring forward 2024 is March 10th. We are on standard time only 4 months.

Typically, the batteries that come with your smoke detectors are alkaline batteries which have a 5 to 10 year shelf life. They are only used in smoke detectors for backup purposes when you have a power failure. They are rarely used at all. Also, when the battery becomes weak, the smoke detector will start to beep to alert you to replace the battery. So, in my opinion, routinely replacing the batteries every 6 months, as some recommend, is an outdated recommendation. If you want even longer lasting smoke detectors, you can replace the batteries with lithium batteries that are designed to last 10 years or longer.

My vote is for Standard Time, but, as I said in an earlier post........I'll take anytime.......just pick one!!!!!

Bingo.

I installed nine Energizer Ultimate Lithium (10 yr) batteries in 12/2016 and made a note in my Google calendar to replace them all in 12/2026. So far, only two have failed earlier than expected. One in 11/2021 and one in 10/2023.

If you have eight smoke detectors that’s a 25% failure rate to date. That is not acceptable.

My wife got me an Apple watch. Don't trust it: it talks to me, tells me when it is too noisy (like I don't know!), reminds me to stand up. Tells me when my phone is ringing. For all I know it is spying on me too.

Like having a second wife on my arm.

So, why not try permanent standard time?

Note that the newer smoke alarms will not even allow you to use the detector after 10 years. They have a built-in timer and the device starts to beep until you replace the detector.

Yeah... I installed new detectors at the same time because the old ones were long overdue.

Permanent standard time or permanent saving time - someone is going to be unhappy. But I agree, pick one and stick with it. Personally, standard time is more logical since it aligns with the earth and sun are doing but hey, we're America, we make our own rules.

I prefer Daylight Savings Time too. Fortunately, that is the one that is currently in the bills to stop this nonsense.

Equadog.....Who is the woman in your current avatar? She looks to be an actress from the 40s. She is beautiful.

Today, it is Gene Tierney.

Our “Leadership” doesn’t, won’t, can’t listen to their constituents.

But they are not on the shelf. They are constantly checking the status. I always wait until one starts beeping and then change them all. That first one always happens in the middle of the night in our bedroom.

I agree. Note that the beeping or chirping sound is triggered by a drop in voltage across the battery terminals. The chirping is not powered by the battery, but by your house power. Even if your remove the battery, the chirping will continue until you replace the battery.

I have 4 smoke detectors with alkaline batteries. In 8 years, only one has failed and started to chirp. I replaced all 4 batteries. But, replacing every battery on a regular basis that haven't failed seems like a wasted effort, especially since you need to use a ladder, and the detectors are designed to alert you when they need to be replaced. I can understand those who are snowbirds and may want to prevent a failure while they are away.

They will need to be dusted from time to time.

Thanks for the reply.

Who is the guy in the baret?

Found another clock to change today.......the Watts hot water re-circulation pump has a timer. I think we are done now.

This year worked out great, I left for TV right after the time change so no need to change all the clocks. They'll be perfect when I get back in late spring!

My car automatically changes time just like our cells, and all of our electronics. Only clock manual is range and microwave, which I don’t bother with.