Re: [NTLK] Daylight saving

From: Ed Kummel (tech_ed_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Mar 30 2003 - 20:58:31 PST


Here is a quote from the NIST that defines the US
observance of Daylight Saving Time (notice the absence
of an "s"?)
At 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in April, we set our
clocks forward one hour ahead of standard time
("spring forward"). We "fall back" at 2 a.m. on the
last Sunday in October by setting our clock back one
hour and thus returning to standard time.

There is a really good extension that adds an option
to your Preferences that allows you to define the DST
for your particular region. Apparently, the last
sunday in March is the beginning of the European DST.
In Australia, it's the last sunday in October. China?
Third sunday in April. Here in the Good 'ol U-S of A?
The first sunday in April...
You can download a copy here:
http://www.sbm.nu/englisch/newton/index.htm

Ed
web/gadget guru
come and see my Newt on the web (well, mostly) at:
http://65.84.243.167

--- "Eric L. Strobel" <fyzycyst_at_comcast.net> wrote:
> somewhere near the temporal coordinates of 3/30/03
> 2:21 AM, the entity known
> as Matthew Robinson transmitted the following from
> matthew_at_crescent.org.uk:
>
> > Hi all,
> > The clocks went forward last night and I was
> wondering why my Newton didn't?
> >
> > I've set the home City to be one that's in the rom
> and it should understand
> > daylight saving?
> >
>
> For those in the States, before you panic and start
> resetting your clocks,
> the UK moved to DST today, but here in the States we
> move NEXT WEEK. (I'd
> not realized that until I looked on my astronomy
> calendar.)
>
> - Eric.
> --
>
> Eric Strobel (fyzycyst_at_NOSPAM^mailaps.org)

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