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Clock change - help a numpty out!

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WhyCantIFigureThisOut · 28/10/2023 18:50

I need to get up in the early hours for a flight but the clock change is making me super paranoid, and in my tired state I can't get my head around it!

I need to wake up / set the alarm for (actual) 2am. But, the clocks change at 2am. If I set my alarm for say, 2.02, that should be safe shouldn't it??

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Sweetpea1532 · 04/11/2023 06:24

@WhyCantIFigureThisOut Im happy to hear all worked out just fine...now it's my turn here in the US... but since I'm not expected anywhere on Sunday, I don't have to ask for any help on that topic, thank goodness! I'm normally a numpty so I don't need anything else to add to my numptiness🤪

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WhyCantIFigureThisOut · 30/10/2023 05:26

Thank you for all the help and concern!!
We were travelling all day yesterday so apologies for no update.

It worked.

I woke every 30mins it seemed, paranoid that we wouldn't wake. The alarm was set for 2.05, and of course it all worked fine.

For those baffled as to why it was so hard for me to get my head around, your guess is as good as mine. Sometimes the simplest exercise can foil us and we accept all help from kind people.

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Sweetpea1532 · 29/10/2023 03:12

Yes,@WhyCantIFigureThisOut
As @ClareBlue says...just a thumbs up will work...it's not like you might have something else more pressing, is it?Grin

ClareBlue · 29/10/2023 02:55

OP we need to know

ClareBlue · 29/10/2023 02:16

BewitchedBotheredandBewildered · 29/10/2023 02:13

Proper confused here, probably because went to bed and got up again.
Will take self off again now.

Hope OP gets up in time and catches her flight 😊

Some good quality hours sorts everything. 😴 sleep tight.

ClareBlue · 29/10/2023 02:15

She should be up now on first coffee. She said 2.02 for wake up

BewitchedBotheredandBewildered · 29/10/2023 02:13

Proper confused here, probably because went to bed and got up again.
Will take self off again now.

Hope OP gets up in time and catches her flight 😊

ClareBlue · 29/10/2023 02:12

Catswillbecats · 29/10/2023 02:10

So I woke up just now - have clocks changed yet and it is 2.09 or are they changing in 50 mins?

No it's really 2.09 the hour has already gone

Catswillbecats · 29/10/2023 02:10

So I woke up just now - have clocks changed yet and it is 2.09 or are they changing in 50 mins?

ClareBlue · 29/10/2023 02:09

5 minutes in since alarm. Are we worried or just accepting an early morning pee before checking phone?

Sweetpea1532 · 29/10/2023 02:08

Thanks, @ClareBlue !

ClareBlue · 29/10/2023 02:07

Sweetpea1532 · 29/10/2023 02:03

WAKE UP!

Yes, please

ClareBlue · 29/10/2023 02:05

susanaa · 29/10/2023 02:02

The flight is going to run on Greenwich mean time, so realistically I don’t see why there’s confusion

It's about the alarm ringing at the correct time with the clocks going back

Sweetpea1532 · 29/10/2023 02:03

WAKE UP!

ClareBlue · 29/10/2023 02:02

The support is appreciated. Anything we can do for you on Sunday give us a post

susanaa · 29/10/2023 02:02

The flight is going to run on Greenwich mean time, so realistically I don’t see why there’s confusion

Mummyoflittledragon · 29/10/2023 02:02

That is so cool @ClareBlue

Sweetpea1532 · 29/10/2023 02:01

I'm on the West coast in California and I'm worrying about her, too.😂
Our time doesn't change until next Sunday so I've got a whole week for the run-up

ClareBlue · 29/10/2023 02:01

It's 2am true time after the reverse.

ClareBlue · 29/10/2023 01:59

Susanaa. It is about auto changing at 2am. It has happened fine. OP due up in 3 minutes. Fingers crossed.

ClareBlue · 29/10/2023 01:57

6 minutes for OP alarm. Hope she appreciates us worring for her😀

susanaa · 29/10/2023 01:56

I feel like you’re making this more complicated than it is.

The clocks will automatically change so it’s not “2am new time”, it’s just 2am. If you need to be up after a certain amount of time passes, just set a reminder for eg 120 minutes which would function exactly the same as an alarm.

ClareBlue · 29/10/2023 01:55

We are back an hour now. You are posting fine on the real time

ClareBlue · 29/10/2023 01:54

You

BewitchedBotheredandBewildered · 29/10/2023 01:51

My iPhone, and laptop, are reading 01.49!

Which one of us is in a time warp?!

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