If a meeting at 12.00 is moved forward 2 hours

[IliveonCoffee]

What time is the meeting?

I saw this somewhere else. I've just asked my partner....I'm horrified --slightly dramatic- at his response!

What time do you think the meeting is?

My head immediately went to 2pm but I seem to be the minority

Brought forward = 10am
Move forward = 2pm

@IliveonCoffee

My weirdo dp, thought it was 2pm. His argument being moving forward into the future. I was very confused, and can't get my head round the logic....

But I do see where others are coming from with the opposite being true for the clock changes... I think though I see the clocks going back as time itself going back so it was 01.00 goes to 02.00 and then back in time for an hour back to 01.00 a mini time travel if you will!

Me and DH had exactly the same argument recently but the roles were reversed. If the meeting is brought forward or pulled forwards 2 hours is 10am. If it was pushed back, moved back 2 hours it would be 2pm BUT moved forward is a bit of both and that’s where the problem lies. I would have also thought 2pm

2pm.
Moved forward means you're pushing it into the future.
If it was 'brought' forward it would be 10am.

'moved forward' = advancing into the future, so two hours later

'brought forward' = closer in time/space, so two hours earlier.

It's about where the meeting sits in relation to those attending. Being moved forward suggests further away. Brought forward suggests closer.

If someone says 'can we move forward?' it means moving on, not going back.

I am glad there are a few people saying 2pm now I thought I was going crazy

It'd be 2pm if you 'moved it forward' but if you 'brought it' forward it would be 10am. So your DP is right.

I also thought 2pm as in going forward into the future

Seriously, this is why I'm self employed 😂 why wouldn't someone just say "can we move the meeting to 10am" and avoid all confusion?!

2pm...

No, it’d always mean 10 o’clock.

But I agree, just be clear and say it’s been moved to X time!

(Also sums up why I’ll never work in an office again!)

I was going to say 2pm. I think in my mind I'm picturing the calendar invite moving forward from 10am ---> 2pm. But I can see how it could be the other way too.

@IliveonCoffee

What time is the meeting?

I saw this somewhere else. I've just asked my partner....I'm horrified --slightly dramatic- at his response!

What time do you think the meeting is?

10am

I think if you are a sciencey/mathsy person forward is always going to be further along a time line. I went two, and then thought “no they mean 10”.

No... my husband and I are both what you’d call sciencey/mathsy.

I think it’s more likely that different people just visualise it differently. However there really is only one correct interpretation:

It’s not about the timeline, it’s about the time of an event in the future in relation to oneself.

To me personally:

Bring it forward would mean 10am

Move it forward would mean 2pm.

You're moving it forward in the day or moving it back obviously.

It's 10 am.

My initial thought was 2pm because I was picturing physically moving something forward on a clock. My brain then quickly corrected itself.

I would say 2pm because it moved forward two hours. I really don’t understand why it would be 10am that’s going back in time!

There's not going to be agreement about this, but there IS a solution. Abolish feckin' meetings.

10. If you bring something forward you move it earlier. The clocks thing is a red herring- the clock's hour hand moves forward/back, not time itself. Clock hands only travel in a clockwise direction. When they move forward they travel clockwise. When they move back they travel anticlockwise. Ergo, when the clocks go forward, the hour hand is moved forward one hour, and vice versa when the clocks go back. It's not difficult really, is it?

2pm.

You said move forward so this suggests moving with the direction of time - and that direction is forward into the future onot backwards into the past.

Now as said by some bring forward means 10am as it suggests bringing closer to the current time.

It's like the way "next Friday" can be misinterpreted.

@FourPlatinumRings

10. If you bring something forward you move it earlier. The clocks thing is a red herring- the clock's hour hand moves forward/back, not time itself. Clock hands only travel in a clockwise direction. When they move forward they travel clockwise. When they move back they travel anticlockwise. Ergo, when the clocks go forward, the hour hand is moved forward one hour, and vice versa when the clocks go back. It's not difficult really, is it?

You say 10am, then go on talk about clocks moving forward means moving on an hour and going back means being earlier.

10am is earlier than 12am - moving back - the clock has gone anti clockwise . it's moved/gone back, not forward on the clock.

According to your clock explanation "move forward" means moving clockwise to a later time. So by your very own explanation "move forward 2 hours" from 12pm results in 2pm.

This is something I can never understand myself. I would have answered 2pm.
We move forwards in time...from 12pm...to 1pm...to 2pm. Therefore in my mind, anything 'timewise' going forwards means later, bringing something back would be moving backwards in time, and therefore earlier. I always get this wrong.
Every year I have to check which way the clocks are moving because I can't get it right!!

2pm. 10am is moving it back in time.

[quote NiceandCalm]I originally thought 2pm as you are moving it forwards so -> rather than move it back