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AIBU to think we should NOT put the clocks back this year ?

179 replies

BirmaBrite · 07/10/2022 13:33

Apart from the fact that it means the clock in the car will be wrong for six months, I just think it is a faff that doesn't give any benefit to the vast majority of people.

YABU - just change the clocks you snowflake

YANBU - It's daft and we shouldn't do it anymore

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Novum · 07/10/2022 21:52

LondonQueen · 07/10/2022 20:54

Don't all cars do it automatically these days? The only thing that is wrong is my oven! I quite enjoy putting the clocks back.

Why would you assume everyone has a totally modern car with computerised everything? Mine was manufactured in 2018 and doesn't change the clock time automatically.

TirisfalPumpkin · 07/10/2022 21:52

Yeah, it’s anachronistic and a faff, I say that as a northerner. GMT all year round, it’d also put a stop to that absolute crime against humanity, ‘clocks go forward day’ in March. brutal when you already get up at 6 or earlier for work.

also, daylight alarm clocks are wonderful.

MarshaMelrose · 07/10/2022 21:55

As a British person I want to do what's best for the whole of the UK. So if a bit of inconvenience for me in England is what it takes for people in Scotland to have an improved life, then I'm happy with the inconvenience.

NotAMouse · 07/10/2022 22:03

Either time zone is fine, just stick to one! Always takes me a few days to adjust which totally sucks balls.

AloysiusBear · 07/10/2022 22:06

I HATE dark mornings, can't wait for the clocks to go back. I don't mind it being dark in the evenings as I'm indoors anyway.

Musicaltheatremum · 07/10/2022 22:16

I live in Edinburgh. It's already really dark in the morning. I'm desperate for the clocks to go back

LondonQueen · 07/10/2022 23:38

@AsAnyFuleKno
I've tried and tried to change the clock on my oven, I've set timers, different settings for different foods and it still only has the correct time 6 months a year, give me back the old days where you just had the dials!

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 07/10/2022 23:55

I was also going to say we should stick with GMT, that’d what its meant to be.

Dd would be fed up if they didn’t go back this year as she’s looking forward to a 25 hour birthday (second one she’s had - she’s 13 😂)

AsAnyFuleKno · 07/10/2022 23:57

LondonQueen · 07/10/2022 23:38

@AsAnyFuleKno
I've tried and tried to change the clock on my oven, I've set timers, different settings for different foods and it still only has the correct time 6 months a year, give me back the old days where you just had the dials!

😂Yes, been there - you think you've cracked it only to find it's scheduled to cook a 750g lamb leg at 2am tomorrow.

ErrolTheDragon · 08/10/2022 00:17

It would be bizarre if the country which is actually on the Greenwich Meridian had its time offset from that meridian

Perhaps when the time zone was set, people in general lived their days more symmetrically around 12 noon? We don't now; someone aiming for 8 hours of sleep is likely to go from 10pm -6am or midnight to 8am.

AsAnyFuleKno · 08/10/2022 00:31

ErrolTheDragon · 08/10/2022 00:17

It would be bizarre if the country which is actually on the Greenwich Meridian had its time offset from that meridian

Perhaps when the time zone was set, people in general lived their days more symmetrically around 12 noon? We don't now; someone aiming for 8 hours of sleep is likely to go from 10pm -6am or midnight to 8am.

It was the advent of railways that brought about a common time zone - before that, people lived according to local sunrise and sunset times.

PearlLennox · 08/10/2022 00:43

I have a question.

If you are working a nightshift on the night the clocks go back, do you have to work the extra hour?? Effectively “redo” 12-1?

and in the spring do you get to work an hour less?

ErrolTheDragon · 08/10/2022 00:50

It was the advent of railways that brought about a common time zone - before that, people lived according to local sunrise and sunset times.

Yes - so if you lived on the meridian presumably in summer you might rise at 4am and go to bed at 8pm. No one (except maybe dairy farmers ...oh ... and young children) tends to do that now.
Maybe rather than changing our clocks we need to get our working days better aligned with the daylight again.

plinkplinkfizzer · 08/10/2022 00:57

MarshaMelrose · 07/10/2022 21:55

As a British person I want to do what's best for the whole of the UK. So if a bit of inconvenience for me in England is what it takes for people in Scotland to have an improved life, then I'm happy with the inconvenience.

Nicest comment of the thread 😀 .

AsAnyFuleKno · 08/10/2022 00:58

ErrolTheDragon · 08/10/2022 00:50

It was the advent of railways that brought about a common time zone - before that, people lived according to local sunrise and sunset times.

Yes - so if you lived on the meridian presumably in summer you might rise at 4am and go to bed at 8pm. No one (except maybe dairy farmers ...oh ... and young children) tends to do that now.
Maybe rather than changing our clocks we need to get our working days better aligned with the daylight again.

Alas, I fear the chance of large corporations taking such a simple, common sense aproach, is slim.

AsAnyFuleKno · 08/10/2022 01:02

^approach

AuntTwacky · 08/10/2022 01:06

YANBU

GininMcGlass · 08/10/2022 01:08

The experiment was supposed to run for three years but had to be cancelled after two because of the increase in the number of children killed on the roads.

ErrolTheDragon · 08/10/2022 01:15

Alas, I fear the chance of large corporations taking such a simple, common sense aproach, is slim.

I keep meaning to adopt it myself and not waste the morning sunlight ... but here I am still awake at 1:15.

Furries · 08/10/2022 02:40

SummerInSun · 07/10/2022 14:09

You have it the wrong way round - winter time is the "correct" time (GMT) - what we have at the moment is the varied daylight savings time (BST). If we didn't move the clocks you'd have winter time all the time, so it would be light at 3:30am in summer but darker earlier at night, which to my mind is a big waste of lovely summer light.

This. Much as I am really not a fan of autumn and winter, I keep reminding myself that it’s only 10.5 weeks until the shortest day. After that, the feeling of things improving stretches waaaay through to the next year.

The “gloom” for me is end Sept to the shortest day. Then I know things keep getting better 🌞

Willyoujustbequiet · 08/10/2022 09:01

FarmerRefuted · 07/10/2022 15:23

I live in Northumberland and these are the recorded sunrise times for December last year, bearing in mind this is after the clocks went back an hour so to see what time it would be light without the clocks going back you'd need to add an hour.

Most mornings it's around 830am so would be 930am in winter. Where are you in Scotland that the sun rises earlier than it does further South?

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To be fair there are parts of Scotland that are further south than us in Northumberland but I take your point.

Willyoujustbequiet · 08/10/2022 09:04

MarshaMelrose · 07/10/2022 21:55

As a British person I want to do what's best for the whole of the UK. So if a bit of inconvenience for me in England is what it takes for people in Scotland to have an improved life, then I'm happy with the inconvenience.

Thank you!

YABU OP. It's not just Scotland. Those of us in the far north of England are further north than parts of Scotland and would suffer too.

Plumbear2 · 08/10/2022 09:26

Eeksteek · 07/10/2022 21:23

Hell no. Bloody pick one and stick to it. There’s the same amount of daylight whenever you have it. If you want it at a different time to everyone else, get up earlier. I’m sick of adjusting my body clock twice a year so that a fucking bent politician could play golf after work. It’s a ridiculous practice in the modern world. There are practically no farmers left. And a million zillion office workers.

Where do you think food comes from? It didn't just magically appear in the supermarkets. This is the most ridiculous comment on this thread.

Lindy2 · 08/10/2022 09:32

One year the clock in my mum's car had been wrong for 5 months and she was looking forward to the clocks changing and it soon being right again.

Her car went into a garage for a service and they reset the clock for her! 4 weeks before the next clock change so it was going to spend another 6 months being wrong again. 🤣

I took pity on her and reset it after the next clock change. 11 months being an hour out is a bit too much.

Lindy2 · 08/10/2022 09:37

plinkplinkfizzer · 08/10/2022 00:57

Nicest comment of the thread 😀 .

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Yes that's a nice comment.

I'm SE England. I've actually had no issues with the clocks going back ever. Other than the physical changing of clocks in the house, which can be a bit of a faff but not a big deal, it really isn't any bother to do at all. I know it makes a significant difference for those further north.

It signifies the start of autumn/winter and the start of spring/summer and I rather like the marking of the changing of seasons.

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