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Clock change - help a numpty out!

55 replies

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??

OP posts:
blueluce85 · 28/10/2023 19:44

Worst case, you set it for 2am, and it wakes you an hour earlier than you need, or the new 2am which will be correct. Either way you are safe!

Purplerain1144 · 28/10/2023 19:56

Set a timer rather than an alarm. So if you set at 8pm do it for 6hrs

ClareBlue · 29/10/2023 01:26

Anyone awake hoping that it resets properly.

OP when you wake give us a nod😀
Enjoy the flight, wherever you are going. Hope it's somewhere warm for a bit of relaxation. If it's work, then at least it's earning to pay for future relaxation.

ClareBlue · 29/10/2023 01:58

Need to check how MN do this. Posting at 1.58 and will post when it is 2.01 in today's time

ClareBlue · 29/10/2023 01:01

Pleased to say we have just all lost an hour of our lives. Everything reset 🙂 OP can sleep easy for another hour.

BewitchedBotheredandBewildered · 29/10/2023 01:51

My iPhone, and laptop, are reading 01.49!

Which one of us is in a time warp?!

ClareBlue · 29/10/2023 01:54

You

ClareBlue · 29/10/2023 01:55

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

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 01:57

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

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 02:01

It's 2am true time after the reverse.

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

Mummyoflittledragon · 29/10/2023 02:02

That is so cool @ClareBlue

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

ClareBlue · 29/10/2023 02:02

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

Sweetpea1532 · 29/10/2023 02:03

WAKE UP!

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

ClareBlue · 29/10/2023 02:07

Sweetpea1532 · 29/10/2023 02:03

WAKE UP!

Yes, please

Sweetpea1532 · 29/10/2023 02:08

Thanks, @ClareBlue !

ClareBlue · 29/10/2023 02:09

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

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 02:12

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

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 02:15

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

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