Or, for those boring old manual clocks, you will have to put them forward an hour yourself. Alternatively, feel free to save time now and manually add an hour in your head every time you check the time, then after a few weeks get around to actually changing them, then spend a few weeks confused about whether you changed them or not and if you still need to add an hour and checking the time on your phone to make sure.
Bloody daylight savings. It upsets the chooks and fades the curtains.
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Keeping the curtains in good condition is a terrible trial down here in Melbourne. I’ve gotten rid of the curtains entirely and saw someone else down the street had theirs out for hard rubbish too.
I guess it’s necessary though, we just can’t afford the costs of paying for everyone’s retirements if we live too long, it’s a sacrifice we need to make for the good of all. It’s the poor cows and chickens I feel sorry for. Given the cat’s recent demands for an early dinner lately I think our feline friends are the ones who will come out on top from the whole thing.
Forward?
Commenting from Canada and our saying is “spring forward, fall back” when it comes to remembering that, but you guys have opposite seasons. Is it the same???
It is spring in Australia
you guys have opposite seasons
Which is why we have opposite daylight time 🙂
No matter where in the world you are, your daylight time change is ‘spring forward’ because in spring the days grow longer, regardless of which calendar months your spring occurs in.
The days are the same length, it only changes how early and late the sun rises and sets.
No, that’s not how we do it in Australia. We run 23 hour days over the summer months, and after 6 months of that we’ve saved up a full week which we use to have a wild country-wide party.
So when we go back you go forward? That seems so odd
As a co-worker told me, “when it’s winter in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s night in the Northern Hemisphere”. He was too stupid to be joking.
So when we go back you go forward?
Well, not actually on the same dates. In Australia, the current period of DST runs from 1 Oct 2023 to 7 Apr 2024 (see here for details: https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/australia?year=2023). I see Canada is switching back to standard time on 5 Nov 2023 then switching back to DST on 10 Mar 2024 (https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/canada?year=2023).
But essentially, yeah, anywhere that uses DST will switch to DST (i.e. moves clocks forward) at a time of year when the sunrise is getting earlier (typically some time in spring), and switches to standard time (i.e. moves clocks back) at a time of year when sunrise is getting later (typically some time in autumn/fall).
The seasons are opposite in Canada and Australia, so the times of the calendar year when we change to and from DST are roughly opposite (Canada uses DST uses for about 8 months of the year, whereas in Australia it’s only about 6 months, but the point is we both ‘spring forward’).
Huh, so if I had a friend in Australia that I talked to every day I would have to adjust for two extra hours every time daylight savings happens?
Well, because the daylight time switches are on different dates, you would have to adjust 1 hour, then another hour a month later, then 6 months later adjust an hour, then a month after than another hour 😆
Here’s a table to describe that:
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ottowa TZ -5 -5 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -5 -5 Canberra TZ +11 +11 +11 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +11 +11 +11 Time difference 16 16 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 16 16 Time difference, date-independent 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 8 Holy smokes that’s super confusing. I get it, but I guess I’ve just not really ever thought about it.
Now I’m glad I do t have any Australian friends. :P
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When I get up at 5/6am, I bed to differ.
When I get up at 5/6am, I bed to differ.
I sure do appreciate that Freudian slip
Happens to the breast of us
I really hate daylight savings and how rough it is with losing an hour.
Why on earth also would they do it on the last weekend of school holidays is beyond me too.
They should just get rid of it, no shifting at all.
What, and miss out on all the light after work for fun activities?
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Change the clocks, check your smoke alarm batteries … and replace if needed. The batteries that is.
My microwave clock is correct half of the year at least
I never let my microwave know it can work as a clock, saves a lot of hassle.
The only clock I have that needs changing manually these days is the clock in the car.
Yesterday the UK were 9 hours behind Melbourne. Today they are 10 hours behind. In a month when they drop out of daylight saving, they will be 11 hours behind Melbourne. I need to talk with UK people for work. Not looking pretty.
