Les R

Split the difference, add a half hour to Standard Time, and leave it alone after that.

TheShoe Loc: Lacey, WA

9 including the cars. I leave the cameras on standard time.

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

7 and 2 cars.

Don

OldCADuser Loc: Irvine, CA

I just had a conversation about Daylight Savings Time with someone and it reminded me of what happened when Washington finally passed a federal law, the 'Uniform Time Act', requiring that ALL states which observed DST to change their clocks at the same time. Prior to this law, every state, and in some cases, even cities decided for themselves if and even when they changed their clocks. This created a lot of confusion around the country, the worst example of all was St. Paul and Minneapolis. Minnesota, where the two cities changed their clocks TWO WEEKS apart from each other (don't ask why).

Anyway, I was a freshman at Michigan Tech in the UP (Upper Peninsula) of Michigan and when the day came in the Spring of 1966 to set our clocks ahead one hour, all the clocks at the university were changed but the locals in town refused. In fact, the entire UP refused to change, but since we were a state university, we complied with the law. So for awhile we had 'Tech time' and 'Town time'. It seems the issue was that since the federal law had been just signed the state had only a couple of weeks to hold hearings on whether they were going to opt IN or OUT, and chose to opt IN, but Michigan has a unique situation because of our geography. For all intents and purposes, it's like there are TWO different states, the UP and then the rest of the state, and so there is a law on the books that says that any law before the legislature which will have an impact on the entire state, they must, in addition to holding public hearings in the state Capitol, they must also hold them in the UP since for some UP residents, it's more than a 500 mile drive to Lansing, the state Capitol. Anyway, in the rush to meet the federal deadline, they never held those UP hearings so the local municipalities all said NO, and stuck to Standard time. Anyway, this lasted about two weeks when the state gave in and said OK, they would delay for one year the decision to opt IN or OUT so that they could hold the legally mandated public hearings in BOTH parts of the state. So in 1967 the legislature, after holding the public hearings, voted again, only this time they voted to opt OUT. And so Michigan did NOT adopt DST. However, after a lot of complaining by companies and citizens, the issue was revisited in 1972 and the state finally vote to opt IN, and that's the way it's been since.

However, across the UP, particularly out at the Western end, people do not like the idea of observing DST time. If you've never been in the UP, look at a map and you'll see that over half the UP is WEST of Chicago. In fact, Michigan stretches as far West as Iowa, and yet Michigan is in the Eastern Time Zone. They did later move a few of the UP counties into the Central Time Zone but only those that border Wisconsin.

John

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

So, how many did you have to change this past weekend?

Bill_de Loc: US

I switched my Nikons to daylight savings and set the stove and microwave clocks.
Having Amazon Echos around the house and garage I seldom look at a clock. I just ask Alexa for the time.

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LEGALDR Loc: Southern California

Clocks were no problem. The sundial in the backyard was more of a challenge.

Nancysc

My analog watch, the oven, the backup alarm at the bedside. The new car reset itself. No other clocks in the house.

Lucasdv123

16 for me.that includes 2 cameras and 1 camcorder. Only one in automatic.this does not include about 10 watches between my wife and i.

olddutch Loc: Beloit, Wisconsin

I think it should have been rotated 15 degrees. 360 divided by 24 =15??? But I cannot figure out how to adjust my hour glass...

Busbum Loc: 85367

15 degrees from perpendicular...

olddutch Loc: Beloit, Wisconsin

Thank you....