Time Setting on Camera Change to DST or Leave at Standard Time? (Page 4): My D7200 changes automatically. It's a Menu setting. Same thing on my D7100 and my D3400.

Hydro47 Loc: NW Indiana

My D7200 changes automatically. It's a Menu setting. Same thing on my D7100 and my D3400.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Interesting replies!

I have seen state governments change to full time DST twice in my life. Both times it was short lived. In the fall parents realized their kiddies had to wait in the dark for the bus, and they raised a ruckus and it was quickly changed back.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

JD750 wrote:

Hello Hoggers,

I'm wondering how many change the camera time setting to Daylight Savings vs just leaving it in standard time?

DST is an illusion. Leave it set on real time for your location.

Stan

cascom Loc: Redmond

I change mine. It is important to be on the same time if you are shooting with someone. I also find it easier if I am shooting a game and want to match the event in the box score

Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

JD750 wrote:

Hello Hoggers,

I'm wondering how many change the camera time setting to Daylight Savings vs just leaving it in standard time?

I'm not sure what the time setting is on my camera, only once did I pay attention to that, when we were on holidays and had to sync with others in our group. I was nominated to collect the images from the other guests, and make a photobook for the couple whose wedding it was. It was obvious that not everyone had set their camera times, and so I picked a scene that everyone had taken a photo of: First kiss after they said "I do".
From that it was easy to tell how much the times differed and with a bit of math easy to get all the photos in chronological order.

I think that if our government is finally going to keep it's promise, I will check, and maybe reset, the camera clock once more: We have been promised that we're going to DST year round.
I grew up with the same time year round, and still remember my Dad telling us how nice that was, as he had grown up with time changes twice a year.

BebuLamar

Morning Star wrote:

I'm not sure what the time setting is on my camera... (show quote)

That is the worst thing out of 3 options. That leave us permanently on the wrong time.

stanikon Loc: Deep in the Heart of Texas

dpullum wrote:

If the bill passes the house, then this is the last time change... we will be on DLST forever.

Not quite. The new law won't take effect until November 2023 so you will have to make the change this coming fall and again next spring.

Aside from that, consider all the clocks that are programmed/hard wired to change automatically. All of those will have to be reset every year. I still have and use a clock radio that is programmed to change automatically according to the old schedule. I have to change it 4 times every year. With the new law I will only have to change it twice a year. Yay.

stanikon Loc: Deep in the Heart of Texas

One more note: back when all electric clocks were analog, in the fall my dad would cut off the electricity to the whole house for exactly one hour in the fall. Voila! All of them were back on standard time with no fuss and no muss.

Chiroman8

Dear JD750,

Looks like changing the time will be a thing of the past since it looks like DST will be voted in year round by Congress this year. FINALLY !

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

As only the day the shots were taken is of interest to me, I don't bother changing the internal clock. Should I ever need the exact time an image was captured, I'm sure I can figure it out by simply looking at the date.

BebuLamar

rook2c4 wrote:

As only the day the shots were taken is of interest to me, I don't bother changing the internal clock. Should I ever need the exact time an image was captured, I'm sure I can figure it out by simply looking at the date.

Now that I think about it if you leave the camera on the same time all the time you would know what time the shot was taken with the date and time stamp. If you do change the clock then you wouldn't be sure if the time stamp was before or after you adjust the clock.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Chiroman8 wrote:

Dear JD750,

Looks like changing the time will be a thing of the past since it looks like DST will be voted in year round by Congress this year. FINALLY !

I have seen state governments change to full time DST twice in my life. Both times it was short lived. In the fall parents realized their kiddies had to wait in the dark for the bus, and they raised a ruckus and it was quickly changed back. I predict the same thing will happen this time.

stanikon Loc: Deep in the Heart of Texas

JD750 wrote:

I have seen state governments change to full time DST twice in my life. Both times it was short lived. In the fall parents realized their kiddies had to wait in the dark for the bus, and they raised a ruckus and it was quickly changed back. I predict the same thing will happen this time.

I remember that, but one of the times in the 70s was federal, not state. I don't know why they have decided to make DST permanent instead of standard time. Short memories, I guess.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

stanikon wrote:

I remember that, but one of the times in the 70s was federal, not state. I don't know why they have decided to make DST permanent instead of standard time. Short memories, I guess.

Back in 70s was Fed? Ok.

Actually IMHO the system as-is works well. Modern devices connected to the internet automatically adjust times. But cameras don’t? Why not?
Not sure why people want to change it.

BebuLamar

JD750 wrote:

Back in 70s was Fed? Ok.

Actually IMHO the system as-is works well. Modern devices connected to the internet automatically adjust times. But cameras don’t? Why not?
Not sure why people want to change it.

If a device is not connected to the outside world it can't adjust the time by itself. It's not a simple rule like before so basically you have to have access to the internet to do that. Any way if I do care about the time I wouldn't mind adjust it for DST and Standard time because the camera clock isn't accurate and needs to be adjusted something like monthly if you care about the time.