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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 12:56 PM
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Daylights Savings Time hasn't clicked over in England yet, has it?
Next week, right?
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 01:02 PM
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1. Yep. On the 20th I think.
If I'm not mistaken, they do it closer to the actual equinox. Which makes sense. Which explains why we do it differently.

:P
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 01:21 PM
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3. It starts 29 March in GB, same as Switzerland.
2009: Sunday 29 March 01:00 GMT - Sunday 25 October 01:00 GMT (02:00 BST)

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/europe/uk/time/british-summer-time/
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 01:25 PM
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5. Thanks... and how very odd.
I wonder why we do ours 12 days before, and they do it 9 days after.

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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 02:11 PM
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6. Germany too
:D
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 01:17 PM
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2. Whattya expect? They drive on the wrong side of the road there!
What makes you think they can tell time correctly? :shrug:
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 01:22 PM
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4. We're the wrong ones! We've been going to daylight time too early...
and switching back to standard time too late.

Should be April and October.

:P
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ZombieNixon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 02:44 PM
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7. Should be not changing the damn clocks in the first place.
It's called "Standard Time" because it's supposed to be the "standard." We now spend 8 months of the year on "non-standard" time, and it's darker than Satan's asshole when I wake up in the morning now. x(
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 04:39 PM
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8. I'd be okay with not changing the clocks at all. I prefer standard time.
But if we're going to change the clocks, let's do it in April and October like we did up until a couple of years ago.
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