NeuroTalk Support Groups - We change clocks back one hour next week -- Sunday Nov. 4 2:00 am

Hi,
Last year we changed the clocks the weekend before Halloween. This year we change in the US the week after Halloween. That means that it will be lighter longer than we usually remember Halloweeen.

I heard that some people's electronic clocks automatically moved back (cell phones, computers. . . ) over the weekend and were late for work or whatever.

I think I would like to live half the year in parts of Alaska where it stays light for 6 months. I wonder how that would work.

Mari

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,305838,00.html

Quote:

Surprise! Daylight Saving Pushed Back One Week by 2005 Energy Conservation Act
Monday, October 29, 2007

If you turned your clocks back one hour Sunday morning thinking it was the annual move back to Standard Time, all you succeeded in doing was moving into a new time zone.

The move from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time doesn't happen this year until the first Sunday in November, instead of the usual last Sunday in October.

That means computer software, cellphones and other electronic equipment that is programmed to automatically change will have to be manually reset Monday morning back to Daylight Saving Time, then changed back one hour next Sunday.

President Bush in 2005 signed the Energy Conservation Act, which pushed back the time change in an effort to squeeze just a little more daylight — and a bit of energy savings — into the daily lives of Americans.

The legislation also changed the "spring forward" to Daylight Saving Time, which next year will be on March 9.

Government estimates place the overall energy savings at just over 1 percent.