"Auto-cClocks"

BeccaLou · ‎02-09-2016

Is any one else having their clocks rebelling agaist changing ?My wall clck is acting up ,? changed about a week ago and then changed again 3 days later to 4 hours off.

Petals · ‎03-09-2010

My clocks are all working perfectly, but I wish someone would tell the host that we just entered Standard Time and exited Daylight Savings Time! LOL

Krimpette · ‎03-09-2010

@Petals I agree. Yesterday, one vendor remarked that we would be turning the clocks ahead! It boggles my mind, since the time change always gets so much publicity.

gardenman · ‎03-09-2010

A new alarm clock I bought this year asked if we had Daylight Savings Time during setup which was odd as it didn't ask for the date or have a date set. Suffice to say it didn't adjust automatically and I guess whoever programmed it just included that in the firmware for kicks. Without knowing the date, the clock has no idea whether to reset itself for Daylight Savings TIme starting or ending. I was curious as to what it would do and I wasn't surprised to find it did nothing. I guess whoever created the firmware just had some spare space so they filled it with stuff that didn't apply to this clock. It also wanted to know my time zone. I'm not sure why. It was a bit weird setting it up. I kept wondering why it was asking for stuff that didn't really seem to affect the clock. It's not an auto-setting clock in any way, just a basic alarm clock.

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J Town Girl · ‎06-13-2011

@Krimpette wrote:
@Petals I agree. Yesterday, one vendor remarked that we would be turning the clocks ahead! It boggles my mind, since the time change always gets so much publicity.

Hasn't that vendor ever heard the saying "Spring Ahead, Fall Behind". I remember that from my childhood.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

I always heard Spring Forward, Fall Back.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

@BeccaLou wrote:
Is any one else having their clocks rebelling agaist changing ?My wall clck is acting up ,? changed about a week ago and then changed again 3 days later to 4 hours off.

Automatic or 'atomic' clocks have a time zone setting on them. Make sure your clock is set to the correct zone. Sometimes it may take a few days for it to reset once you change the time zone. @BeccaLou