Time rollback. ....or forward?

[Tweak]

Well... being as my week consists pretty much of driving a forklift, coming home, playing WoW and crashing, I tend to get a bit behind current news.

Now, it's about 3:30 AM CST here in Texas... Or so I believed. My girl just woke up and informed me that I still gotta get up for work tommorow. I get that, I tell her. I still got a few hours to sleep. BUT, she decides to throw me a major curveball and tells me I just lost an hour.

Now, I am officialy lost, and freaking out about all my electronics. My cell and house phone did not change, and I understand that because the manufacturers programed the phones to set back to the right time here in a couple weeks. Still, my phone is FUBAR when it comes to time keeping. My comp reset correctly, and everything seems to be working correctly. I called my phone peeps, and they say they are working on a soloution now, But that still leaves one question- Why the hell did they move the time jump up? I have heard that each hour of every day is exactly four-someodd minutes short, and thats why we have the time thing, but where did we loose a couple weeks?

Anyone know anymore about this stuff? i would really like to check it out.

 

[neobart]

It's simply to allow for more hours of sunlight when most people are active. It saves quite allot of energy.

 

[.21Rc10GT]

I have heard that each hour of every day is exactly four-someodd minutes short, and thats why we have the time thing, but where did we loose a couple weeks?

Anyone know anymore about this stuff? i would really like to check it out.

Actually, that is why we have Feb 29th. It is supposed to sum up those lost minutes for the 4 years, with an "extra" day.

 

[HeartBreak]

Yup, you're hooped until Feb 29th comes around.. Sorry man, looks like you'll be draggin for a year or two (I forget when it comes around next).

 

[Tweak]

And now I got in and realize my cable box not only moved up and hour, but TWO hours. Called veriozon and got nothing.

Man I hate this time of year.

 

[jon2]

In the Spring...you "spring forward one hour in time" and in the fall, you "fall back one hour in time"