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480sparky · 10-31-2009, 01:38 AM

Don't forget to turn your clocks back one hour Saturday night!

BuzzKill · 10-31-2009, 01:56 AM

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Don't forget to turn your clocks back one hour Saturday night!

cool! an extra hour of sleep.

John Valdes · 10-31-2009, 02:04 PM

Last spring they changed the date of the DST by two weeks. I had to physically change everything. I think it was the first time ever I had to change my PC or atomic clock. Are we back on the original schedule? That atomic clock is a pain in the ass.

BuzzKill · 10-31-2009, 02:40 PM

I dread going back in time, so to speak: days get dark so freaking early!! Depressing.

Trimix-leccy · 10-31-2009, 03:11 PM

did ours last weekend

Now it has got to 'driving home in the dark'....soon to be 'driving to work in the dark as well'

Ah well, off to a Haloween Fancy Dress Party tonight, so it's not all bad

brian john · 10-31-2009, 04:23 PM

How about we set it back 30 minutes and then NEVER bother again.

480sparky · 10-31-2009, 04:41 PM

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How about we set it back 30 minutes and then NEVER bother again.

I give that one an AMEN!

DST is supposed to save us time, but I spend more than an hour twice a year monkeying with all my clocks.

william1978 · 10-31-2009, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by brian john

How about we set it back 30 minutes and then NEVER bother again.

I second that.

bobelectric · 10-31-2009, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by John Valdes

Last spring they changed the date of the DST by two weeks. I had to physically change everything. I think it was the first time ever I had to change my PC or atomic clock. Are we back on the original schedule? That atomic clock is a pain in the ass.

Maybe put your clock by a window so it can get hooked up.

bobelectric · 10-31-2009, 05:12 PM

www.time.gov

JohnJ0906 · 11-01-2009, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by 480sparky

DST is supposed to save us time, but I spend more than an hour twice a year monkeying with all my clocks.

An hour? How many clocks do you have?

brian john · 11-01-2009, 08:07 AM

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An hour? How many clocks do you have?

Well in my Dodge truck I typically wrestle with this for 2 weeks till I finally relent and pull out the book.

JohnJ0906 · 11-01-2009, 08:38 AM

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Well in my Dodge truck I typically wrestle with this for 2 weeks till I finally relent and pull out the book.

I will admit that the hardest clock to change is the one in my work truck - because I can't remember how I did it the last time...

I did all the rest, including my watches, in under 10 minutes.

480sparky · 11-01-2009, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by John Valdes

Last spring they changed the date of the DST by two weeks. I had to physically change everything. I think it was the first time ever I had to change my PC or atomic clock. Are we back on the original schedule? That atomic clock is a pain in the ass.

An atomic clock should not ever require setting. It's got a radio receiver in it that is tuned to WWV in Colorado. WWV does nothing but broadcast a time signal. It's connected to an atomic time-keeping clock, accurate to a billionth of a second per year. As long as the battery is good, you shouldn't have to touch it. If you do, you don't have a true 'atomic' clock.

brian john · 11-01-2009, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by 480sparky

An atomic clock should not ever require setting. It's got a radio receiver in it that is tuned to WWV in Colorado. WWV does nothing but broadcast a time signal. It's connected to an atomic time-keeping clock, accurate to a billionth of a second per year. As long as the battery is good, you shouldn't have to touch it. If you do, you don't have a true 'atomic' clock.

There was a small mushroom cloud next to my atomic clock this morning, NOW WHAT?

InPhase277 · 11-01-2009, 11:08 AM

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There was a small mushroom cloud next to my atomic clock this morning, NOW WHAT?

Well, eat the mushrooms and stare at the ceiling fan...

480sparky · 11-01-2009, 11:16 AM

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There was a small mushroom cloud next to my atomic clock this morning, NOW WHAT?

Time to put your Junior Atomic Scientific Activity Set away.

BCSparkyGirl · 11-01-2009, 12:07 PM

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I give that one an AMEN!

DST is supposed to save us time, but I spend more than an hour twice a year monkeying with all my clocks.

time for a new clock, mine has a DST switch on it, just click it one way or the other, badda bing, done, .01 sec.

MechanicalDVR · 11-01-2009, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnJ0906

I will admit that the hardest clock to change is the one in my work truck - because I can't remember how I did it the last time...

I did all the rest, including my watches, in under 10 minutes.

I have 4 vehicles and each clock has a different way to set by the time the next change occurs two of them will be correct.

John Valdes · 11-01-2009, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by 480sparky

An atomic clock should not ever require setting. It's got a radio receiver in it that is tuned to WWV in Colorado. WWV does nothing but broadcast a time signal. It's connected to an atomic time-keeping clock, accurate to a billionth of a second per year. As long as the battery is good, you shouldn't have to touch it. If you do, you don't have a true 'atomic' clock.

My atomic clock changed like it was supposed to this morning. There is an indicator on it that lets you know if it is receiving. It is always receiving.

You must set it after a battery change if you are not fast, and when you first set it up. I am not sure how good of a clock it is. My wife bought it for me.