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theshark8777 · 04-01-2006, 11:36 AM

Many Indiana residents will do something this weekend they haven't done in decades: change their clocks.

More than 30 years after most of Indiana decided that it would stay on Eastern Standard Time year round, all Hoosier clocks will follow most of the rest of the nation and spring forward one hour for daylight-saving time.

That will leave Arizona and Hawaii as the only states that do not observe daylight-saving time.

The vast majority of Indiana's 92 counties will switch to Eastern Daylight Time, while a handful of communities in northwest and southwest Indiana will operate on Central Daylight Time.

The historic clock change - an annual ritual elsewhere that officially comes at 2 a.m. the first Sunday in April - has evoked images in Indiana of Y2K revisited: Businesses are prepping for possible computer glitches; TV schedules are being tweaked; T-ball leagues are expanding because of the added evening daylight. Even the start time of the sacred
Indianapolis 500 auto race has been pushed back this year (from noon to 1 p.m.) to accommodate the daylight change.

Indiana towns bordering other states, meanwhile, are celebrating the end of a haze of confusion.

"With the new setup, we're a happy people," said Pete Olson, city manager for Union City, Ind., a community on the Ohio border that for years has observed both Eastern Standard and Daylight times.

Until this weekend, 10 western counties observed Central Standard Time in the winter and Central Daylight in the summer; five in the southeast observed Eastern Standard in winter and Eastern Daylight in summer; and the other 77 counties were on Eastern Standard but never observed daylight saving.

But that arrangement, most of which was adopted in 1971 as a compromise between Hoosiers who wanted to be in the Central Time Zone and those who wanted to be in the Eastern Time Zone, has stirred controversy.

Prodded by Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels and business leaders, who said the change would help end confusion that has hurt economic growth, the General Assembly approved the new scheme last year after bitter debate.

G-Force Glockstar · 04-01-2006, 12:20 PM

I don't totally get all the Daylight saving time crap.......lol

Polniaczek033 · 04-01-2006, 12:35 PM

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I don't totally get all the Daylight saving time crap.......lol

i dont either.

but that's cool because i remember hearing about how half of indiana was in a different time zone and how some of it didn't change clocks, and it's really confusing and i felt bad for everyone that lived there. haha.

~LadyJess~ · 04-01-2006, 01:15 PM

My friend's cousin, who I am also very close with, lives in Indiana and we are all excited for this because now we never have to worry about being an hour different in the spring/summer.

G-Force Glockstar · 04-01-2006, 01:23 PM

I hate to ask this dumb question........but do we literly have to change our clocks tomorrow? Sorry, I'm new at this since I live in Indiana

~LadyJess~ · 04-01-2006, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Girl Meets World

I hate to ask this dumb question........but do we literly have to change our clocks tomorrow? Sorry, I'm new at this since I live in Indiana

Yes. It would probably be easier to do it tonight. Just before you go to bed move your clock ahead one hour. So if you go to bed at midnight, move it ahead to 1 am.

G-Force Glockstar · 04-01-2006, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ~LadyJess~

Yes. It would probably be easier to do it tonight. Just before you go to bed move your clock ahead one hour. So if you go to bed at midnight, move it ahead to 1 am.

Ok, thanks!

I hate that though.......now I'll lose one hour of sleep!

I don't get the point of Daylight saving times!

~LadyJess~ · 04-01-2006, 01:32 PM

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Ok, thanks!

I hate that though.......now I'll lose one hour of sleep!

I don't get the point of Daylight saving times!

A lot of people complain about losing an hour of sleep, it doesn't really bother me and I get used to it very quickly.

I don't know what the point of it is but I love when it's summer and it's light out until almost 9 pm.

theshark8777 · 04-01-2006, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ~LadyJess~

A lot of people complain about losing an hour of sleep, it doesn't really bother me and I get used to it very quickly.

I don't know what the point of it is but I love when it's summer and it's light out until almost 9 pm.

I don't like losing the hour of sleep, but I like gaining the hour of daylight during the evening.

lockdown06 · 04-02-2006, 02:29 PM

its about time....im a half hour from the Indy line and them not being on Daylights savings time really is confusing.

Czas na Zywiec · 04-02-2006, 06:06 PM

Plus, you get an hour extra of sleep in the fall. That's the part of Daylight Saving Time I love. Plus, like Jess said, that's it's still completely light out at 9PM. I love that. I hate the winter where it gets dark before 5.

I remember in Poland, in the winter it'd get dark at like 3 in the afternoon (cause we're on the same latitude as southern Canada), but because of Daylight Saving Time, in the summer it's light out until past 10PM. That was always the best.

swedeace · 04-02-2006, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Czas na Zywiec

I remember in Poland, in the winter it'd get dark at like 3 in the afternoon (cause we're on the same latitude as southern Canada), but because of Daylight Saving Time, in the summer it's light out until past 10PM. That was always the best.

Yeah, that's awesome about the Scandinavian countries, too. In the northern countries, they seem to have "land of the midnight sun" for a couple of weeks during mid summer where there's sun for 24 hours. Can you imagine? Would be difficult to sleep if you are used to sleeping in the dark.

And the same in the mid winter with 24 hours of consistent darkness for a couple of weeks.... Going to work and school all day in the dark. Wow....

I remember staying up ALL night one early August day in 2003 in Sweden. The sun went down at around 10:30 or 11:00 p.m. and the sun comes up at around 3:30 or 4:00 a.m. A group of us were staying up so we wouldn't miss our early flights back home (we had to take an airport bus on the outskirts of the city where the airport was located), so we just walked around the city, ate at McDonald's, and experienced that awesome sunset/sunrise in Sweden. Wow! That was magical...never seen anything like it before....

Czas na Zywiec · 04-02-2006, 08:47 PM

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Yeah, that's awesome about the Scandinavian countries, too. In the northern countries, they seem to have "land of the midnight sun" for a couple of weeks during mid summer where there's sun for 24 hours. Can you imagine? Would be difficult to sleep if you are used to sleeping in the dark.

And the same in the mid winter with 24 hours of consistent darkness for a couple of weeks.... Going to work and school all day in the dark. Wow....

I remember staying up ALL night one early August day in 2003 in Sweden. The sun went down at around 10:00 or 10:30 p.m. and the sun comes up at around 3:30 or 4:00 p.m. A group of us were staying up so we wouldn't miss our early flights back home (we had to take an airport bus on the outskirts of the city where the airport was located), so we just walked around the city, ate at McDonald's, and experienced that awesome sunset/sunrise in Sweden. Wow! That was magical...never seen anything like it before....

That's why I want to go to Reykjavík. Looong summer nights.

vienna waits · 04-02-2006, 09:03 PM

it's pretty cool, i guess. you can tell we're amateurs at this because half of the clocks around me (outside my home) were wrong today. i can't stop thinking though "that it's really 7" if it's 8 etc.

Czas na Zywiec · 04-02-2006, 11:58 PM

^^ you'll get used it. I'm not a first timer, but usually after a few days I forget about.

04-01-2006, 11:36 AM	#1
theshark8777 Hats for Bats Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 23, 2001 Location: northeast Ohio. Posts: 5,315	Indiana to spring forward as one Many Indiana residents will do something this weekend they haven't done in decades: change their clocks. More than 30 years after most of Indiana decided that it would stay on Eastern Standard Time year round, all Hoosier clocks will follow most of the rest of the nation and spring forward one hour for daylight-saving time. That will leave Arizona and Hawaii as the only states that do not observe daylight-saving time. The vast majority of Indiana's 92 counties will switch to Eastern Daylight Time, while a handful of communities in northwest and southwest Indiana will operate on Central Daylight Time. The historic clock change - an annual ritual elsewhere that officially comes at 2 a.m. the first Sunday in April - has evoked images in Indiana of Y2K revisited: Businesses are prepping for possible computer glitches; TV schedules are being tweaked; T-ball leagues are expanding because of the added evening daylight. Even the start time of the sacred Indianapolis 500 auto race has been pushed back this year (from noon to 1 p.m.) to accommodate the daylight change. Indiana towns bordering other states, meanwhile, are celebrating the end of a haze of confusion. "With the new setup, we're a happy people," said Pete Olson, city manager for Union City, Ind., a community on the Ohio border that for years has observed both Eastern Standard and Daylight times. Until this weekend, 10 western counties observed Central Standard Time in the winter and Central Daylight in the summer; five in the southeast observed Eastern Standard in winter and Eastern Daylight in summer; and the other 77 counties were on Eastern Standard but never observed daylight saving. But that arrangement, most of which was adopted in 1971 as a compromise between Hoosiers who wanted to be in the Central Time Zone and those who wanted to be in the Eastern Time Zone, has stirred controversy. Prodded by Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels and business leaders, who said the change would help end confusion that has hurt economic growth, the General Assembly approved the new scheme last year after bitter debate.
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~LadyJess~ Football Chick Forum Fanatic Join Date: Mar 15, 2002 Location: At the Shamrock doing shots with Mo Posts: 8,260	My friend's cousin, who I am also very close with, lives in Indiana and we are all excited for this because now we never have to worry about being an hour different in the spring/summer.
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G-Force Glockstar Member Forum Celebrity Join Date: Nov 22, 2003 Posts: 21,770	I hate to ask this dumb question........but do we literly have to change our clocks tomorrow? Sorry, I'm new at this since I live in Indiana

04-02-2006, 06:06 PM	#11
Czas na Zywiec what up Forum Star Join Date: Jun 28, 2001 Location: Southwest Side, Chicago Posts: 18,398	Plus, you get an hour extra of sleep in the fall. That's the part of Daylight Saving Time I love. Plus, like Jess said, that's it's still completely light out at 9PM. I love that. I hate the winter where it gets dark before 5. I remember in Poland, in the winter it'd get dark at like 3 in the afternoon (cause we're on the same latitude as southern Canada), but because of Daylight Saving Time, in the summer it's light out until past 10PM. That was always the best.

04-02-2006, 09:03 PM	#14
vienna waits avatars are stupid. Forum Superstar Join Date: May 18, 2001 Location: Ravenclaw Common Room Posts: 29,859	it's pretty cool, i guess. you can tell we're amateurs at this because half of the clocks around me (outside my home) were wrong today. i can't stop thinking though "that it's really 7" if it's 8 etc.

04-02-2006, 11:58 PM	#15
Czas na Zywiec what up Forum Star Join Date: Jun 28, 2001 Location: Southwest Side, Chicago Posts: 18,398	^^ you'll get used it. I'm not a first timer, but usually after a few days I forget about.