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Daylight Savings Time 2011: When Do We Fall Back?
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by NowPublic Staff | August 30, 2011 at 06:36 am
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Daylight Savings Time Ends in US/Canada on November 6
If you live in the USA or Canada, Daylight Savings Time 2011 ends on November 6, 2011. This means that, at 2am, we "fall back" and gain an extra hour of sleep (or nightlife). Arizona, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; as well as most of Saskatchewan and some parts of BC, Nunavut and Quebec, do not observe Daylight Savings Time.
UK residents, be aware that the United Kingdom ends daylight savings time on October 30, and so does Ireland.
New Zealand begins Daylight Savings Time on September 25. Most of Australia begins Daylight Savings Time on October 2, 2011. Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, and Christmas Island don't observe DST.
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iPhone Users, Beware of Daylight Savings Time
If you use your smartphone as your alarm clock, we suggest switching the phone to manual time settings and adjusting the time yourself if you actually have to be somewhere on November 6. The iPhone has famously failed with DST more than once. With Android, it's better safe than sorry, since your random handset's firmware may choose Nov 6 as International Screw My Owner Day.
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at 08:40 on September 20th, 2011
Please correct your page -- it is Daylight Saving (no "s") time. Thank you!
at 03:23 on September 21st, 2011
Hey know it all... it can be either "Daylight Saving Time" or "Daylight Savings Time." Either way... relax.
at 03:53 on September 21st, 2011
I like the dust up of an "s." Just like Israel and Palestine.
at 10:36 on September 25th, 2011
No one cares if there is an "s" or not, as long as they get the info they're looking for. BTW, no one likes the grammar nazi's either.
at 08:57 on September 27th, 2011
the plural for "grammar nazi" contains no apostrophe.
at 04:34 on October 10th, 2011
take your "s" and stick it up your "s".
at 03:25 on September 27th, 2011
Screw all of that, I could care less for what it's called; why the hell does it have to be so late for the U.S.?! I woke up this morning seriously hoping that in not too long, come October, I could change the clock back an hour and I became curious and looked this up. Now I'm half wishing I hadn't. It's a little sad how desperately I'm waiting for that day to come, lol!
at 04:37 on October 10th, 2011
Hey I agree with you. that extra week of "savings" sucks.
at 18:51 on October 30th, 2011
You mean couldn't care less ;-)
at 10:04 on September 28th, 2011
Thanks for the info. Since you never mentioned it, I assume all those dates are Sunday. Or are they?
at 11:28 on October 9th, 2011
Love the grammar nazis, don't love the grammar nazi's sin! Hej, this isn't my idea but I like it: next year we roll the clock forward TWO hours at the beginning of the infamous saving of the daylight. That means we get to sleep in a whole TWO hours more before early service at church next November... uh, help me out here... I know it's the first Sunday of November... anybody got a 2012 calendar handy?
at 04:09 on October 10th, 2011
This is an interesting discussion. I side with "Saving" and yes it is important to publish things correctly. The staff of this page need a proof reader. Everyone just chill out. You get an extra hour of sleep next month.
at 05:02 on October 10th, 2011
Spelling and grammar is especially important on a news and information page. If they can't get the spelling correct on a news page - why should I believe any of the other information?
at 03:14 on October 11th, 2011
If you're working the night shift on the evening of Nov. 6 / Nov. 7, and you're a union employee who can only work 7 hours, do you simply work the 8th hour as overtime, or clock-out an hour "early"?
at 11:47 on October 30th, 2011
Daylight Saving Time 2011,If you had trouble remembering your clocks back today, spare a thought for Pauline West. tinyurl.com/4yc46kg