Did you turn your clock forward last night?

@TheHorse (237667)

Walnut Creek, California

March 8, 2026 10:47am CST

Some people get bent out of shape about Daylight Savings Time. I don't really care one way or another. I just dutifully set my clocks forward (the truck is next) and don't think much about it. Do you have Daylight Savings Time where you live? Did you switch last night? I think the "switch time" varies around the world. But I am not sure. I am not even sure which countries have Daylight Savings Time and which do not I did hear on the radio yesterday that automobile accidents are about 60 per cent higher than usual on Mondays following the switch.Thatsoundshighto me, butI'll take them at their word. Anyway, did you switch last night? Do you have thoughts on DST in general?

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@lovebuglena (51746)

• Staten Island, New York

8 Mar

I don’t understand the whole point of switching the clocks back-and-forth twice a year. What do we stand to gain from this?

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@LeaPea2417 (39982)

• Toccoa, Georgia

8 Mar

@lovebuglena I agree.

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@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

8 Mar

We'd have to research why it started in the first place. It may have had something to do with farming.

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@rebelann (117070)

• El Paso, Texas

8 Mar

Clocks?? You still have clocks?? I just let my phone and PC do that change for me and I rarely even notice the difference ...... it helps that I'm retired and have no schedules that would force me to be somewhere early in the mroning.

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@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

8 Mar

Heh. I'll have to see whether my truck "self-corrected."

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@rebelann (117070)

• El Paso, Texas

8 Mar

I doubt the truck would, my car sure won't

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@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Mar

@rebelann You are correct. I just changed it this morning.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (39982)

• Toccoa, Georgia

8 Mar

Yes, I changed our wall clock last night before I went to bed.

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@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

8 Mar

I]ll check my truck next. I don't think it auto-sets.

@wolfgirl569 (134288)

• Marion, Ohio

8 Mar

Hubby got them done yesterday. I wish they would stop changing it

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@wolfgirl569 (134288)

• Marion, Ohio

9 Mar

@TheHorse It really doesn't matter to me.

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@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Mar

@wolfgirl569 It doesn't really matter to me either.

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@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Mar

Would you rather it be more sunlight in the morning? Or ewveing?

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Gayle Harrelson

@2ndchances24 (12077)

• Cloverdale, Indiana

8 Mar

Yes I did, it doesn't bother me as much as it does my diabetes cause of when I have to take my meds & shots everyday.

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@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Mar

Does the hour make a difference? I have set times for my pain medications, but I am not sure if an hour makes a difference.

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@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Mar

@2ndchances24 Got it. Hope it keeps working.

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Gayle Harrelson

@2ndchances24 (12077)

• Cloverdale, Indiana

9 Mar

@TheHorse I don't know if it effects every 1 but I know it does me So I have to take it at 6 am instead of 7.

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@Ineeddentures (31581)

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9 Mar

We didn't. But we have to do so in a couple of weeks

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@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Mar

Well I hope it goes smoothly. And that you have no car crashes.

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@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Mar

@Ineeddentures If you decide to steal a car, do it in the US. Car thieves don't generally go to prison here.

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@Ineeddentures (31581)

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9 Mar

@TheHorse Me too If so crash a car I will likely have stolen it

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@LadyDuck (500498)

• Italy

9 Mar

NO we did not, because we change the 29th of March here. This bi-annual change is a stupid move!

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@LadyDuck (500498)

• Italy

9 Mar

@TheHorse And when I was a child we did not have DST, but I remember playing outside in the summer at my grandparents house.

@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Mar

It brings up some sweet childhood memories for me. Walking home from school in Winter in the almost- dark. Playing 4-square or free elimination after dinner in Summer.

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@DaddyEvil (173662)

• United States

9 Mar

Yes, I switched our two wall clocks forward this morning when I was making breakfast. I wish they'd just pick one or the other and leave the time alone. We don't have many farmers who need an extra hour of daylight in the mornings anymore. Let them start their chores at dark-o-clock. *shrug*

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@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Mar

Agreed.

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@noni1959 (12965)

• United States

9 Mar

I usually set my truck, microwave and stove early the night before. I like having extra daylight, but wish they would leave the time alone all year. I heard the percent is high for wrecks from loss of sleep.

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@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Mar

Yeppers.They say we lose REM sleep,which is dream sleep, and occurs largely late at night.

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@noni1959 (12965)

• United States

12 Mar

@TheHorse I hope it passes this year they will leave the clock alone. I left this morning for my appt and it was still dark out at 7:30am.

@JudyEv (379679)

• Rockingham, Australia

9 Mar

It never worried me but we don't have it now which makes it all a bit less confusing. Our son in Melbourne has daylight saving and goes from 2 hours ahead of us to 3. I think Ireland goes from 7 hours to 8.

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@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Mar

Heh. I'd have to look at a globe. But I know I'm something like eleven hours off from India and the Philippines.

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@JudyEv (379679)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Mar

@TheHorse It's 11.54pm Monday in California and 2.54 pm Tuesday here. So I think that's about 15 hours which is probably nearly the limit.

@Traceyjayne (10676)

• United Kingdom

9 Mar

Our clocks go forward at the end of the month …..

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@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Mar

Got it.

@thelme55 (79011)

• Germany

9 Mar

We have not changed our time yet. Maybe the end of this month.

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@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Mar

I never know when the change is going to occur until I hear about it on the radio.

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@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

10 Mar

@thelme55 Yeppers. Not something to worry about ahead of time.

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@thelme55 (79011)

• Germany

10 Mar

@TheHorse We will hear from it on the radio.

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@LindaOHio (220745)

• United States

9 Mar

I love DST. I love the extra hour of daylight in the evening. The new lady (J) will have to change two clocks for me when she comes today.

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@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Mar

Heh. I just did the clock in my truck.

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@nicegolden (397)

• Shenzhen, China

8 Mar

we had Daylight Savings once,not now

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@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

8 Mar

When did they do away with it?

@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Mar

@nicegolden Ah, interesting.

@nicegolden (397)

• Shenzhen, China

9 Mar

@TheHorse years ago,I have no idea,it enforced short time in our country,when the system started to transfer to market-oriented economy

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@AmbiePam (119022)

• United States

8 Mar

Time changes never bother me. It really bothers some people, but I don’t think much of it. The only clocks I have set themselves forward, so I didn’t have to adjust anything.

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@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

8 Mar

I still have an old school desk clock. I'll have to see about my truck clock.

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@FourWalls (85842)

• United States

8 Mar

No, I turned them forward a couple of days ago so I could get “used” to the new time.

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@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

8 Mar

Heh. I thought of doing that last night.

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@RasmaSandra (97081)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

8 Mar

My head remained in old time, but yes, all clocks have sprung forward.

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@TheHorse (237667)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Mar

I had to do two "manually."

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@JESSY3236 (22091)

• United States

10 Mar

I hate changing the clocks. I now only have to change two clocks. The one in here (computer room) and the one on the stove. No I did change them last night, but I did change them after I got up.

@valherma00 (2934)

• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)

16 Mar

we will do that on sunday the next week and i wish this is the last one but i doubt it