How Badly Does Daylight Saving Screw You Up?

How Badly Does Daylight Saving Screw You Up?

If you’re in North America, tonight is that horrid night when you lose a perfectly good hour of sleep through no fault of your own. Yes, at 2AM Eastern time, responsible clock owners are all supposed to move the little hand ahead one hour. Does this time travel ever screw you up?

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How Many Clocks Did You Change Yourself For Daylight Savings?

How Many Clocks Did You Change Yourself For Daylight Savings?

I did the thing this morning. I woke up, looked at the clock, saw that it was time to get up, jumped out of bed even though the alarm on my phone hadn’t gone off yet, started turning lights on, remembered daylight savings, checked the time on my phone, went back to sleep for an hour. Actually it was kind of nice.

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Why Daylight Saving Time Is Pointless

Ugh. You’re up an hour early, your body hates you for it, and even a gallon of coffee can’t get your day on track. Daylight savings sucks. But you know the worst part? It doesn’t have to be like this. More »

Don’t Forget To Set Back That One Non-Internet Clock You Inevitably Still Have Hanging Around

Tonight’s the night we do that Daylight Savings Time thing again, so here’s a reminder to find that one dumb-clock you still have in your house and set it back an hour. Unlike almost everything else you look at the time on, remember that the good old-fashioned analogue clock above your stove or the one in the bathroom, or the digital one on your microwave is not smart enough to adjust on its own. Yes, you still have to do some things yourself around here. More »