Putting the clocks back
Oct 30, 2016 20:48:08 GMT
Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 20:48:08 GMT
>>Not that much faff these days as most appliances sort themselves out
Hah!! In fact double "Hah!!" with knobs on. I live in the 3rd World where only bits of it has the slightest, tiniest, %$%^& clue what's going on.
In 2014 Chile followed the rest of the world and changed its clocks on roughly the same weekends. All devices changed, including half the cars, and I had to remember that the time difference between me and the parents went from 5hrs to 3 hrs and back to 5 hrs.
Last year Chile didn't "do" summer time, so the clocks never changed. Thus the difference between my mother and I went from 4hrs to 3 hrs and back to 4hrs. However, this law change was not communicated to any network or infrastructure owners, so the telephone, television, computer, car etc. etc all changed their hour. Not only did I have to remember to change the time back to being correct, I had to remember to turn the article off automatic update. Then, later in the year, I had to remember to manually change everything again AND put it all back on automatic.
In 2016, this year, the Chileans decided they'd gone about it a bit half-hearted and cack-handed. (No shit, Sherlock!!). So they decided they better change the clocks. However, the full half year seemed a bit excessive, so instead they changed them in July and only for 2 months. Thus;
End of March: remember that the UK has changed and bear in mind.
First week of April: remember that Chile should have changed, but hasn't, so take everything off auto and put it right manually.
Middle of July: remember that Chile has now changed, time to parents different, every device needs changing, must stay off automatic.
Middle of September: remember that Chile has now changed again, so item to parents different, every device needs changing, must not be automatic.
Lat week of October: remember that the UK has now changed, different time to Mother, all devices must be off automatic.
First week of November: remember that the automation now thinks Chile has changed an hour, but it hasn't, so any device on auto will get screwed up and any device on manual needs putting on auto.
Hah!! In fact double "Hah!!" with knobs on. I live in the 3rd World where only bits of it has the slightest, tiniest, %$%^& clue what's going on.
In 2014 Chile followed the rest of the world and changed its clocks on roughly the same weekends. All devices changed, including half the cars, and I had to remember that the time difference between me and the parents went from 5hrs to 3 hrs and back to 5 hrs.
Last year Chile didn't "do" summer time, so the clocks never changed. Thus the difference between my mother and I went from 4hrs to 3 hrs and back to 4hrs. However, this law change was not communicated to any network or infrastructure owners, so the telephone, television, computer, car etc. etc all changed their hour. Not only did I have to remember to change the time back to being correct, I had to remember to turn the article off automatic update. Then, later in the year, I had to remember to manually change everything again AND put it all back on automatic.
In 2016, this year, the Chileans decided they'd gone about it a bit half-hearted and cack-handed. (No shit, Sherlock!!). So they decided they better change the clocks. However, the full half year seemed a bit excessive, so instead they changed them in July and only for 2 months. Thus;
End of March: remember that the UK has changed and bear in mind.
First week of April: remember that Chile should have changed, but hasn't, so take everything off auto and put it right manually.
Middle of July: remember that Chile has now changed, time to parents different, every device needs changing, must stay off automatic.
Middle of September: remember that Chile has now changed again, so item to parents different, every device needs changing, must not be automatic.
Lat week of October: remember that the UK has now changed, different time to Mother, all devices must be off automatic.
First week of November: remember that the automation now thinks Chile has changed an hour, but it hasn't, so any device on auto will get screwed up and any device on manual needs putting on auto.