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[abhijit]

did they change the time in england and canada too?

[MartinLiss]

No..

[space_monkey]

I think at least some parts of Canada observe DST

[MartinLiss]

I think at least some parts of Canada observe DST

Perhaps, but DST was changed in the US to make it earlier and longer and I don't think Canada or anyone else followed suit.

[abhijit]

Would that not cause a minor glitch in the computer systems?

[Hack]

Only for applications there were concerned whether the time of day was correct.

[FishGuy]

most of the United States begins Daylight Saving Time at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March, so yesterday their clocks went back and there is now just 4 hours difference between the UK and the US offices.

In the European Union, Summer Time begins and ends at 1:00 a.m. Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time). It begins the last Sunday in March. So in two more weeks we will back back to the usual 5 hour difference!

Saving daylight was first mentioned in 1784 by Benjamin Franklin in a humorous letter urging Parisians to save money by getting up earlier to use morning sunlight, thereby burning fewer candles in the evening. Franklin did not mention daylight saving time—he did not propose that clock time be changed. His letter was in the spirit of his earlier proverb “Early to bed and early to rise / Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

In 1905 builder and outdoorsman William Willett invented DST in one of his pre-breakfast horseback rides, where he was dismayed by how many Londoners slept through the best part of a summer day. An avid golfer, Willett also disliked cutting short his round at dusk. In the US the congree did not establish Daylight Saving time until March 19, 1918.

[abhijit]

Fishy guy, that was interesting.

[kfcSmitty]

Canada did follow suit. Atleast most of us did. I think it was like 8 provinces and 1 territory went through with it.

2 provinces and 2 territories did not. (I think)

[dark_shadow]

ya i know for a fact that ontrario did(as i live there) does anyone know what 2 provinces didnt ?

[MartinLiss]

Canada did follow suit. Atleast most of us did. I think it was like 8 provinces and 1 territory went through with it.

2 provinces and 2 territories did not. (I think)

You're right.