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to: PAUL HAYTON
from: NANCY BACKUS
date: 2015-03-26 17:54:00
subject: Re: stepping out

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-=> Quoting Paul Hayton to Nancy Backus on 21-Mar-2015 16:46 <=-

 PH>> I'm about to soon loose my DST as we creep back into autumn here.
 NB>> When does your time change...?   Ours is now the second Sunday in
 NB>> March going onto DST and the first Sunday in November coming off...

 PH> It commences on the last Sunday in September, when 2.00am becomes
 PH> 3.00am. It ends on the first Sunday in April, when 3.00am becomes
 PH> 2.00am. So I'm not far from dropping out of daylight savings time now..

So you have just less than 6 months of DST, as compared to our almost 8
months worth...
 
 NB>  PH> Missing summer already...
 NB>> One could have summer without DST, that's for sure..  ;)  Here, we
 NB>> have to wait for 10pm for it to get dark enough for the 4th of July
 NB>> fireworks... without DST, it could start at 9pm...  ;)

 PH> I have the same issue where I live at Christmas time waiting until
 PH> 10pm or later for it to be dark enough to take the kids out for a
 PH> drive to look at the christmas lights on the houses.

Yup... Seems pretty silly doesn't it...  :)

ttyl      neb

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