When you change the time for day lights saving, how do you do it? An hour ahead or and hour behind? Or is it..

Question

Two or three hours ahead or behind? Help!?

Answer 1

Just remember this...spring forward and fall back....one hour each

Answer 2

Just check your computer. It'll change automatically if you told it correctly where you live when you set it up.

There are a few other things that do that for you too...
Most newer VCR's, some TVs, some watches.

You thinking of the time zones perhaps also?
If you work at one of those places that have clocks with at least 4 times zones on the wall (like many computer rooms, stock brokers and such), it'd be quite a bit confusing changing them.

Here's how the time are now in various places (there's usually a map showing the time zones in the front of the phone book). I just chose a few of the well know towns for examples.

We're starting in Hawaii. For the ones I know, I'm giving the time zone names.

Then they take the first letter of the Time zone name.
Like "C" for "C"entral time zone and they add either an "ST" for standard time (spring through fall or just before Halloween) , or "DT" for daylight savings time (from Halloween to spring).

So you might see it as "CST" or "CDT" and the same for the rest.

Hawaii is two hours earlier than Alaska.

If you lived in Alaska and woke up at 8:00 you could call up somebody in Hawaii and wake them up at 6:00. Just cause you're freezing and they're not. So, as we go east it gets later. Ready?

Alaska is one hour earlier than California (Pacific Time Zone)
That's the easiest time zone to remember.
It's called that because that's where California's gonna be after the next big earthquake - in the Pacific.

California is one hour earlier than Denver (Rocky Mountain Time Zone). Denver = "John Denver" = "Rocky Mountain High". That one shouldn't be too hard.

Denver is one hour earlier than Chicago (Central Time Zone)

Chicago is one hour earlier than New York (Eastern Time Zone).

Now in the fall, you "fall back" which means you move the time back and you set 'em all back one hour except Hawaii and Arizona cause they never moved in the first place.

It's usually right before Halloween.
That sucks. Maybe that's why 1/2 of Indiana didn't want to change. If you don't want to trick or treat in the dark drive over to Arizona or a fast boat to Hawaii and do the halloween deal there.

Now in the spring sometime, you move a.ll of them forwards back to were there were up until whenever the time change happened last time ("The Spring Forward" thing).

So, you set everything forward a hour from whatever it says except Arizona and Hawaii - they never change.

Years ago I thought my VCR was screwed up because the clock was one hour off compared to everything else.
Turns out - it was right - I was wrong.

Check it at 2:00 or, if you're asleep, check it the next morning.

As was pointed out by another answer,
Arizona does not "do" daylight savings time.
Neither does Hawaii.
A chunk of Indiana didn't use to either - but they started this year.

Answer 3

When you change your time on 10/29 you will fall back 1 hour. The easiest way to remember this is this : Spring forward, Fall back. In the Spring you change your clock up 1 hour.

Answer 4

It's one hour ahead and one hour back. Once in spring and once in the fall. Don't ask me which in spring or fall, I don't remember. One of my family members usually tell me when to switch the time, either forward or back.

Answer 5

In the spring you spring forward thats one hour ahead in the fall you fall back thats one hour back

Answer 6

Spring forward 1 hour, fall back 1 hour. That's how I remember it.

Answer 7

In the spring, move it one hour up. For instance, if you change your clocks at 1 am, move the hands to 2 am.

In the fall, move it back one hour. If it is 1 am, change it to 12 am

Answer 8

Fall back (meaning you turn the clocks back an hour).
Spring forward (meaning you turn the clocks ahead an hour)

Answer 9

Spring forward. Fall back.

In the spring you go up ONE hour, in the fall you go back on hour. This is how I remember it. Always do it after two a.m on the day of the change.

Answer 10

For most time zones...

Daylight Savings Time is an hour ahead (this also supports that it will get darker later). You loose an hour of sleep.

Standard Time is a hour back (this also supports that it gets darker earlier). You get an extra hour of sleep.