now that the clocks are going forward an hour does that mean we miss out on an hour of our life??
this whole time changing thing is really confussing, what time do u make it now??
2007-03-24 15:26:42 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Other - United Kingdom
yip afraid so, it's now 2.30am.
2007-03-24 15:30:14 · answer #1 · answered by bells 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're not losing an hour of your life. You will get it back in the autumn when the clocks go back.
I make the current time to be GMT+1.
Prior to World War 1 (or thereabouts) we all stuck to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). This is the 'natural' time for Great Britain (for Ireland the 'natural' time would be GMT-1 hour). Natural time is the time basis where the sun is Due South at 12 noon.
All British sundials are calibrated to GMT.
'Summer Time' was introduced as a wartime thing.
BEWARE.
If Central European Time (CET) is introduced that would be GMT+2 in summer and GMT=1 in winter.
People in the UK who live north of Watford or West of Reading will suffer very dark mornings in winter (dawn at 10 am) and it won't get dark until nearly midnight in summer (noisy barbeques from inconsiderate neighbours when you're trying to sleep).
Of course, Londoners and politicians would love CET but farmers, notherners and West Country people will hate it.
2007-03-24 22:04:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you don't lose out on an hour of your life you just lend it out for a while in autumn we all set the clocks back an hour so you get that hour back! YAY!!!! Oh and the whole purpose of this little clock changing thing is to give more hours of daylight in the warmer weather months. Spring foward Fall back hope you feel better now.
2007-03-24 15:36:39 · answer #3 · answered by ~¤(¯`Ã?Ã?W_Ã?ñg룴¯)¤~ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Technically, we dont because the last Sunday morning in October the clocks will go back ( hence spring forward, fall back) and we will make that hour back up to keep everything right. If you have a birthday today your birthday will last for 23 hours, if you have a birthday, the last Sunday in October your birthday will last for 25 hours.
2007-03-24 15:36:29 · answer #4 · answered by Diabelle 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no we do not miss out on an hour of our lives.
every year the clocks go forward one hour then back a few months later. so we get that hour back when the clock go back.
as someone else said we have already had a question on this before tonight about an hour or so ago.
2007-03-24 15:40:08 · answer #5 · answered by thebestnamesarealreadytaken0909 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You dont miss any time in your life, because the clocks go back in the autumn, so it balances out. It's 4:50 pm now.
2007-03-25 04:50:46 · answer #6 · answered by Saskia O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't miss out on anything. It gets light 'later' in the morning but goes dark 'later' at night. The UK time now is 12:18pm (UTC + 1hr).
2007-03-25 00:18:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not if you survive till the fall , when they go back.
The killer is when you are on night shift and you get the extra hour but never the short night.
2007-03-27 09:08:54 · answer #8 · answered by jimgdad 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah 200 in the morning is missed out sorry
2007-03-24 22:21:58 · answer #9 · answered by pinguboy5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No because you go to bed 1hr later. Then revert in the fall
2007-03-24 17:44:30 · answer #10 · answered by STEPHEN C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if we did it would be worth it for the light evenings.
I love th spring time!
2007-03-24 21:49:00 · answer #11 · answered by pammy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋