How can you tell whether it's day or night during daylight saving?

Answer 1

when the sun goes down its night....when the sun comes up its day

Answer 2

It is "night" when it is no longer (and is not yet) twilight, regardless of DST. Interestingly, there are different versions of "twilight:"

Civil is when it is just getting dark.
Nautical is when it is dark enough to navigate by the important navigational stars.
Astronomical is when it's dark enough for Astronomers to work.

IIRC, those correspond to the center of the sun passing 6, 12 and 18 degrees below the horizon.

So, it follows that "night" is when the center of the sun is at least 18 degrees below the horizon. How do you tell? That's a toughie, since by that time you can't see the sun any more. (The "angular width" of the sun is only about 1/2 degree.)

So, what you might do, assuming you can see the horizon, is:

(1) Mark the time that the bottom of the sun first touches the horizon.
(2) Mark the time that the sun is halfway down. Take the difference.That's how long it takes the sun to go 1/4 degree.
(3) Multiply that time difference by (18x4)=72, and that should tell you how long from now it will take the center of the sun to be 18 degrees below the horizon.
(4) And that's when night starts.

Note that you can't just assume that the sun is 18 degrees down in (24x60/(360x2) min = 2 min, since its path usually isn't perpendicular to the horizon.

Answer 3

Well lets see here, day usually means there is that ball of light in the sky. To check you look at the ground not directly in the sky, that bad for your eyes. If you see objects on the ground its day time; Psssssstttt there is normally a dark "Shadow" being cast in the opposite direction that the light is coming from; were your not supposed to look at in the sky. Here is the tricky part when that ball of light goes to bed and turns it self off every thing is dark and there is imposter in the sky. I know that it is an imposter because I have looked at it for a long time and nothing bad has ever happened; and it is also not very bright. That is called night another way to tell is look in to the sky and there is a whole bunch of fire flies hovering in the same spot, you can never catch them believe me, I have tried any of times. That's how you tell Day from Night in daylight savings or really anytime you want.

Answer 4

A good way to remember daylight savings is SPRING forward and FALL back ... remember the seasons. When you notice that it is starting to get dark early you know its almost time for the time to change. LIke Now! its getting dark at 5:30pm. And when it changes again . You will notice the days lasting longer...

Answer 5

Well, luckily the sun gives me a clue. Since I don't live above the artic circle - it is dark at night and light during the day. Isn't that weird how it works? And every single year it is the same way- darkat night and light in the day. Hmmmmm

Answer 6

Same way you tell if it's day or night when it's NOT daylight savings time.

Answer 7

its daylight saving, saving the daylight. it must be dark night.

Answer 8

Try looking OUT THE WINDOW. Duh!

Thanks for the opportunity to earn a quick, cheap two points.

Answer 9

well... I think it's safe to say that no matter where you are or what time it is, day is always when the sun is up and night is when it is not

Answer 10

look out the window if the sun is shining its day if it is dark outside then its night.

Answer 11

when the street lights turn on its considered night time