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Subject: Spring Ahead, Fall Behind
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Date: 28 Oct 90 00:19:34 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 768, Message 1 of 11


It is that day again: the day when folks in the United States set our
clocks back one hour, to make up for the one hour advancement we made
in April. Sometime Saturday night or Sunday morning, move your clocks
back an hour to resume *Standard* time. The official changeover time
is 2:00 AM Sunday morning local time, of course.

For a curious, yet quite accurate rendition of the correct time, try
calling 1-202-653-1800 Sunday morning at 1:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time
 ... after the talking clock reaches 1:59:50 Eastern Daylight Time, it
will tell you the time is 1:00:00 Eastern Standard Time ... never
missing a beat, or a tick-tock as it were.

I was asked once if a telephone call beginning at 1:59 AM on the final
day of daylight time which ended three minutes later at 1:02 AM on the
first day of standard time would be charged for three minutes; 23
hours and three minutes or not at all. Or, would they give you credit
for the 57 minutes you were NOT on the phone that hour.  :)  I
explained that it was set up to compensate for calls which covered the
same time period on the last Sunday morning in April, when callers
were charged for one hour and three minutes.  :)

In any event, do slow down and stay in step with the rest of us,
starting Sunday morning at 2:00 AM *whatever* time zone you are in. To
set computer clocks:
     
         1-202-653-0351   1200 baud  (NAVOSBY)
         1-202-494-4774   1200 baud  (National Bureau of Standards)

For a voice rendition:

         1-202-653-1800   If you don't want to pay a premium
         1-900-410-TIME   If you don't mind paying a little extra
        

Patrick Townson