Worldwide World Clock

Hi All,

Do you have the time? For Beijing?  Or for Paris? Or for London, Cairo and other major cities from around the world?

Well now you do!  Just click on this link from TimeandDate.com and you can find out what time it is in major cities from around the world. 

Users can find what the time is based on geography (Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Australia/Pacific, Europe and by country capitals.

Specifically the site says that users "can find current local time in cities worldwide, in all time zones with DST accounted for. Links to each city with extensive information on time, weather forecast, Daylight Saving Time changes, sunrise, sunset, moonrise times and moon phases."

How's that for complete information?

Enjoy the time links!

Regards, 

Stu

Daylight Saving Time is Right Around the Corner!

Hi All,

It's that time of year again!  Daylight Saving Time (DST).  Get ready, get set, go....change your clocks! Forward.

The first question that should cross your mind is, 'when does DST begin?'.  Answer: it starts on  Sunday, March 8th, 2015!  That is this upcoming Sunday morning.  Oh, and fyi,...DST ends on November 1st, 2015 this year.

Click on this link from Wikipedia for pretty much all there is to know about DST!   If you are interested in the history of DST, click on this link - again from Wikipedia.

Click on this link for a nice concise and entertaining summary and background of DST in the USA.

Some folks are against having DST, others are for having DST...click on this link which discusses the Pros and Cons of DST. 

This next link discusses why authorities should re-think and evaluate DST!

Click on this link from NASA.gov which discusses some more of the history of DST.  Interesting and well written article.

And there you have it - all you need to know about DST!  Enjoy the links - and remember, 'spring ahead, fall back'...

Regards,
Stu

Daylight Saving Time Is This Weekend

Hi All,

Did you know that Daylight Saving Time is this weekend?  If you did know that, great - if not...well, at least you know about it now. 

So what is Daylight Saving Time?  Glad you asked.  Click on this entry from Wikipedia that explains all a out Daylight Savings Time.

And just for a bit of context, click on this link from Wikipedia which talks about the History of Standard Time in the United States.  There are a bunch of states in the union that don't observe traditional Daylight Saving Time hours...they are Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada and Tennessee.

One of the odd things about Daylight Saving Time are the health affects of it.  Click here for an article that discusses such health aspects of the DST.  The article is called 'What Changing the Clocks Back Does to Your Health' - and comes from CBS News. 

Here is an article discussing the possible dangerous affects of DST - this one comes from Time Magazine and was posted on 10/31/14. The article discusses the possibility that the number of traffic deaths increases when DST changes.

Finally, you might want to click on this link from ABCNews for an article entitled, '5 Tips To Fall Back From Daylight Saving Time 2014'. 

Enjoy the articles and, more importantly, enjoy the extra hour of sleep you'll get that morning.

Regards,
Stu

Daylight Savings Time

Hi All,

You might realize this - or you might not...tomorrow morning at 2am is the 'official' start of Daylight Saving Time. Click here for a bit of history regarding Daylight Saving Time . I'll use 'DST' hereafter in this blog entry to save typing and time.

Click on this link from the LA Times to learn a bit about some health and survival tips regarding DST. Go figure.

Also, this link from National Geographic has a good article entitled, 'Daylight Saving Time 2012: Why and When Does It Begin?" The article gives a nice brief background on DST and its history.

And if you click on this link from Wikipedia, you'll learn more than you ever needed to know about DST. Enjoy!

And while you are moving your clocks ahead tonight, you might want to check the batteries in all of your smoke alarms at home. Click here for a link to just this topic from a Kansas City television station. The source might be half a continent away, but the message is the same: change the batteries on your smoke alarms!

And remember, while we might lose an hour of sleep each night, we now get to enjoy an extra hour of daylight at the end of the day! No more coming home from work in the dark!!!

Regards,
Stu