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The Time Is About to Change to Daylight Savings Time..... A lot of people in Namibia do not like this. I know the business community in General don't agree ar, they do 95% of their business (communications) with South Africa, and when the time changes you lose 3 hours in a day.... 1 Hour because you start an hour later, two hours either way of two different lunch times.... and then an hour when the SOuth Africans are closed and you still need to phone them for something....

The whole idea why this was done, was to prevent schoolkids from having to walk to school in the dark....


Are you in favour of Daylight Savings TIme?

gnite

Which companies in SA close during lunch time?  I should get a new job!!!!!

Close during lunchtime ?? ...  thats become an antiquated thing largely .. always somebody at the switchboard ..  although I do wish  banks  etc  would structure their lunchours differently .. as  a lot of unfortunates have to stand in   queu's  while they run  skeleton during  " standard  1 - 2 PM ..  but yes  I suppose its  hectic when theres a 3 hour difference  on the same  subcontinent ...

The border posts stay open till 10, but the SARS office at Alex bay close at 16h00, in our case with daylight savings that will be 15h00....

I love that!!!!


Who ever changed the time is smart!!!


I can sort of sleep late!!!

Hi Shannon,

Yes it,s fine in winter when we put the clocks back 1 hr.........
but last week we put the clocks FORWARD 1 hour........it takes me about
3 weeks to get my body time sorted out!!!!But then I'm an ol' lady!!!!!!...........
so your dad thinks!!!!! laughpoint
How do you like having a baby brother??Wait when he starts crawling....then you and your
sister will have to put everything away.........your dad too!!!!!!!!! 3d smiles(281)

allgood
Hope you don't mind me entering here.

We always had daylight saving in the UK and during the war years they had double D/S
that was two hours forwards and back.

I don't remember what they did in them years we spent in Africa.

We moved to Victoria Australia in the back end of the seventies and they had daylight saving
we loved it especially that extra hour when they put the clocks back.

In Queensland (we have lived here for 20 years) they had a trial run a few years ago, they
kicked it out after a few years.

Some of the oldies came out and said the extra hour faded the curtains the farmers were confused
at what time they should milk the cows and I know personally a friend that would leave her watch the same time
as she would not know the right time to make dinner

We still miss it middle of summer its dark at 7:30 pm.the border towns Coolangatta and Tweed Heads have the headache
of NSW have daylight saving and Queensland has not D/S.

Crazy!!! there is a bridge you cross from NSW it takes 1 hour and 10 minuets but by the same token its minus that when you go the other way.................Frank.............. 202

NAMIBIAN WINTER TIME CHANGE



Please note that in accordance with the Namibian Time Change Act, the Namibian Winter Time Change will commence on Sunday, 5 April 2009 when the clocks will be turned back by 1 hour at 02h00. It is advisable to move your time devices 1 hour back before you go to bed on Saturday evening

Took the girls to school this morning.....the sun was shining...I for one have always liked time change.......

DON"T FORGET>>>> SUNDAY >>> THE TIME CHANGES BACK>>>>


4.09.2009
Tydsverandering
SONDAG is die lente amptelik hier wanneer Namibiërs se sonskynure smiddae weer langer is met die tydsverandering wat intree.

Die amptelike tyd wanneer die horlosies 'n uur vorentoe gestel moet word, is Sondag, 6 September om 02:00. Dié praktyk spruit uit die Namibiese Tydwet, Wet no. 3 van 1994, wat die winter- en somertyd in Namibië reguleer.

Die wet bepaal dat somertyd op die eerste Sondag in September twee ure voor Greenwichtyd gestel moet word.

Namibiërs wat nie Sondag om 02:00 die verstelling wil doen nie, kan die tyd op hul horlosies reeds Saterdagaand vorentoe stel.

Wait till you guys get to Australia in summer. 

Here were have daylight saving madness.  In Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland there is no daylight saving (although they are considering it).

In South Australia, Victoria, NWS, Tasmania and ACT they have 1 hr daylight saving. 

Normally there is a 1.5 hr difference between Western Australia and the Northern Territory and South Australia and 2 hrs for the other states on the east coast.

But not in summer when the extra 1 hour kicks in for some of the states.
So you can be in Western Australia at 12 noon and it is 2.30 pm in South Australia but only 1.30 pm in the Northern Territory which is (usually) on the same time zone as South Australia.  On the east coast it will be 3 pm when its 12 noon in WA, but not Queensland where it will be 2 pm. So Queensland will be 30 minutes behind South Australia even though it is further east and normally 30 minutes ahead!

Even worse is that some of the states starts daylight saving later or earlier than other states.  Then its really mayhem.

Confused?

Welcome to the club.

Malcolm

Hello Malcolm!! as you say its very confusing daylight saving here in Australia, as you probable no we do not have it here in QLD.

A few years ago they tried it then knocked it back.

Well the Premier Anna Bligh has indicated she might try it in the south east corner, and as I said in an earlier post about the time it takes to cross the bridge from NSW to QLD.

If Ms Bligh decides this is the way to go (I don't mind it one bit) I hope someone can invent a time piece that can automatically adjust its self as we cross these borders...................................................Frank................................... image04

Having grown up with the clocks changing twice a year in the UK I found it strange not having to change the clock when we first emigrated to Oranjemund. However, if I remember correctly, back in the early seventies in the UK, it was decided by the powers to be that there would be no time changes for a specific year. If I'm right, I think this caused quite a bit of mayhem and confusion amongst other things.

Does anyone else remember this..................?????????

Well in theory , during winter, one can drive from Port Nolloth to Oranjemund in 5 minutes....

Mmm  ..  dont bother ... always "late" for work but then  accepted  as   the me .. and yes I deliver the  goods .. gawd forbid anyone changes my bio clock ...

Mike!! I can not remember that  back in the seventies in the UK (not putting the clocks back) but as I said in an earlier post that Britain in the forty's after the war it was double summer time.

It was 47-48 was one of the hottest summers (and coldest winters) as kids we were put to bed and the sun was still out, very confusing for Mum
I remember she would have to put the Black Out curtains up to get us to go to sleep.


There you go Wikipedia full of knowledge should have checked this out first.

Mike the years you are inquiring about I was there in Oranjemund ..............................thats why I can not remember ...........Frank


Single/Double Summer Time

Safety campaigners, including the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), have made recommendations that British Summer Time be maintained during the winter months, and that a "double summertime" be applied to the current British Summer Time period, putting the UK one hour ahead of GMT during winter, and two hours ahead during summer. This proposal is referred to as "Single/Double Summer Time" (SDST), and would effectively mean the UK adopting the same time zone as central European countries such as France, Germany, and Spain (Central European Time and Central European Summer Time).

RoSPA suggest this would reduce the number of accidents over this period as a result of the lighter evenings, as was demonstrated when the British Standard Time scheme was trialled between 27 October 1968 and 31 October 1971, when Britain remained on GMT+1 all year.[3] Analysis of accident data during the experiment indicated that while there had been an increase in casualties in the morning, there had been a substantially greater decrease in casualties in the evening, with a total of around 2,500 fewer people killed and seriously injured during the first two winters of the experiment. RoSPA have called for the two year trial to be repeated with modern evaluation methods. The proposal is opposed by farmers and other outdoor workers, and many residents of Scotland and Northern Ireland, as it would mean that, in northern Britain and Northern Ireland, the winter sunrise would not occur until 10:00 or even later.

In 2005, Lord Tanlaw introduced the Lighter Evenings (Experiment) Bill[4] into the House of Lords, which would advance winter and summer time by one hour for a three-year trial period at the discretion of "devolved bodies", allowing Scotland and Northern Ireland the option not to take part. The proposal was rejected by the government. The bill received its second reading on 24 March 2006; however, it did not pass into law. [5] The Local Government Association has also called for such a trial.[6]

Thanks for the info Frank, to be honest, never thought of looking it up on one of the encyclopedias.

I didn't realise it went on for three years thjough, thought it was only a one year experiment.

I must say that after reading Malcolm's article below, your Australian time changes together with time zones are most confusing. It's much better now that we are in SA with no changes at all until the ANC alters the situation. I wouldn't be surprised with that at all.........

Mike this is getting off the subject 'The Time Is About to Change to Daylight Savings Time' we think this is confusing.

The article below was dated August 2009 and I have read that they have implemented this system, can you imagine the confusion there.

I know when we were in Europe and the US you have to get used to driving on the right hand side.................very scary....................



Samoa road change plea rejected
By Phil Mercer
BBC News, Sydney


Samoan motorists have been driving on the right for years

Protesters in the South Pacific nation of Samoa have lost a legal bid to stop a change in road rules that will force motorists to drive on the left.

The switch has led to demonstrations and sparked fears of chaos when the changes happen in a week's time.

Safety experts warn that the new measures will put lives at risk.

The new rules have survived legal challenges in the Supreme Court, while large protests have failed to convince the government to back down.

Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele says that church bells will help to usher in the changes in the early morning in his quiet corner of the South Pacific.

"We don't have that many cars in Samoa and we do not have that many people in Samoa too," he said.

"I would envisage at 0550 we will have a kind of speech through the television and then exactly at six the call will go out, sirens and church bells will ring."

Economic aims

The government has said there are sound economic reasons for the changes.

It wants to end the importation of expensive left-hand-drive cars, particularly big, thirsty American models.
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Instead it is hoped that expatriate Samoans living in Australia and New Zealand will increasingly send used right-hand-drive vehicles home to their relatives.

It has been argued that smaller cars that are cheaper to run would boost the development of poorer parts of the country, which has a population of about 180,000 people.

Critics, though, are furious at such upheaval.

They have insisted the new road rules will cause mayhem and could trigger a rash of accidents. The changes will coincide with a special two-day public holiday designed to keep the confusion to a minimum.


Hope they have a nice DAY.............................. image04