US Daylight Savings Time [Was: Fwd: [chairs] It's back!]

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            [chairs] It's back!
          

          

            Date: 
            Thu, 9 Mar 2017 09:53:16 -0500
          

          

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            Chet Ensign <>
          

          

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No, actually,  it's
          forward. The clocks in North America that is. 
        
        Once again - too soon, I say -
          most of the U.S. and numerous other political entities in
          North America will move clocks forward by one hour this Sunday, March 12th.
            (Not the state of Arizona. No idea why.) 
        

          

        
This is to ensure that if
            you have participants in your TC from other continents /
            hemispheres, they'll have a 50-50 chance of missing the next
            meeting. ("Wait! Wasn't the meeting at... oh Drat!) 

        

          

        
This should resolve itself
            when Europe and parts
            of the middle east and north Africa change their clocks
            across the weekend of 25-26th March.
          
          There's a useful chart showing
            who adjusts their clocks when, here:
          
            http://www.worldtimezone.com/daylight.html
          
          And a time calculator at: 
          
            http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
          

          

          
There are others around as well. So feel free to share
            with your TCs as necessary to get through this annual fire
            drill smoothly. 

          

          

          
Best -  

          

          

            

              

                

                  /chet 

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