It is only 09.30 in the morning and already I have gone through a bout of confusion. I woke up at 09.00 to my American cell phone alarm. After lying in bed for a few minutes, I got up and happened to look at my watch. Utterly confused, I stared at it for a few minutes, as it was saying that it was a few minutes after 10.00. I was fairly certain that I had not gone back to sleep for an hour, but I passed it off as something getting messed up with my American cell phone, because my German cell phone also said a few minutes after 10.00. So, slightly dejected, I got out of bed and turned on my computer. Immediately, I notice the time: 09.20. Insert a very large frown here.
As it turns out, Daylight Savings Time in Germany ends at 03.00 on Sunday, 30 October, 2011 (it started on Sunday 27 March, 2011). So, for a week, I am one hour less ahead of the United States, as Daylight Savings Time in the United States, for those regions that observe it, ends on Sunday, 6 November, 2011 (having started on Sunday, 13 March, 2011). Because the coding on my blog for the clock was very simplistic, it did not change on its own, but I have manually adjusted it to reflect the current and correct time here.
There are times when I wonder as to the importance of Daylight Savings Time (DST). After all, it is clearly something that is very synthetic (not that I do not appreciate the extra hour in my day today). In 2005, George Bush passed a law that moved the start date for DST in the United States from April to March. The need for standardised time-zones makes sense to me…otherwise there would be a difference of minutes between so many places that life would get very complicated. But Daylight Savings time seems to be something that could be useful and yet a great disadvantage as well.
Regardless of what time it is, it is still a beautiful and foggy morning here in Marburg. Many of the leaves outside my room that were previously changing colour have begun to fall from the trees. This afternoon, I am going to meet with my sci-fi tutorial leader for our rescheduled tutorial. More to come later.
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