There was a period of time when some devices did the change automatically, while others needed you to manually do it. Given that you could be late for something important, it makes sense to check whether your devices are up to date. For example, my phone will change it on its own, but my fitness tracker needs to sync with my phone to do it, so it would be easy to forget and find myself running to a late appointment.
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All the clocks in my house became correct today. You think I'm changing them twice a year when I can just subtract one??
my only manually-set clock is correct again. well, it's off 12 hours and flashes but the numbers are right.
power went out for a few seconds a number of years ago at exactly 12noon (they switched over some equipment or something; a planned event). never bothered to 'set' the time since i don't use its alarm anymore anyway.
i do similarly, i remind people this is nonsense and we shouldn't be changing ours clocks automatically or otherwise twice a year
Haha I almost 100% agree. Alas I do have a stove and microwave clock that requires resetting but it’s kind of hilariously obvious that I need to update them each time. I come into the kitchen and think “oh yeah…” :D
I'm 42 years old, and I have a fairly new watch, a Casio WS-1300H. Made in like 2022 I think. It's not smart, if anything it's just as dumb as a watch from 30 years ago.
But it runs on a button cell battery, said to have a battery life of like 10 years, as long as you don't use the backlight too often.
Yes, I had to manually change the option for Daylight Savings Time, but they make it really easy to do, it's all in the manual.
https://www.casio.com/za/watches/casio/product.WS-1300H-8AV/
My car's clock needs manual resetting, so does my old radio alarm that turns on NPR in the morning. Coffeemaker, microwave, and oven all have clocks, and the wall clock of course. Most of these, I never use as a precise time reference, because they run slow or fast. They're more for timing food or laundry, or counting the seconds while I grind coffee.... Except one day I will glance and think I have a lot more time than I really do, so best to make sure they are at least close to correct.
Always remember: those run fast or slow because the company that made it was super cheap. Devices hooked to 120vac have a stable time reference.
I can't afford a more expensive minivan just to keep the clock from gaining time. It already cost way too much because it's wheelchair modified. Same for the appliance clocks, which are only there so the timer will function.
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My doctor is younger than me, and she wouldn't shut up about needing to change the clocks.
My car has two clocks and one automatically changes (I assume CarPlay) and the other has a setting that turn dst on or off.
My car clock needs moving still, and it's slower because it's analogue for some reason
Even Doc Brown had to change the clock in his car.
It's probably not exactly analog, it's probably still quartz crystal digital, even if it displays as an analog clock with hands.
Pictures speak a thousand words...
Its 40C outside (over 110F) so im not going to take a photo. It has physical hands, although i don't know if that means anything.
If you truly care to find out, the car is a Nissan Skyline 370 GT.
May I ask year model?
I'm almost certain that even with mechanical clock hands, it's still almost certainly timed by a quartz crystal these days, and even for the past 30+ years.
The quartz crystal is usually supposed to 'tick' at a rate of 32,768 cycles per second, but not all quartz crystal timers are made to perfect timing.
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