Embarrased to ask - Does Italy use daylight savings time or is it something we do here in the US?
Mar 15th, 2006, 08:38 AM
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Many years ago in Denver, Colorado there was a big debate about daylight savings time. I can't remember whether the proposal was to adopt it or drop it or extend it or whatever, but I do remember a "Man-in-the-street" interview by a local TV station.
They interviewed a little old lady in front of her lovely flower garden.
She was very much against daylight savings time because her roses loved morning light, and when you moved an hour from the morning to the evening, the roses lost an hour of that morning light.
They interviewed a little old lady in front of her lovely flower garden.
She was very much against daylight savings time because her roses loved morning light, and when you moved an hour from the morning to the evening, the roses lost an hour of that morning light.
Mar 15th, 2006, 09:04 AM
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We were on holiday in Scotland during daylight savings a few years ago. Being on holiday we totally forgot about it and the hotel staff neglected to remind us. Needless to say we were astonished at the rude behavior we received when we came down for breakfast...until we were told we were an hour late.
Mar 15th, 2006, 09:05 AM
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<<Many countries have it, it isn't an American thing. I think it even started in Europe, due to WW II and energy conservation, but not sure of the details.>>
Benjamin Franklin is said to have conceived the idea of daylight saving time, but it was first advocated seriously by a London builder, William Willett in 1907. Daylight time was first enacted in Germany in 1915, quickly followed by Britain and much of Europe, Canada, and the U.S. (during the first world war).
Benjamin Franklin is said to have conceived the idea of daylight saving time, but it was first advocated seriously by a London builder, William Willett in 1907. Daylight time was first enacted in Germany in 1915, quickly followed by Britain and much of Europe, Canada, and the U.S. (during the first world war).
Mar 15th, 2006, 09:33 AM
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Hi, Ani. I had a similar experience when I was in Austria, except we were going from daylight to standard time. We showed up at the water castle and asked why they're not open yet. They said they open at 9, so I pointed out it was 9:30. Turned out it was only 8:30. 
Mar 15th, 2006, 09:49 AM
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All countries in Europe observe DST and move backward and forward at exactly the same time (01:00 UTC). DST starts at 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in March, and ends at 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in October. This means that Europe will move to DST this year on Sunday, March 26 (which will correspond to 19:00 EST/16:00 PST on March 25 in the United States).
Mar 15th, 2006, 09:50 AM
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"Needless to say we were astonished at the rude behavior we received when we came down for breakfast...until we were told we were an hour late."
I don't think guests being late because of a simple (and understandable) lapse is an excuse for rudeness. Service businesses who realize their clients are fallible human beings would bend over backwards to accommodate you if at all possible...and rib you mercilessly every time you showed up on time from then on.
I don't think guests being late because of a simple (and understandable) lapse is an excuse for rudeness. Service businesses who realize their clients are fallible human beings would bend over backwards to accommodate you if at all possible...and rib you mercilessly every time you showed up on time from then on.
Mar 15th, 2006, 10:39 AM
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So - since I am leaving the midwest on April 1 (before the clocks change) - do the arrival and departure times on my American Airlines tickets account for daylight savings time already begun in Italy where I land?
Mar 15th, 2006, 11:05 AM
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kbrennan:
Airlines are supposed always to show local time. Irrespective of Summer Time, your schedule will (or at any rate should) show the local time at your point of departure as your departure time, and local time at the arrival airports as your arrival time.
In my experience, this is one thing the major international carriers NEVER get wrong.
Airlines are supposed always to show local time. Irrespective of Summer Time, your schedule will (or at any rate should) show the local time at your point of departure as your departure time, and local time at the arrival airports as your arrival time.
In my experience, this is one thing the major international carriers NEVER get wrong.
Mar 15th, 2006, 11:08 AM
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Robespierre:
We definately felt the same. In fact the customer service at that particular hotel was um...brisk in general but when the manager realized that not all the guests were properly reminded they immediately apologized and turned out a lovely Scottish breakfast...
We definately felt the same. In fact the customer service at that particular hotel was um...brisk in general but when the manager realized that not all the guests were properly reminded they immediately apologized and turned out a lovely Scottish breakfast...
Not in Hawaii and not, until this year, in Indiana.
Mar 15th, 2006, 11:11 AM
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"In my experience, this is one thing the major international carriers NEVER get wrong."
Ya shoulda been at Continental the first day their PARS system co-hosted Air Micronesia.
You see, the software was not originally designed to accommodate airlines that had one flight number that started in one day, flew to the previous day (across the IDL), and then back to the original one.
It was a little strange for a while
Ya shoulda been at Continental the first day their PARS system co-hosted Air Micronesia.
You see, the software was not originally designed to accommodate airlines that had one flight number that started in one day, flew to the previous day (across the IDL), and then back to the original one.
It was a little strange for a while
