work related: time travel is tricky business

[Deleted]

Email received today:

sender to me: I've signed up to attend your meeting that's scheduled at 9am
Pacific time. What time is that in North Carolina time?

me to sender: The meeting will start at noon, eastern.

sender to me: Is that daylight savings time? It's 5:19pm here right now.

me: :-|

Maybe my expectations are too high, but I didn't think converting time from eastern to pacific was that tough...

[madDawg228]

I have pretty low expectations when dealing with Eastcoasters. I'm impressed if I don't have to explain that I'm not in DC, but in the state on the west coast.

[amandasw]

haha

there aren't any states that don't observe daylight savings time are there? that's the only reason I could see them asking. (I know certain countries don't)

[madDawg228]

Aug 20, 2012 16:40:32 GMT -5 @amandasw said:

there aren't any states that don't observe daylight savings time are there? that's the only reason I could see them asking. (I know certain countries don't)

Arizona doesn't observe daylight savings time, I think. Not sure why.

[Deleted]

Aug 20, 2012 16:40:32 GMT -5 @amandasw said:

there aren't any states that don't observe daylight savings time are there? that's the only reason I could see them asking. (I know certain countries don't)

Most areas of the United States currently observe daylight saving time. The exceptions are Arizona, Hawaii, and the territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In Arizona, the Navajo Nation observes daylight saving time.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_by_region_and_country#United_States_of_America

Note that North Carolina isn't on the list.

MG, that would drive me BSC.

[InBetweenDays]

I thought parts of Indiana don't observe DST too. But yeah, obviously not the sharpest tool in the shed if they don't know the time difference between east and west coast, and thinks that DST may add on 5 hours?

ETA: Just googled and as of 2005 the entire state of Indiana now does recognize DST. Because I know you all were very curious

[FrozenSunshine]

wow.

[sarack]

[fiddles]

Wow. It takes all kinds of people.