[tor-project] Re: PSA: Europe changes time backwards soon, North America next

[Antoine Beaupré via tor-project <tor-project@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2026-10-08 15:26:38, Antoine Beaupré via tor-project wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is your bi-yearly reminder that time is changing soon! October 25th
> in Europe, November 1st in North America. Less people in Canada are
> changing this year, with BC, Alberta, Manitoba and Northwest
> Territories getting rid of DST.

[...]

> # When do times change, how, and and where?
>
> As regular readers will remember, the rule of thumb is:
>
>> Spring forward, fall backwards.
>
> That is, during the season of Spring, the clocks move forward, and
> during the Fall (like right now), they move backwards. That is in the
> northern hemisphere, but then the southern hemisphere is often saner and
> doesn't switch anyways.
>
> So time will move *backwards* which means an extra hour of sleep. Unless
> you have children or bad sleep, in which case your body doesn't care
> about what the clock says and will wake up one hour earlier than what it
> should.
>
> And of course, this doesn't happen everywhere at once, so let's see when
> it happens where.
>
> ## Europe
>
> The dance starts in Europe.
>
> The change happens on the last Sunday in October at 01:00 UTC (not local
> time!), that is October 25th. If you are in the central European
> timezone, also known as Amsterdam, Berlin, or Paris time depending on
> your national affiliation, that essentially means that at 2:59 local the
> clocks will fall back to 2:00 instead of going to 3:00.
>
> Concretely, set your watch back one hour before going to bed, go to bed
> at the normal time, and enjoy an extra hour of sleep or leisure.
>
> If you have kids, you might want to start getting them to bed slightly
> earlier every day for a week before the change so they take time getting
> used to the change. If you have trouble sleeping in the morning, find
> your inner child and do that to yourself as well.

A quick reminder that Europe changes time backwards, in 5 days.

a.

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Antoine Beaupré
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