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

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

On 2026-10-20 09:08:32, Antoine Beaupré via tor-project wrote:
> 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.

Another reminder that this has started, yesterday: Europe changed time,
but not North America, which will change this weekend.

A.

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Antoine Beaupré
torproject.org system administration
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