1bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<!DOCTYPE html> 2bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<html lang="en"> 3bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<head> 4bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<meta charset="UTF-8"> 5ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 6ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav<style> 7ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravul {padding-left: 1.3rem;} 8ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav</style> 9bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<title>Time and the Arts</title> 10bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</head> 11bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<body> 12bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<h1>Time and the Arts</h1> 13bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<h2>Documentaries</h2> 14bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<ul> 15bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 16ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84aWtseb2-4">Daylight 17ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravSaving Time Explained</a>” (2011; 6:39) lightly covers daylight saving 18ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravtime’s theory, history, pros and cons. Among other things, it explains 19ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravArizona’s daylight-saving enclaves quite well. 20ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 21bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 22ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY">The Problem 23ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravwith Time & Timezones – Computerphile</a>” (2013; 10:12) delves 24ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravinto problems that programmers have with timekeeping. 25ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 26bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 27ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/all-the-time-in-the-world/28375932.html">All 28ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravThe Time In The World: Explaining The Mysteries Of Time Zones</a>” (2017; 2:15) 29bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravbriefly says why France has more time zones than Russia. 30ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 31bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 32ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRz-Dl60Lfc">Why Denmark used to be 33ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav.04 seconds behind the world</a>” (2019; 6:29) explains why the United Kingdom 34ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav– and, once, Denmark – haven’t always exactly followed their own 3546c59934SDag-Erling Smørgravlaws about civil time. 36ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 37bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 38ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfzsBMUiGGQ">How Daylight Savings 39ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravBroke this $24 Million Building</a>” (2025; 5:01) describes the system of 40ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravmirrors used at Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance to ensure the sun’s light 41ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravstill hits at the “correct” ceremonial hour to commemorate the Armistice which 42ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravended World War I. 43ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 44ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 45ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“About Time” (1962; 59 minutes) is part of the 46bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravBell Science extravaganza, with Frank Baxter, Richard Deacon, and Les Tremayne. 47bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravIts advisor was Richard Feynman, and it was voiced by Mel Blanc. 48ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154110/">IMDb entry</a>.) 49ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 50bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</ul> 51bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<h2>Movies</h2> 52bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<ul> 53bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 54bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravIn the 1946 movie <em>A Matter of Life and Death</em> 55bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(U.S. title <em>Stairway to Heaven</em>) 56bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravthere is a reference to British Double Summer Time. 57bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravThe time does not play a large part in the plot; 58ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravit’s just a passing reference to the time when one of the 59ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravcharacters was supposed to have died (but didn’t). 60bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038733/">IMDb entry.</a>) 61bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(Dave Cantor) 62ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 63bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 64bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravThe 1953 railway comedy movie <em>The Titfield Thunderbolt</em> includes a 65ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravplay on words on British Double Summer Time. Valentine’s wife wants 66ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravhim to leave the pub and asks him, “Do you know what time it is?” 67ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravAnd he, happy where he is, replies: “Yes, my love. Summer double time.” 68bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046436/">IMDb entry.</a>) 69bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(Mark Brader, 2009-10-02) 70bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 71bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 72bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravThe premise of the 1999 caper movie <em>Entrapment</em> involves computers 73bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravin an international banking network being shut down briefly at 74bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravmidnight in each time zone to avoid any problems at the transition 75bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravfrom the year 1999 to 2000 in that zone. (Hmmmm.) If this shutdown 76bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravis extended by 10 seconds, it will create a one-time opportunity for 77bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrava gigantic computerized theft. To achieve this, at one location the 78bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravcrooks interfere with the microwave system supplying time signals to 79bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravthe computer, advancing the time by 0.1 second each minute over the 80ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravlast hour of 1999. (So this movie teaches us that 0.1 × 60 = 10.) 81bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137494/">IMDb entry.</a>) 82bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(Mark Brader, 2009-10-02) 83bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 84bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 85ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravOne mustn’t forget the 86bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4EUTMPuvHo">trailer</a> 87bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(2014; 2:23) for the movie <em>Daylight Saving</em>. 88bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 89bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</ul> 90bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<h2>TV episodes</h2> 91bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<ul> 92bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 93ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravAn episode of <em>The Adventures of Superman</em> entitled “The Mysterious 94ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravCube”, first aired 1958-02-24, had Superman convincing the controllers 95bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravof the Arlington Time Signal to broadcast ahead of actual time; 96bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravdoing so got a crook trying to be declared dead to 97bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravemerge a bit too early from the titular enclosure. 98bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0506628/">IMDb entry</a>.) 99bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 100bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 101ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chimes_of_Big_Ben">The Chimes 102ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravof Big Ben</a>”, <em>The Prisoner</em>, episode 2, ITC, 1967-10-06. 103bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravOur protagonist tumbles to 104ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravthe fraudulent nature of a Poland-to-England escape upon hearing Big 105ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravBen chiming on Polish local time. 106bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0679185/">IMDb entry.</a>) 107bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 108bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 109ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“The Susie”, <em>Seinfeld</em>, season 8, episode 15, NBC, 1997-02-13. 110bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravKramer decides that daylight saving time 111ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravisn’t coming fast enough, so he sets his watch ahead an hour. 112bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 113bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 114ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“20 Hours in America”, <em>The West Wing</em>, season 4, episodes 1–2, 115bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav2002-09-25, contained a <a 116bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravhref="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J1NHzQ1sgc">scene</a> that 117bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravsaw White House staffers stranded in Indiana; they thought they had time to 118bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravcatch Air Force One but were done in by intra-Indiana local time changes. 119bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 120bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 121ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“In what time zone would you find New York City?” was a $200 question on 122bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravthe 1999-11-13 United States airing of <em>Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?</em>, 123ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravand “In 1883, what industry led the movement to divide the U.S. into four time 124ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravzones?” was a $32,000 question on the 2001-05-23 United States airing of 125bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravthe same show. At this rate, the million-dollar time-zone 126bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravquestion should have been asked 2002-06-04. 127bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 128bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 129ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravA private jet’s mid-flight change of time zones distorts Alison Dubois’ 130ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravpremonition in the “We Had a Dream” episode of <em>Medium</em> 131bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(originally aired 2007-02-28). 132bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 133bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 134ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravA criminal’s failure to account for the start of daylight saving is pivotal 135ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravin “<a href="https://monk.fandom.com/wiki/Mr._Monk_and_the_Rapper">Mr. Monk 136ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravand the Rapper</a>” (first aired 2007-07-20). 137bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 138bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 139ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravIn the <em>30 Rock</em> episode “Anna Howard Shaw Day” 140bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(first broadcast 2010-02-11), 141ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravJack Donaghy’s date realizes that a Geneva-to-New-York business phone call 142bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravreceived in the evening must be fake given the difference in local times. 143bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 144bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 145ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravIn the “Run by the Monkeys” episode of <em>Da Vinci’s Inquest</em> 146bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(first broadcast 2002-11-17), 147bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrava witness in a five-year-old fire case realizes they may not have set 148bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravtheir clock back when daylight saving ended on the day of the fire, 149bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravintroducing the possibility of an hour when arson might have occurred. 150bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 151bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 152ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravIn “The Todd Couple” episode of <em>Outsourced</em> (first aired 2011-02-10), 153ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravManmeet sets up Valentine’s Day teledates for 6:00 and 9:00pm; 154bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravsince one is with a New Yorker and the other with a San Franciscan, 155bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravhilarity ensues. 156bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(Never mind that this should be 7:30am in Mumbai, yet for some reason the show 157ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravproceeds as though it’s also mid-evening there.) 158bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 159bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 160ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravIn the “14 Days to Go”/“T Minus...” episode of 161bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<em>You, Me and the Apocalypse</em> 162bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(first aired 2015-11-11 in the UK, 2016-03-10 in the US), 163bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravthe success of a mission to deal with a comet 164bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravhinges on whether or not Russia observes daylight saving time. 165bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(In the US, 166bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravthe episode first aired in the week before the switch to <abbr>DST</abbr>.) 167bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 168bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 169ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“The Lost Hour”, <em>Eerie, Indiana</em>, episode 10, NBC, 1991-12-01. 170ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravDespite Indiana’s then-lack of <abbr>DST</abbr>, 171bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravMarshall changes his clock with unusual consequences. 172ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravSee “<a 173bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravhref="https://www.avclub.com/eerie-indiana-was-a-few-dimensions-ahead-of-its-time-1819833380"><em>Eerie, 174ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravIndiana</em> was a few dimensions ahead of its time</a>”. 175bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 176bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 177ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“Time Tunnel”, <em>The Adventures of Pete & Pete</em>, 178ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravseason 2, episode 5, Nickelodeon, 1994-10-23. 179bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravThe two Petes travel back in time an hour 180bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravon the day that <abbr>DST</abbr> ends. 181bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 182bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 183ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“King-Size Homer”, <em>The Simpsons</em>, episode 135, Fox, 1995-11-05. 184ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravHomer, working from home, remarks “8:58, first 185ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravtime I’ve ever been early for work. Except for all those daylight 186ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravsavings days. Lousy farmers.” 187bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 188bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 189bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<em>Last Week Tonight with John Oliver</em>, season 2, episode 5, 2015-03-08, 190ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravasked, “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br0NW9ufUUw">Daylight 191ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravSaving Time – How Is This Still A Thing?</a>” 192bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 193bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 194ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“Tracks”, <em>The Good Wife</em>, season 7, episode 12, 195bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravCBS, 2016-01-17. 196bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravThe applicability of a contract hinges on the 197bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravtime zone associated with a video timestamp. 198bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 199bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 200ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“Justice”, <em>Veep</em>, season 6, episode 4, HBO, 2017-05-07. 201ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravJonah’s inability to understand <abbr>DST</abbr> ends up impressing a wealthy 202bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravbacker who sets him up for a 2020 presidential run. 203bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 204bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</ul> 205bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<h2>Books, plays, and magazines</h2> 206bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<ul> 207bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 208bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravJules Verne, <em>Around the World in Eighty Days</em> 209bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(<em>Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours</em>), 1873. 210bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravWall-clock time plays a central role in the plot. 211bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravEuropean readers of the 1870s clearly held the U.S. press in 212bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravdeep contempt; the protagonists cross the U.S. without once 213bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravreading a paper. 214bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravAvailable versions include 215bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/103">an English 216bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravtranslation</a>, and 217ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/tdm80j/">the original French</a> 218ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“with illustrations from the original 1873 French-language edition”. 219bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 220bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 221bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravNick Enright, <em>Daylight Saving</em>, 1989. 222bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravA fast-paced comedy about love and loneliness as the clocks turn back. 223bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 224bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 225bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravUmberto Eco, 226bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_of_the_Day_Before"><em>The 227bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravIsland of the Day Before</em></a> 228ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav(<em>L’isola del giorno prima</em>), 1994. 229ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“...the story of a 17th century Italian nobleman trapped near an island 230bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravon the International Date Line. Time and time zones play an integral 231ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravpart in the novel.” (Paul Eggert, 2006-04-22) 232bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 233bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 234bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravJohn Dunning, <a 235bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravhref="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Two-OClock-Eastern-Wartime/John-Dunning/9781439171530"><em>Two 236ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravO’Clock, Eastern Wartime</em></a>, 2001. 237bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravMystery, history, daylight saving time, and old-time radio. 238bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 239bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 240ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravSurrealist artist Guy Billout’s work “Date Line” 241ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravappeared on page 103 of the 1999-11 <em>Atlantic Monthly</em>. 242bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 243bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 244ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“Gloom, Gloom, Go Away” by Walter Kirn appeared on page 106 of <em>Time</em> 245ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravmagazine’s 2002-11-11 issue; among other things, it proposed 246bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravyear-round <abbr>DST</abbr> as a way of lessening wintertime despair. 247bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 248a979394aSDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 249a979394aSDag-Erling SmørgravCory Doctorow, <a 250a979394aSDag-Erling Smørgravhref="https://craphound.com/est/download/"><em>Eastern Standard Tribe</em></a>, 251a979394aSDag-Erling Smørgrav2004. The world splinters into tribes characterized by their timezones. 252a979394aSDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 253bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</ul> 254bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<h2>Music</h2> 25546c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<ul> 25646c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 257ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravRecordings of “Save That Time”, Russ Long, Serrob Publishing, BMI: 25846c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<ul> 25946c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 260ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravKarrin Allyson, <em>I Didn’t Know About You</em> (1993), track 11, 3:44. 26146c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravConcord Jazz CCD-4543. 26246c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravKarrin Allyson, vocal; 263bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravRuss Long, piano; 264bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravGerald Spaits, bass; 26546c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravTodd Strait, drums. 266ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravCD notes “additional lyric by Karrin Allyson; 267ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravarranged by Russ Long and Karrin Allyson”. 268ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravADO ★, 26946c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-didnt-know-about-you-mw0000618657">AMG</a> 270ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav★★★★, Penguin ★★★⯪. 27146c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 27246c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 27346c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravKevin Mahogany, <em>Double Rainbow</em> (1993), track 3, 6:27. Enja ENJ-7097 2. 27446c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravKevin Mahogany, vocal; 275bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravKenny Barron, piano; 276bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravRay Drummond, bass; 277bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravRalph Moore, tenor saxophone; 27846c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravLewis Nash, drums. 279ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravADO ★⯪, 28046c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/double-rainbow-mw0000620371">AMG</a> 281ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav★★★, Penguin ★★★. 28246c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 28346c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 284ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravJoe Williams, <em>Here’s to Life</em> (1994), track 7, 3:58. 28546c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravTelarc Jazz CD-83357. 28646c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravJoe Williams, vocal; The Robert Farnon [39 piece] Orchestra. 287ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravAlso in a 3-CD package “Triple Play”, Telarc CD-83461. 288ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravADO •, 28946c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/heres-to-life-mw0000623648">AMG</a> 290ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav★★, Penguin ★★★. 29146c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 29246c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 29346c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravCharles Fambrough, <em>Keeper of the Spirit</em> (1995), track 7, 7:07. 29446c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravAudioQuest AQ-CD1033. 29546c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravCharles Fambrough, bass; 296bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravJoel Levine, tenor recorder; 297bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravEdward Simon, piano; 298bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravLenny White, drums; 29946c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravMarion Simon, percussion. 300ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravADO ★, 30146c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/keeper-of-the-spirit-mw0000176559">AMG</a> 302ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravunrated, Penguin ★★★. 30346c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</ul> 30446c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 30546c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 30646c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravHolly Cole Trio, Blame It On My Youth (1992). Manhattan CDP 7 97349 2, 37:45. 30746c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravHolly Cole, voice; 308bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravAaron Davis, piano; 30946c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravDavid Piltch, string bass. 310ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravLyrical reference to “Eastern Standard Time” in 311ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravTom Waits’s “Purple Avenue”. 312ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravADO ★★⯪, 31346c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/blame-it-on-my-youth-mw0000274303">AMG</a> 314ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav★★★, Penguin unrated. 31546c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 31646c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 31746c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravMilt Hinton, 31846c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://chiaroscurojazz.org/catalog/old-man-time-2-cd-set/"><em>Old 31946c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravMan Time</em></a> (1990). 32046c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravChiaroscuro CR(D) 310, 149:38 (two CDs). 32146c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravMilt Hinton, bass; 322bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravDoc Cheatham, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, trumpet; 323bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravAl Grey, trombone; 324bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravEddie Barefield, Joe Camel (Flip Phillips), Buddy Tate, 325bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravclarinet and saxophone; 326bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravJohn Bunch, Red Richards, Norman Simmons, Derek Smith, 327bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravRalph Sutton, piano; 328bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravDanny Barker, Al Casey, guitar; 329bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravGus Johnson, Gerryck King, Bob Rosengarden, Jackie Williams, 330bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravdrums; 331bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravLionel Hampton, vibraphone; 332bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravCab Calloway, Joe Williams, vocal; 33346c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravBuck Clayton, arrangements. 334ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravTunes include “Old Man Time”, “Time After Time”, 335ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“Sometimes I’m Happy”, 336ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight”, 337ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“Four or Five Times”, “Now’s the Time”, 338ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“Time on My Hands”, “This Time It’s Us”, 339ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravand “Good Time Charlie”. 340ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravADO ★★★, 34146c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/old-man-time-mw0000269353">AMG</a> 342ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav★★★★⯪, Penguin ★★★. 34346c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 34446c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 34546c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravAlan Broadbent, <em>Pacific Standard Time</em> (1995). 34646c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravConcord Jazz CCD-4664, 62:42. 34746c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravAlan Broadbent, piano; 348bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravPutter Smith, Bass; 34946c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravFrank Gibson, Jr., drums. 35046c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravThe CD cover features an analemma for equation-of-time fans. 351ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravADO ★, 35246c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/pacific-standard-time-mw0000645433">AMG</a> 353ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav★★★★, Penguin ★★★⯪. 35446c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 35546c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 35646c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravAnthony Braxton/Richard Teitelbaum, <em>Silence/Time Zones</em> (1996). 35746c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravBlack Lion BLCD 760221, 72:58. 35846c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravAnthony Braxton, sopranino and alto saxophones, 359bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravcontrebasse clarinet, miscellaneous instruments; 360bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravLeo Smith, trumpet and miscellaneous instruments; 361bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravLeroy Jenkins, violin and miscellaneous instruments; 36246c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravRichard Teitelbaum, modular moog and micromoog synthesizer. 363ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravADO •, 36446c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/silence-time-zones-mw0000595735">AMG</a> 365ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav★★★★. 36646c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 36746c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 36846c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravCharles Gayle, <em>Time Zones</em> (2006). Tompkins Square TSQ2839, 49:06. 36946c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravCharles Gayle, piano. 370ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravADO ★, 37146c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/time-zones-mw0000349642">AMG</a> 372ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav★★★★⯪. 37346c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 37446c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 37546c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravThe Get Up Kids, <em>Eudora</em> (2001). Vagrant 357, 65:12. 376ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravIncludes the song “Central Standard Time”. 37746c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravThanks to Colin Bowern for this information. 37846c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/eudora-mw0000592063">AMG</a> 379ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav★★⯪. 38046c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 38146c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 382ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravColdplay, “Clocks” (2003). 38346c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravCapitol 52608, 4:13. 38446c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravWon the 2004 Record of the Year honor at the 385bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravGrammy Awards. Co-written and performed by Chris Martin, 386bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravgreat-great-grandson of <abbr>DST</abbr> inventor William Willett. 387ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravThe song’s first line is “Lights go out and I can’t be saved”. 38846c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 38946c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 390ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravJaime Guevara, “<a 391ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravhref="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfN4Fe_A50U">Qué 392ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravhora es</a>” (1993), 3:04. 393ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravThe song protested “Sixto Hour” in Ecuador 394ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav(1992–3). Its lyrics include “Amanecía en mitad de la noche, los 395ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravguaguas iban a clase sin sol” (“It was dawning in the middle of the 396ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravnight, the buses went to class without sun”). 39746c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 39846c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 39946c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravIrving Kahal and Harry Richman, 400ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“There Ought to be a Moonlight Saving Time” (1931). 40146c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravThis musical standard was a No. 1 hit for Guy Lombardo 402bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravin 1931, and was also performed by Maurice Chevalier, Blossom Dearie 403ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravand many others. The phrase “Moonlight saving time” also appears in 404ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravthe 1995 country song “Not Enough Hours in the Night” written by Aaron 405bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravBarker, Kim Williams and Rob Harbin and performed by Doug 40646c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravSupernaw. 40746c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 40846c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 40946c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravThe Microscopic Septet, <em>Lobster Leaps In</em> (2008). 41046c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravCuneiform 272, 73:05. 411ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravIncludes the song “Twilight Time Zone”. 412ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravADO ★★, 41346c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/lobster-leaps-in-mw0000794929">AMG</a> 414ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav★★★⯪. 41546c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 41646c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 417ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravBob Dylan, <em>The Times They Are a-Changin’</em> (1964). 41846c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravColumbia CK-8905, 45:36. 419ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravADO ★⯪, 42046c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-times-they-a-changin-mw0000202344">AMG</a> 421ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav★★★★⯪. 422ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravThe title song is also available on “Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits” 423ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravand “The Essential Bob Dylan”. 42446c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 42546c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 42646c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravLuciana Souza, <em>Tide</em> (2009). Universal Jazz France B0012688-02, 42:31. 427ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravADO ★★⯪, 42846c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/tide-mw0000815692">AMG</a> 429ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav★★★⯪. 430ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravIncludes the song “Fire and Wood” with the lyric 431ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“The clocks were turned back you remember/Think it’s still November.” 43246c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 43346c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 434ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravKen Nordine, <em>You’re Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters</em> (2005). 43546c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravGeffen B0005171-02, 156:22. 436ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravADO ★, 43746c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/youre-getting-better-the-word-jazz-dot-masters-mw0000736197">AMG</a> 438ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav★★★★⯪. 439ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravIncludes the piece “What Time Is It” 440ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav(“He knew what time it was everywhere...that counted”). 44146c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 44246c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 44346c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravChicago, <em>Chicago Transit Authority</em> (1969). Columbia 64409, 1:16:20. 444ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/chicago-transit-authority-mw0000189364">AMG</a> ★★★★. 445ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravIncludes the song “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?”. 44646c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 44746c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 44846c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravEmanuele Arciuli, 449*76f64231SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://williamduckworth.bandcamp.com/album/the-time-curve-preludes"><em>The Time Curve Preludes</em></a> (2023). 45046c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravNeuma 174, 44:46. 45146c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravThe title piece, composed by 45246c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Duckworth_(composer)">William 45346c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravDuckworth</a>, is the first work of postminimal music. 45446c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravUnlike minimalism, it does not assume that the listener has plenty of time. 45546c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 45646c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</ul> 457bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<h2>Comics</h2> 458bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<ul> 459bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 46075411d15SDag-Erling SmørgravThe webcomic <em>xkcd</em> has the strips 461ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://xkcd.com/673/">The Sun</a>” (2009-12-09), 462ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://xkcd.com/1655/">Doomsday Clock</a>” (2016-03-14) and 463ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://xkcd.com/2549/">Edge Cake</a>” (2021-12-01), 46475411d15SDag-Erling Smørgravalong with the panels 465ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://xkcd.com/448/">Good Morning</a>” (2008-07-11), 466ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://xkcd.com/1017/">Backward in Time</a>” (2012-02-14), 467ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://xkcd.com/1061/">EST</a>” (2012-05-28), 468ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://xkcd.com/1179/">ISO 8601</a>” (2013-02-27), 469ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://xkcd.com/1335/">Now</a>” (2014-02-26), 470ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://xkcd.com/1799/">Bad Map Projection: Time Zones</a>” 471bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(2017-02-15), 472ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://xkcd.com/1883/">Supervillain Plan</a>” (2017-08-30), 473ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://xkcd.com/2050/">6/6 Time</a>” (2018-09-24), 474ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://xkcd.com/2092/">Consensus New Year</a>” (2018-12-31), 475ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://xkcd.com/2266/">Leap Smearing</a>” (2020-02-10), 476ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://xkcd.com/2594/">Consensus Time</a>” (2022-03-16), 477ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://xkcd.com/2846/">Daylight Saving Choice</a>” (2023-10-25), 478ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://xkcd.com/2854/">Date Line</a>” (2023-11-13), 479ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravand “<a href="https://xkcd.com/2867/">DateTime</a>” (2023-12-13). 480bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravThe related book <em>What If?</em> has an entry 481ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://what-if.xkcd.com/26/">Leap Seconds</a>” (2012-12-31). 482bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 483bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 484bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravPig kills time in <a 485bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravhref="https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2016/11/06"><em>Pearls 486bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravBefore Swine</em> (2016-11-06)</a>. 487bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 488bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 489bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravStonehenge is abandoned in <a 490bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravhref="https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2017/03/12"><em>Non Sequitur</em> 491bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(2017-03-12)</a>. 49246c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 493bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 49446c59934SDag-Erling SmørgravCaulfield proposes changing clocks just once a year in 49546c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2023/12/31"><em>Frazz</em> 49646c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav(2023-12-31)</a>, while Peter and Jason go multi-lingual and -zonal in 49746c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2023/12/31"><em>FoxTrot</em> 49846c59934SDag-Erling Smørgrav(the same day)</a>. 499bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 500bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 501ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravPeppermint Patty: “What if the world comes to an end tonight, Marcie?” 502bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<br> 503ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravMarcie: “I promise there’ll be a tomorrow, sir ... in fact, 504ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravit’s already tomorrow in Australia!” 505bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<br> 506ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav(Charles M. Schulz, 507ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1980/06/13"><em>Peanuts</em>, 508ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav1980-06-13</a>) 509bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 510bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</ul> 511bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<h2>Jokes</h2> 512bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<ul> 513bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 514bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravThe idea behind daylight saving time was first proposed as a joke by 515ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravBenjamin Franklin. To enforce it, he suggested, “Every 516bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravmorning, as soon as the sun rises, let all the bells in every church 517bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravbe set ringing; and if that is not sufficient, let cannon be fired in 518bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravevery street, to wake the sluggards effectually, and make them open 519bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravtheir eyes to see their true interest. All the difficulty will be in 520bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravthe first two or three days: after which the reformation will be as 521ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravnatural and easy as the present irregularity; for, <em>ce n’est que le 522ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravpremier pas qui coûte</em>.” 523ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="https://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/franklin3.html">Franklin’s 524bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravjoke</a> was first published on 1784-04-26 by the 525bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<em>Journal de Paris</em> as <a 526bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravhref="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Franklin-Benjamin-Journal-de-Paris-1784.jpg">an 527bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravanonymous letter translated into French</a>. 528bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 529bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 530ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“We’ve been using the five-cent nickel in this country since 1492. 531ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravNow that’s pretty near 100 years, daylight saving.” 532bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(Groucho Marx as Captain Spaulding in <em>Animal Crackers</em>, 1930, 533bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravas noted by Will Fitzgerald) 534bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 535bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 536bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravBRADY. ...[Bishop Usher] determined that the Lord began the Creation 537ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravon the 23rd of October in the Year 4,004 B.C. at – uh, 9 A.M.! 538bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<br> 539bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravDRUMMOND. That Eastern Standard Time? (<em>Laughter.</em>) Or Rocky Mountain 540ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravTime? (<em>More laughter.</em>) It wasn’t daylight-saving time, was it? Because 541ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravthe Lord didn’t make the sun until the fourth day! 542bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<br> 543bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(From the play <em>Inherit the Wind</em> by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, 544bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravfilmed in 1960 with Spencer Tracy as Drummond and Fredric March as 545bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravBrady, and several other times. Thanks to Mark Brader.) 546bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 547bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 548ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“Good news.” 549ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“What did they do? Extend Daylight Saving Time year round?” 550bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(Professional tanner George Hamilton, in dialog from a 551bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravMay, 1999 episode of the syndicated television series <em>Baywatch</em>) 552bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 553bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 554ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“A fundamental belief held by Americans is that if you are on land, you 555bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravcannot be killed by a fish...So most Americans remain on land, believing 556ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravthey’re safe. Unfortunately, this belief – like so many myths, such as that 557ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravthere’s a reason for ‘Daylight Saving Time’ – is false.” 558bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(Dave Barry column, 2000-07-02) 559bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 560bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 561ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“I once had sex for an hour and five minutes, but that was on the day 562ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravwhen you turn the clocks ahead.” 563bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(Garry Shandling, 52nd Annual Emmys, 2000-09-10) 564bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 565bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 566ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“Would it impress you if I told you I invented Daylight Savings Time?” 567ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav(“Sahjhan” to “Lilah” in dialog from the “Loyalty” episode of <em>Angel</em>, 568bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravoriginally aired 2002-02-25) 569bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 570bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 571ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“I thought you said Tulsa was a three-hour flight.” 572ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“Well, you’re forgetting about the time difference.” 573ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav(“Joey” and “Chandler” in dialog from the 574ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravepisode of <em>Friends</em> entitled “The One With 575ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravRachel’s Phone Number”, originally aired 2002-12-05) 576bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 577bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 578ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“Is that a pertinent fact, 579ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravor are you just trying to dazzle me with your command of time zones?” 580ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav(Kelsey Grammer as “Frasier Crane” to “Roz” 581ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravfrom the episode of <em>Frasier</em> entitled “The Kid”, 582ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravoriginally aired 1997-11-04) 583bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 584bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 585ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“I put myself and my staff through this crazy, huge ordeal, all because 586bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravI refused to go on at midnight, okay? And so I work, you know, and 587bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravthen I get this job at eleven, supposed to be a big deal. Then 588ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravyesterday daylight [saving] time ended. Right now it’s basically midnight.” 589ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav(Conan O’Brien on the 2010-11-08 premiere of <em>Conan</em>) 590bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 591bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 592ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“The best method, I told folks, was to hang a large clock high on a 593bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravbarn wall where all the cows could see it. If you have Holsteins, you 594ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravwill need to use an analog clock.” (Jerry Nelson, “<a 595ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravhref="https://www.agriculture.com/family/farm-humor/how-to-adjust-dairy-cows-to-daylight-savings-time">How 596ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravto adjust dairy cows to daylight saving time</a>”, 597ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav<em>Successful Farming</em>, 2017-10-09) 598bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 599bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 600ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“And now, driving to California, I find that I must enter a password 601bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgravin order to change the time zone on my laptop clock. Evidently, 602ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravsomeone is out to mess up my schedule and my clock must be secured.” 603bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav(Garrison Keillor, 604ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“<a href="https://www.garrisonkeillor.com/weve-never-been-here-before/">We’ve 605ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravnever been here before</a>”, 2017-08-22) 606bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 607bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li> 608ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav“Well, in my time zone that’s all the time I have, 609ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravbut maybe in your time zone I haven’t finished yet. So stay tuned!” 610ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav(Goldie Hawn, <em>Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In</em> No. 65, 1970-03-09) 611bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</li> 612bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</ul> 613bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<h2>See also</h2> 614bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<ul> 615bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<li><a href="tz-link.html">Time Zone and Daylight Saving 616bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravTime Data</a></li> 617bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</ul> 618ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav 619ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav<footer> 620bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<hr> 621bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravThis web page is in the public domain, so clarified as of 622bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 623bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<br> 624bc421551SDag-Erling SmørgravPlease send corrections to this web page to the 625bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav<a href="mailto:tz@iana.org">time zone mailing list</a>. 626ff2c98b3SDag-Erling SmørgravThe mailing list and its archives are public, 627ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgravso please do not send confidential information. 628ff2c98b3SDag-Erling Smørgrav</footer> 629bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</body> 630bc421551SDag-Erling Smørgrav</html> 631
