# Daylight Saving Time 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Share\ **Created:** [March 9, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172 "2025-03-09T14:50:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172/1 "2025-03-09T14:50:56Z")
Be sure to adjust your pump or other device settings if needed for the start of DST 2025. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172/2 "2025-03-09T16:06:04Z")
And change your lancet! šŸ˜œ ---
**Author:** ![CarlosLuis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/carlosluis/32/11389_2.png) [@CarlosLuis](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CarlosLuis)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172/3 "2025-03-09T19:39:33Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > And change your lancet And you syringešŸ˜œ ---
**Author:** ![TomH](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/tomh/32/9063_2.png) [@TomH](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TomH)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172/4 "2025-03-09T19:55:09Z")
Ahhhh, Daaaad! Do we have to?! ---
**Author:** ![TomH](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/tomh/32/9063_2.png) [@TomH](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TomH)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172/5 "2025-03-10T12:39:54Z")
OK, I changed my finger pokey! šŸ˜‡ ---
**Author:** ![elver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/elver/32/8772_2.png) [@elver](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/elver)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172/6 "2025-03-11T00:24:27Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > And change your lancet! Just never gets old ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![CarlosLuis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/carlosluis/32/11389_2.png) [@CarlosLuis](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CarlosLuis)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172/7 "2025-03-11T00:50:42Z")
Changing clocks in the house and vehicles and pump in a bit of a pain.But I hate DST with a passion. Iā€™m attuned to the sun. It screws me up. The animals like their food at the regular time. Circadian rhythms are synced to sun positions. And Iā€™m a morning person. I realy donā€™t like Sunrise being later after finally starting to rise earlier. ---
**Author:** ![TomH](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/tomh/32/9063_2.png) [@TomH](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TomH)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172/8 "2025-03-11T13:19:14Z")
@CarlosLuis I have to agree with the ā€œpeople and animalā€ issues. Seems the logic of the arguments for keeping DST are questionable at best. What if find interesting (and infuriating): The odd things you find that do NOT have DST auto-adjust built in. I recently bought a Kia EV6 car (an EV). One would think with all the electronic/computer capabilities built in (including the ability to change mood lighting), they would have put in a selection to update the clock automatically, but nooooooooo! The owner has to change the clock that all of this tech depends on manually!!! What WERE they thinking?! ---
**Author:** ![CarlosLuis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/carlosluis/32/11389_2.png) [@CarlosLuis](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CarlosLuis)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172/9 "2025-03-11T17:22:17Z")
> [@TomH](#): > > The owner has to change the clock that all of this tech depends on manually!!! What WERE they thinking?! While my preferred technology to work on is physical, hardware, both mechanical, electrical and electronic, and I hate coding - I couldnā€™t avoid it completely. The problesm I see in writing the code to have DST and ST automatic in vehicales and pumps is that it would require the option to turn it off for Arizona and some parts of 4 Corners, at least one tribe does or doesnā€™t allow it. Meanwhile there is the annual debate in the Texas Lege where they hash over doing away with daylight savings or making it year round. The start/stop dates have changed at least once. Tod do what is necessary to get it to work everywhere in the US might be just too complicated, both the coding for the various options and the user interface. I think the best thing is like my Nissan Frontier. When you bring up clock settings the option is DST ON/OFF. That is pretty simple. My 2015 Subaru Forester is a bit more tricky. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172/10 "2025-03-11T19:01:59Z")
They should just do it 30 minutes the next time, and then be done with it forever! The time change does not have to stay on the hour. Clock time is a man-made construct. It has nothing to do with nature. Just split the difference and be finished with it. The sun keeps pretty good track of when to make the days longer and when to make the nights longer. ---
**Author:** ![CarlosLuis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/carlosluis/32/11389_2.png) [@CarlosLuis](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CarlosLuis)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172/11 "2025-03-11T21:30:27Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > Clock time is a man-made construct But it is an analog of the sunā€™s position with 12 in the day being when the Sun is at the \*meridiem- at its highest point. Probably the earliest clock was when we were a the equatorial savannaā€™s of Africa where our we arose with the Sun, when our shadows gathered at our feet and retired at Sun down. Iā€™m not sure but I think most of the earliest religions were Sun based. Some of the stone circles in Ireland are aligned with the Solstice, as is Newgrange. Thereā€™s a tunnel that allows the Sun at Solstice to strike a particular spot way inside. One of my favorites is Sun Dagger in New Mexico. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/8/8db324a501f7485c22c2f9fa00bbf1bb2ef2425b.jpeg) > **[Fajada Butte](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fajada_Butte)** > > Fajada Butte is a butte in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, in northwest New Mexico. > Fajada Butte (Banded Butte) rises 135 meters above the canyon floor. Although there is no water source on the butte, there are ruins of small cliff dwellings in the higher regions of the butte. Analysis of fragments of pottery found on Fajada show that these structures were used between the 10th to 13th centuries. > The remains of a 95-meter-high, 230-meter-long ramp are evident on the southwestern fa... Clocks and calendars may be artificial constructs, but we made them to reflect our observations of a reality in nature. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172/12 "2025-03-11T22:09:45Z")
> [@CarlosLuis](#): > > But it is an analog of the sunā€™s position with 12 in the day being when the Sun is at the \*meridiem- at its highest point. But the sunā€™s position relative to the clock is different every day. We are not doing a good job with our representation because we only change the clock twice per year. ---
**Author:** ![CarlosLuis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/carlosluis/32/11389_2.png) [@CarlosLuis](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CarlosLuis)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172/13 "2025-03-11T22:42:45Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > But the sunā€™s position relative to the clock is different every day. Not at noon and midnight. True itā€™s fudged a bit with time zones. At the equator the Sun will rise and set at nearly the exact time throughout the year. Other latitudes will differ. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172/14 "2025-03-12T01:40:54Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > But the sunā€™s position relative to the clock is different every day. > > > [@CarlosLuis](#): > > > > Not at noon and midnight. Solar noon - the time when the sun is at its highest point - does not always coincide with clock noon. ā€œSolar noonā€ occurs at an infinite number of different times around the globe. Solar noon even occurs at a different time for you than from someone who is standing only a few feet east or west of you. And if you were to stand on the exact same spot on the next day, solar noon would be at a different time on the clock. This NOAA calculator shows the time of solar noon for any day. > **[Solar Calculator - NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory](https://gml.noaa.gov/grad/solcalc/)** > > GML conducts research on greenhouse gas and carbon cycle feedbacks, changes in aerosols, and surface radiation, and recovery of stratospheric ozone. ---
**Author:** ![CarlosLuis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/carlosluis/32/11389_2.png) [@CarlosLuis](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CarlosLuis)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172/15 "2025-03-12T02:37:46Z")
@Eric weā€™ll just have to disagree on this one. My less than accurate observation of noon is good enough for me. I am a flesh and blood creature not a cesium clock. My circadian rhythms are from a long line of evolutionary history. Now as a youngster I was impressed by Catherine a beautiful smart college graduate who had to do menial farm work because of the color of her skin. She didnā€™t wear a watch and in a building with no clocks she could tell the time plus or minus 2 minutes. She never got to be old. She died from rheumatoid arthritis at a young age. ---
**Author:** ![John58](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/john58/32/147_2.png) [@John58](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/John58)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 6:06am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172/16 "2025-03-12T06:06:23Z")
In case it will jolt us all out of the DST funk/confusion, a nice lunar eclipse is planned for Thursday night. Personally, I enjoy lunar eclipses a lot more than the solar kind. > **[What You Need To Know About the March 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse - NASA Science](https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/moon/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-march-2025-total-lunar-eclipse/)** > > A total lunar eclipse will tint the Moon red-orange on the night of March 13 or early in the morning on March 14, depending on your time zone. ---
**Author:** ![allison](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/allison/32/10718_2.png) [@allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/allison)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172/17 "2025-03-13T16:04:10Z")
This post keeps driving me batty every time someone adds a comment to it. FYI - itā€™s daylight saving time, NOT ā€œsavingsā€! > **[AP Stylebook](https://www.facebook.com/share/p/197tKVQnqD/)** > > This one gets AP style fans excited every time, so here's a reminder: It's daylight saving time, not savings. > Lowercase daylight saving time in all uses and daylight time whenever it stands alone. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172/18 "2025-03-13T17:14:39Z")
The incorrect use of the pronoun ā€œmyselfā€ is the one that bothers me! I see it all the time. Itā€™s reflexive. Unless the pronoun ā€œIā€ was already used in the sentence, donā€™t use ā€œmyselfā€! @allison, here is a horrible sentence to irritate us both! _ā€œAllison and myself were posting on the Daylight Savings Time thread.ā€_ šŸ˜‚ ---
**Author:** ![allison](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/allison/32/10718_2.png) [@allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/allison)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172/19 "2025-03-13T17:43:57Z")
Yesssssss! Iā€™m now dead šŸ˜µ ---
**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172/20 "2025-03-13T20:18:08Z")
> [@allison](#): > > to it. FYI - itā€™s daylight saving time, NOT ā€œsavingsā€! I fixed it!!! šŸ¤£ [Next page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-saving-time-2025/15172.md?page=2)