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Re: [AUCTION] Casascius 25 Original 2011
by
chronicsky
on 07/05/2017, 17:28:44 UTC

Today MDT is -7 hours from UTC. On Nov. 6th of this year MDT will be -6 from UTC.

Uhh, no.

DST = Daylight Savings Time.  It started on Mar 12th.  So, we are in xDT time zones.

PDT (Pacific) is currently -7
MDT (Mountain) is currently -6
CDT (Central) is currently -5
EDT (Eastern) is currently -4

On November 5th, we go to Standard Time zones  ( xST)

PST -8
MST -7
CST -6
EST -5

Current UTC time is (with Pacific and Mountain examples):
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20170507T170000&p1=1440&p2=234&p3=220

Theory and reasons for DST:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time

And to clear up a confusion your computer might display.... When you go to clock to enter your time zone, it will show you Standard Time (PST for example for Pacific), but will either have a checkbox for observing daylight savings or simply do it for you based on the calendar date but will tell you that it is currently observing this change.  Yes, Windows has a checkbox asking if you're in a DST zone.  There are very few places that have an exception to the DST rule (like Arizona).

Term:  Spring forward / Fall back
In November, it is fall.  So, the clocks will fall back (extra hour of sleep).  So, for MDT -6, it will change to MST -7
PDT -7 will go to PST -8

(edit:  confirmation.  Bitcointalk is on UTC.  Time of my post was 5:27PM; however, I am in PDT -7, so it is 10:27AM right now)



This hurts my head

wouldn't it be better to just use Countdown Timer