Something that has been driving me absolutely nuts lately is peoples’ use of EST. “Can we set something up for Monday at 11 EST?” No, we can’t. Want to know why? Because it is NOT Standard time. Daylight Savings Time makes spring and summer fall into Daylight time. We can set a meeting up for Monday at 11 EDT. No one seems to know that EST or CST or MST or PST do not apply all year round. How is that so difficult to be educated about??
I know, it’s an incredibly ridiculous thing to be bothered by, but I’m a quasi-ridiculous person.
Learn it – after “Spring Forward,” you are in Daylight time. After “Fall Back,” you are then in Standard time.
5 responses so far ↓
Ray // April 27, 2009 at 6:33 pm |
I agree with you 100%. Thanks for this post it helped confirming my assumption
jags // April 30, 2009 at 12:26 pm |
You are correct, it is a ridiculous rant. If I schedule something for 1:00 EST, who cares if it’s daylight savings or not. It’s obvious what I mean, a people who get bothered by it are just in the mood to be difficult.
hi // May 20, 2009 at 2:33 pm |
Your a a pain in the Ass
Ross Graham // June 1, 2009 at 12:48 pm |
This drives me fricking nuts too.
Can’t people just type ET or PT or MT or CT? Or just say Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific whatever?
Adding the D or S to any of those just complicates matters.
nyshocka // July 20, 2009 at 4:04 pm |
Good rant….
since there is a difference between GMT-4 and GMT-5!
And I actually wanted to know the difference. Thanks!