Once when I was still in the NO the priest didn't turn up for Mass, or at least he turned up an hour late. It wasn't his fault though. He had recently come from India and none of the other priests had explained to him the concept of daylight saving.

About 20 years ago I was at a 7AM Sunday Mass when the priest did not spring forward.

My neighbor was the sacristan and when the priest had not shown she came over and told me the priest had not changed his clock and rushing to make it over- from about 20 yards away in the rectory.

Now, some fat head knights of Columbus clown started running around telling people the reason mass would be late was a problem with the sound system- a blatant flat out lie from a fat head self-absorbed knighted jack boot.

Part of the problem was the spring festival the night before where the priest got drunk. My neighbor took the wrath of the priest who blamed her, a 90 year old woman with score of great-grand children was to blame.

I hated that priest, he once gave a homily about racism and then made it clear to everyone at the daily mass that the message was directed specifically towards me.

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THIS time, we were prepared!

My cell phone has an alarm set for waking up in the morning, and that thing changes time. I forgot about it, but my cell phone didn't.

 

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There were fewer people at Mass Sunday but nobody was saying they know someone who didn't come because of the time change.  Maybe we'll find out next week.  

If it had happened to me, I wouldn't be willing to admit it because in the past when I have done so, I have heard sniping barbs for months later from people who seem to shop around for reasons to make a public detraction against anyone they can find (that was at my old NovusOrdo parish, not this TLM parish).  Really bizarre, but I guess some people are like that:  they like to make jokes at the expense of others.  They must be really insecure themselves.

So it's a mark of honesty and benevolence for Matthew to open this thread with this info in the OP.  

Personally, I'd prefer to have no daylight savings.  The sun comes up and the sun goes down exactly as God intended it for us, and we ought to appreciate His wisdom.  If you would get up earlier from your comfy bed, then fine:  remember the value of penance.  We should glory in our infirmities, says St. Paul.  

In the end, we are better off accepting what God has ordained for us, even if we don't understand it.  This business of artificially changing the clocks by one hour twice a year adds to the MUNDANE aspect of life, and not to our appreciation of the mystery of God's creation.

I had forgotten too about the time change this week, until a friend mentioned it in passing at 6 pm Saturday.  I went and called 3 friends, all of whom had forgotten as well!  How wild is that?  Usually calendars have this as a note on the appropriate day, but I haven't seen any calendar that has it this year, for whatever reason.

My cell phone changed over at 2 am to read 3:00 am.  But a friend of mine has a cell phone that still had the old time on it even while I was talking to him at 5:00 am (it should have said 6:00).  So having a cell phone connection is not bullet-proof!  

I have a radio-controlled watch that has not picked up the signal from Colorado in any of the previous several years on the day of the time change, but somehow, this time, it picked it up and adjusted automatically as it is designed to do and as the settings I have set on it are supposed to make it do.

Nobody at Mass the week before mentioned the time change, and the priest did not mention it at Mass on March 9th.  

One thing I just noticed is, that the time change is not really related to Ember Days in Spring and Autumn, in America.  I guess that would be too simple for Catholics, and we can't have THAT happening.  

Last year, Ember Saturday was Feb. 23rd, and the "spring ahead" day was March 9th, 2 weeks later.  

This year, tomorrow is Ember Wednesday, and "spring ahead" day came a week before Ember Saturday (March 15th).

Last year, Sept. 21st was Ember Saturday, and "fall back" day was Nov. 3rd, or 6 weeks later.  

This year, Sept. 20th is Ember Saturday, and the "fall back" day will be Nov. 2nd, again, 6 weeks later.



To add to the confusion, there are different schedules in different regions of the world.  See a chart showing dates for 2013 here and for 2014 here.

I see 5 different days this spring, depending on where you're at, and they use different times of night to make the change:  midnight, 1:00, 2:00 or 3:00 am.  Add to that the fact that all the regions that change on the same day change at different times:  


America --- March 9th --- 2:00 --> 3:00 am
Cuba --- March 9th --- 0:00 --> 1:00 am

Europe & Asia Minor --- March 30th --- 1:00 am --> 2:00 am
Morocco, West Sahara --- March 30th --- 2:00 --> 3:00 am

And so on, therefore, a worldwide forum like CathInfo would be pretty fancy if it could discuss all these various schedules, no?  


Midnight is more popular in the southern hemisphere for whatever reason, as the time of day to make the new time change.  Remember, that the southern hemisphere has longer days in the months from October to March (their 'summer') and shorter days from April through September (their 'winter').

Here's a quick peek at the southern hemisphere (on the page for 2014 but they're saying 2013 -- maybe a mistake) here:  



Region    DST Ends
Turn 1 Hour Backward    DST Begins
Turn 1 Hour Forward    Time Zone/Country

Australia    
Apr. 6, 2013
3:00 → 2:00 AM Local Time
   
Oct. 5, 2013
2:00 → 3:00 AM Local Time
   Except Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia.
Brazil    
Oct. 19, 2013
0:00 AM → 11:00 PM Local Time
   
Feb. 16, 2013
0:00 → 1:00 AM AM Local Time
   Brazil (Partially).
Chile    
Oct. 12, 2013
0:00 AM → 11:00 PM Local Time
   
March. 9, 2013
0:00 → 1:00 AM Local Time
   Easter Is. observes 1 day earlier.
Fiji    
Oct. 26, 2013
3:00 → 2:00 AM Local Time
   
Jan. 19, 2013
2:00 → 3:00 AM Local Time
   Fiji Islands.
Namibia    
Sep. 7, 2013
2:00 → 1:00 AM Local Time
   
Apr. 6, 2013
2:00 → 3:00 AM Local Time
   
New Zealand    
Sep. 28, 2013
3:00 → 2:00 AM Local Time
   
Apr. 6, 2013
2:00 → 3:00 AM Local Time
   New Zealand, Samoa.
Paraguay   
Oct. 5, 2013
0:00 AM → 11:00 PM Local Time
   
Apr. 13, 2013
0:00 → 1:00 AM Local Time
   
Uruguay    
Oct. 5, 2013
2:00 → 3:00 AM Local Time
   
Mar. 9, 2013
2:00 → 1:00 AM Local Time




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Over here in the UK, it's not for a couple of weeks yet.

Quote from: Matthew

I wonder how many CathInfo members missed Mass today unintentionally because of this?

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It doesn't take effect (at least around here, in Ohio) until early Sunday morning.  Is that different in Texas?

This thread was bumped from 2 years ago. Took me a while to see it, too. Wondered how I made it till Thursday without realizing there had been a time change!