Comments on: Standard vs Daylight Time

By: dw17

dw17 — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:24:53 +0000

I got the joke…

Printing the tickets with EST was not incorrect. Indiana at that time did not observe DST so they were always on EST.

I’m sure the confusion was part of the reason Indiana now observes DST. While I wish they had chosen CT over ET, it is at least consistent.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:53:24 +0000

wow I never realized that anyone would ever print tickets with the incorerct time on it. Some real rocket scientists on the project!

The ET thing its a joke!! Ok Rembember the movie ET?

By: dw17

dw17 — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:43:03 +0000

Granted, it was a bigger problem in areas surrounding Indiana when they did not change with DST every summer. In Indianapolis it was EST all year long. Now it is EDT in the summer, and EST in the winter.

Problem is that if you had tickets to say the Indy 500 they said race starts at 11:00 AM EST.

People on the East coast think that means 11 am NYC time, when it is really 12 noon NYC time…again, they would not be late, they would be early.

I’m not sure how saying 4pm ET would ever be thought of as Extra Terrestrial.

But then again, I’m usually saying CT…

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:30:00 +0000

But on the same token if you Say ET then people will think your an Extra Terrestrial.

By: tc3

tc3 — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:14:26 +0000

This is a perfect example of why I am addicted to this site. I do this.

I didn’t even realize this before you pointed it out like so many ot the other things I’ve read here at My Biggest Complaint. Thanks for pointing this out. I am now officially on “ET - Eastern Time”.

By: mark

mark — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:21:15 +0000

You are correct but I have never heard of any confusion on this issue as if someone were to show up late because of nomenclature.
I have however heard of people who are dumb enough to think that if we have daylight savings time the curtains will fade more quickly