1 1.1 christos <!DOCTYPE html> 2 1.1 christos <html lang="en"> 3 1.1 christos <head> 4 1.1 christos <meta charset="UTF-8"> 5 1.1 christos <title>Time and the Arts</title> 6 1.1 christos </head> 7 1.1 christos <body> 8 1.1 christos <h1>Time and the Arts</h1> 9 1.1 christos <h2>Documentaries</h2> 10 1.1 christos <ul> 11 1.1 christos <li> 12 1.1 christos "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84aWtseb2-4">Daylight 13 1.1 christos Saving Time Explained</a>" (2011; 6:39) lightly covers daylight saving 14 1.1 christos time's theory, history, pros and cons. Among other things, it explains 15 1.1 christos Arizona's daylight-saving enclaves quite well.</li> 16 1.1 christos <li> 17 1.1 christos "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY">The Problem 18 1.1 christos with Time & Timezones – Computerphile</a>" (2013; 10:12) delves 19 1.1 christos into problems that programmers have with timekeeping.</li> 20 1.1 christos <li> 21 1.4 christos "<a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/28375932.html">All The Time In The World: 22 1.1 christos Explaining The Mysteries Of Time Zones</a>" (2017; 2:15) 23 1.1 christos briefly says why France has more time zones than Russia. 24 1.1 christos <li> 25 1.12 christos "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRz-Dl60Lfc">Why Denmark used to be 26 1.12 christos .04 seconds behind the world</a>" (2019; 6:29) explains why the United Kingdom 27 1.12 christos — and, once, Denmark — haven't always exactly followed their own 28 1.12 christos laws about civil time. 29 1.8 christos <li> 30 1.4 christos "About Time" (1962; 59 minutes) is part of the 31 1.1 christos Bell Science extravaganza, with Frank Baxter, Richard Deacon, and Les Tremayne. 32 1.1 christos Its advisor was Richard Feynman, and it was voiced by Mel Blanc. 33 1.5 christos (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154110/">IMDb entry</a>.)</li> 34 1.1 christos </ul> 35 1.1 christos <h2>Movies</h2> 36 1.1 christos <ul> 37 1.1 christos <li> 38 1.1 christos In the 1946 movie <em>A Matter of Life and Death</em> 39 1.1 christos (U.S. title <em>Stairway to Heaven</em>) 40 1.1 christos there is a reference to British Double Summer Time. 41 1.1 christos The time does not play a large part in the plot; 42 1.1 christos it's just a passing reference to the time when one of the 43 1.1 christos characters was supposed to have died (but didn't). 44 1.5 christos (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038733/">IMDb entry.</a>) 45 1.3 christos (Dave Cantor) 46 1.1 christos <li> 47 1.1 christos The 1953 railway comedy movie <em>The Titfield Thunderbolt</em> includes a 48 1.1 christos play on words on British Double Summer Time. Valentine's wife wants 49 1.1 christos him to leave the pub and asks him, "Do you know what time it is?" 50 1.1 christos And he, happy where he is, replies: "Yes, my love. Summer double time." 51 1.5 christos (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046436/">IMDb entry.</a>) 52 1.3 christos (Mark Brader, 2009-10-02) 53 1.1 christos </li> 54 1.1 christos <li> 55 1.1 christos The premise of the 1999 caper movie <em>Entrapment</em> involves computers 56 1.1 christos in an international banking network being shut down briefly at 57 1.1 christos midnight in each time zone to avoid any problems at the transition 58 1.1 christos from the year 1999 to 2000 in that zone. (Hmmmm.) If this shutdown 59 1.1 christos is extended by 10 seconds, it will create a one-time opportunity for 60 1.1 christos a gigantic computerized theft. To achieve this, at one location the 61 1.1 christos crooks interfere with the microwave system supplying time signals to 62 1.1 christos the computer, advancing the time by 0.1 second each minute over the 63 1.1 christos last hour of 1999. (So this movie teaches us that 0.1 × 60 = 10.) 64 1.5 christos (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137494/">IMDb entry.</a>) 65 1.3 christos (Mark Brader, 2009-10-02) 66 1.1 christos </li> 67 1.1 christos <li> 68 1.1 christos One mustn't forget the 69 1.1 christos <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4EUTMPuvHo">trailer</a> 70 1.1 christos (2014; 2:23) for the movie <em>Daylight Saving</em>. 71 1.1 christos </li> 72 1.1 christos </ul> 73 1.1 christos <h2>TV episodes</h2> 74 1.1 christos <ul> 75 1.1 christos <li> 76 1.1 christos An episode of <em>The Adventures of Superman</em> entitled "The Mysterious 77 1.1 christos Cube," first aired 1958-02-24, had Superman convincing the controllers 78 1.1 christos of the Arlington Time Signal to broadcast ahead of actual time; 79 1.1 christos doing so got a crook trying to be declared dead to 80 1.1 christos emerge a bit too early from the titular enclosure. 81 1.3 christos (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0506628/">IMDb entry</a>.) 82 1.1 christos </li> 83 1.1 christos <li> 84 1.3 christos "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chimes_of_Big_Ben">The Chimes 85 1.3 christos of Big Ben</a>", <em>The Prisoner</em>, episode 2, ITC, 1967-10-06. 86 1.1 christos Our protagonist tumbles to 87 1.1 christos the fraudulent nature of a Poland-to-England escape upon hearing "Big 88 1.1 christos Ben" chiming on Polish local time. 89 1.3 christos (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0679185/">IMDb entry.</a>) 90 1.1 christos </li> 91 1.1 christos <li> 92 1.1 christos "The Susie", <em>Seinfeld</em>, season 8, episode 15, NBC, 1997-02-13. 93 1.1 christos Kramer decides that daylight saving time 94 1.1 christos isn't coming fast enough, so he sets his watch ahead an hour. 95 1.1 christos </li> 96 1.1 christos <li> 97 1.1 christos "20 Hours in America", <em>The West Wing</em>, season 4, episodes 1–2, 98 1.1 christos 2002-09-25, contained a <a 99 1.1 christos href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J1NHzQ1sgc">scene</a> that 100 1.1 christos saw White House staffers stranded in Indiana; they thought they had time to 101 1.1 christos catch Air Force One but were done in by intra-Indiana local time changes. 102 1.1 christos </li> 103 1.1 christos <li> 104 1.1 christos "In what time zone would you find New York City?" was a $200 question on 105 1.1 christos the 1999-11-13 United States airing of <em>Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?</em>, 106 1.1 christos and "In 1883, what industry led the movement to divide the U.S. into four time 107 1.1 christos zones?" was a $32,000 question on the 2001-05-23 United States airing of 108 1.1 christos the same show. At this rate, the million-dollar time-zone 109 1.1 christos question should have been asked 2002-06-04. 110 1.1 christos </li> 111 1.1 christos <li> 112 1.1 christos A private jet's mid-flight change of time zones distorts Alison Dubois' 113 1.1 christos premonition in the "We Had a Dream" episode of <em>Medium</em> 114 1.1 christos (originally aired 2007-02-28). 115 1.1 christos </li> 116 1.1 christos <li> 117 1.7 christos A criminal's failure to account for the start of daylight saving is pivotal 118 1.7 christos in "<a href="https://monk.fandom.com/wiki/Mr._Monk_and_the_Rapper">Mr. Monk 119 1.7 christos and the Rapper</a>" (first aired 2007-07-20). 120 1.7 christos </li> 121 1.7 christos <li> 122 1.1 christos In the <em>30 Rock</em> episode "Anna Howard Shaw Day" 123 1.1 christos (first broadcast 2010-02-11), 124 1.1 christos Jack Donaghy's date realizes that a Geneva-to-New-York business phone call 125 1.1 christos received in the evening must be fake given the difference in local times. 126 1.1 christos </li> 127 1.1 christos <li> 128 1.1 christos In the "Run by the Monkeys" episode of <em>Da Vinci's Inquest</em> 129 1.1 christos (first broadcast 2002-11-17), 130 1.1 christos a witness in a five-year-old fire case realizes they may not have set 131 1.1 christos their clock back when daylight saving ended on the day of the fire, 132 1.1 christos introducing the possibility of an hour when arson might have occurred. 133 1.1 christos </li> 134 1.1 christos <li> 135 1.1 christos In "The Todd Couple" episode of <em>Outsourced</em> (first aired 2011-02-10), 136 1.1 christos Manmeet sets up Valentine's Day teledates for 6:00 and 9:00pm; 137 1.1 christos since one is with a New Yorker and the other with a San Franciscan, 138 1.1 christos hilarity ensues. 139 1.1 christos (Never mind that this should be 7:30am in Mumbai, yet for some reason the show 140 1.1 christos proceeds as though it's also mid-evening there.) 141 1.1 christos </li> 142 1.1 christos <li> 143 1.1 christos In the "14 Days to Go"/"T Minus..." episode of 144 1.1 christos <em>You, Me and the Apocalypse</em> 145 1.1 christos (first aired 2015-11-11 in the UK, 2016-03-10 in the US), 146 1.1 christos the success of a mission to deal with a comet 147 1.1 christos hinges on whether or not Russia observes daylight saving time. 148 1.9 christos (In the US, 149 1.9 christos the episode first aired in the week before the switch to <abbr>DST</abbr>.) 150 1.1 christos </li> 151 1.1 christos <li> 152 1.1 christos "The Lost Hour", <em>Eerie, Indiana</em>, episode 10, NBC, 1991-12-01. 153 1.9 christos Despite Indiana's then-lack of <abbr>DST</abbr>, 154 1.9 christos Marshall changes his clock with unusual consequences. 155 1.1 christos See "<a 156 1.1 christos href="https://www.avclub.com/eerie-indiana-was-a-few-dimensions-ahead-of-its-time-1819833380"><em>Eerie, 157 1.1 christos Indiana</em> was a few dimensions ahead of its time</a>". 158 1.1 christos </li> 159 1.1 christos <li> 160 1.1 christos "Time Tunnel", <em>The Adventures of Pete & Pete</em>, season 2, episode 5, 161 1.1 christos Nickelodeon, 1994-10-23. 162 1.9 christos The two Petes travel back in time an hour 163 1.9 christos on the day that <abbr>DST</abbr> ends. 164 1.1 christos </li> 165 1.1 christos <li> 166 1.1 christos "King-Size Homer", <em>The Simpsons</em>, episode 135, Fox, 1995-11-05. 167 1.1 christos Homer, working from home, remarks "8:58, first 168 1.1 christos time I've ever been early for work. Except for all those daylight 169 1.1 christos savings days. Lousy farmers." 170 1.1 christos </li> 171 1.1 christos <li> 172 1.2 christos <em>Last Week Tonight with John Oliver</em>, season 2, episode 5, 2015-03-08, 173 1.2 christos asked, "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br0NW9ufUUw">Daylight Saving 174 1.2 christos Time – How Is This Still A Thing?</a>" 175 1.2 christos </li> 176 1.2 christos <li> 177 1.1 christos "Tracks", <em>The Good Wife</em>, season 7, episode 12, 178 1.1 christos CBS, 2016-01-17. 179 1.1 christos The applicability of a contract hinges on the 180 1.1 christos time zone associated with a video timestamp. 181 1.1 christos </li> 182 1.1 christos <li> 183 1.1 christos "Justice", <em>Veep</em>, season 6, episode 4, HBO, 2017-05-07. 184 1.9 christos Jonah's inability to understand <abbr>DST</abbr> ends up impressing a wealthy 185 1.1 christos backer who sets him up for a 2020 presidential run. 186 1.1 christos </li> 187 1.1 christos </ul> 188 1.1 christos <h2>Books, plays, and magazines</h2> 189 1.1 christos <ul> 190 1.1 christos <li> 191 1.1 christos Jules Verne, <em>Around the World in Eighty Days</em> 192 1.1 christos (<em>Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours</em>), 1873. 193 1.1 christos Wall-clock time plays a central role in the plot. 194 1.1 christos European readers of the 1870s clearly held the U.S. press in 195 1.1 christos deep contempt; the protagonists cross the U.S. without once 196 1.1 christos reading a paper. 197 1.1 christos Available versions include 198 1.5 christos <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/103">an English 199 1.1 christos translation</a>, and 200 1.1 christos <a href="https://fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/tdm80j">the original French</a> 201 1.1 christos "with illustrations from the original 1873 French-language edition". 202 1.1 christos </li> 203 1.1 christos <li> 204 1.1 christos Nick Enright, <em>Daylight Saving</em>, 1989. 205 1.1 christos A fast-paced comedy about love and loneliness as the clocks turn back. 206 1.1 christos </li> 207 1.1 christos <li> 208 1.3 christos Umberto Eco, 209 1.3 christos <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_of_the_Day_Before"><em>The 210 1.3 christos Island of the Day Before</em></a> 211 1.1 christos (<em>L'isola del giorno prima</em>), 1994. 212 1.1 christos "...the story of a 17th century Italian nobleman trapped near an island 213 1.13 christos on the International Date Line. Time and time zones play an integral 214 1.1 christos part in the novel." (Paul Eggert, 2006-04-22) 215 1.1 christos </li> 216 1.1 christos <li> 217 1.1 christos John Dunning, <a 218 1.5 christos href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Two-OClock-Eastern-Wartime/John-Dunning/9781439171530"><em>Two 219 1.1 christos O'Clock, Eastern Wartime</em></a>, 2001. 220 1.1 christos Mystery, history, daylight saving time, and old-time radio. 221 1.1 christos </li> 222 1.1 christos <li> 223 1.1 christos Surrealist artist Guy Billout's work "Date Line" appeared on page 103 224 1.1 christos of the 1999-11 <em>Atlantic Monthly</em>. 225 1.1 christos </li> 226 1.1 christos <li> 227 1.1 christos "Gloom, Gloom, Go Away" by Walter Kirn appeared on page 106 of <em>Time</em> 228 1.1 christos magazine's 2002-11-11 issue; among other things, it proposed 229 1.9 christos year-round <abbr>DST</abbr> as a way of lessening wintertime despair. 230 1.1 christos </li> 231 1.14 christos <li> 232 1.14 christos Cory Doctorow, <a 233 1.14 christos href="https://craphound.com/est/download/"><em>Eastern Standard Tribe</em></a>, 234 1.14 christos 2004. The world splinters into tribes characterized by their timezones. 235 1.14 christos </li> 236 1.1 christos </ul> 237 1.1 christos <h2>Music</h2> 238 1.13 christos <ul> 239 1.13 christos <li> 240 1.13 christos Recordings of "Save That Time," Russ Long, Serrob Publishing, BMI: 241 1.13 christos <ul> 242 1.13 christos <li> 243 1.13 christos Karrin Allyson, <em>I Didn't Know About You</em> (1993), track 11, 3:44. 244 1.13 christos Concord Jazz CCD-4543. 245 1.13 christos Karrin Allyson, vocal; 246 1.1 christos Russ Long, piano; 247 1.1 christos Gerald Spaits, bass; 248 1.13 christos Todd Strait, drums. 249 1.13 christos CD notes "additional lyric by Karrin Allyson; 250 1.13 christos arranged by Russ Long and Karrin Allyson". 251 1.13 christos ADO ★, 252 1.13 christos <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-didnt-know-about-you-mw0000618657">AMG</a> 253 1.13 christos ★★★★, Penguin ★★★⯪. 254 1.13 christos </li> 255 1.13 christos <li> 256 1.13 christos Kevin Mahogany, <em>Double Rainbow</em> (1993), track 3, 6:27. Enja ENJ-7097 2. 257 1.13 christos Kevin Mahogany, vocal; 258 1.1 christos Kenny Barron, piano; 259 1.1 christos Ray Drummond, bass; 260 1.1 christos Ralph Moore, tenor saxophone; 261 1.13 christos Lewis Nash, drums. 262 1.13 christos ADO ★⯪, 263 1.13 christos <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/double-rainbow-mw0000620371">AMG</a> 264 1.13 christos ★★★, Penguin ★★★. 265 1.13 christos </li> 266 1.13 christos <li> 267 1.13 christos Joe Williams, <em>Here's to Life</em> (1994), track 7, 3:58. 268 1.13 christos Telarc Jazz CD-83357. 269 1.13 christos Joe Williams, vocal; The Robert Farnon [39 piece] Orchestra. 270 1.13 christos Also in a 3-CD package "Triple Play", Telarc CD-83461. 271 1.13 christos ADO •, 272 1.13 christos <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/heres-to-life-mw0000623648">AMG</a> 273 1.13 christos ★★, Penguin ★★★. 274 1.13 christos </li> 275 1.13 christos <li> 276 1.13 christos Charles Fambrough, <em>Keeper of the Spirit</em> (1995), track 7, 7:07. 277 1.13 christos AudioQuest AQ-CD1033. 278 1.13 christos Charles Fambrough, bass; 279 1.1 christos Joel Levine, tenor recorder; 280 1.1 christos Edward Simon, piano; 281 1.1 christos Lenny White, drums; 282 1.13 christos Marion Simon, percussion. 283 1.13 christos ADO ★, 284 1.13 christos <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/keeper-of-the-spirit-mw0000176559">AMG</a> 285 1.13 christos unrated, Penguin ★★★. 286 1.13 christos </ul> 287 1.13 christos </li> 288 1.13 christos <li> 289 1.13 christos Holly Cole Trio, Blame It On My Youth (1992). Manhattan CDP 7 97349 2, 37:45. 290 1.13 christos Holly Cole, voice; 291 1.1 christos Aaron Davis, piano; 292 1.13 christos David Piltch, string bass. 293 1.13 christos Lyrical reference to "Eastern Standard Time" in 294 1.13 christos Tom Waits's "Purple Avenue". 295 1.13 christos ADO ★★⯪, 296 1.13 christos <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/blame-it-on-my-youth-mw0000274303">AMG</a> 297 1.13 christos ★★★, Penguin unrated. 298 1.13 christos </li> 299 1.13 christos <li> 300 1.13 christos Milt Hinton, 301 1.13 christos <a href="https://chiaroscurojazz.org/catalog/old-man-time-2-cd-set/"><em>Old 302 1.13 christos Man Time</em></a> (1990). 303 1.13 christos Chiaroscuro CR(D) 310, 149:38 (two CDs). 304 1.13 christos Milt Hinton, bass; 305 1.1 christos Doc Cheatham, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, trumpet; 306 1.1 christos Al Grey, trombone; 307 1.1 christos Eddie Barefield, Joe Camel (Flip Phillips), Buddy Tate, 308 1.1 christos clarinet and saxophone; 309 1.1 christos John Bunch, Red Richards, Norman Simmons, Derek Smith, 310 1.1 christos Ralph Sutton, piano; 311 1.1 christos Danny Barker, Al Casey, guitar; 312 1.1 christos Gus Johnson, Gerryck King, Bob Rosengarden, Jackie Williams, 313 1.1 christos drums; 314 1.1 christos Lionel Hampton, vibraphone; 315 1.1 christos Cab Calloway, Joe Williams, vocal; 316 1.13 christos Buck Clayton, arrangements. 317 1.13 christos Tunes include "Old Man Time", "Time After Time", 318 1.13 christos "Sometimes I'm Happy", 319 1.13 christos "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight", 320 1.13 christos "Four or Five Times", "Now's the Time", 321 1.13 christos "Time on My Hands", "This Time It's Us", 322 1.13 christos and "Good Time Charlie". 323 1.13 christos ADO ★★★, 324 1.13 christos <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/old-man-time-mw0000269353">AMG</a> 325 1.13 christos ★★★★⯪, Penguin ★★★. 326 1.13 christos </li> 327 1.13 christos <li> 328 1.13 christos Alan Broadbent, <em>Pacific Standard Time</em> (1995). 329 1.13 christos Concord Jazz CCD-4664, 62:42. 330 1.13 christos Alan Broadbent, piano; 331 1.1 christos Putter Smith, Bass; 332 1.13 christos Frank Gibson, Jr., drums. 333 1.13 christos The CD cover features an analemma for equation-of-time fans. 334 1.13 christos ADO ★, 335 1.13 christos <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/pacific-standard-time-mw0000645433">AMG</a> 336 1.13 christos ★★★★, Penguin ★★★⯪. 337 1.13 christos </li> 338 1.13 christos <li> 339 1.13 christos Anthony Braxton/Richard Teitelbaum, <em>Silence/Time Zones</em> (1996). 340 1.13 christos Black Lion BLCD 760221, 72:58. 341 1.13 christos Anthony Braxton, sopranino and alto saxophones, 342 1.1 christos contrebasse clarinet, miscellaneous instruments; 343 1.1 christos Leo Smith, trumpet and miscellaneous instruments; 344 1.1 christos Leroy Jenkins, violin and miscellaneous instruments; 345 1.13 christos Richard Teitelbaum, modular moog and micromoog synthesizer. 346 1.13 christos ADO •, 347 1.13 christos <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/silence-time-zones-mw0000595735">AMG</a> 348 1.13 christos ★★★★. 349 1.13 christos </li> 350 1.13 christos <li> 351 1.13 christos Charles Gayle, <em>Time Zones</em> (2006). Tompkins Square TSQ2839, 49:06. 352 1.13 christos Charles Gayle, piano. 353 1.13 christos ADO ★, 354 1.13 christos <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/time-zones-mw0000349642">AMG</a> 355 1.13 christos ★★★★⯪. 356 1.13 christos </li> 357 1.13 christos <li> 358 1.13 christos The Get Up Kids, <em>Eudora</em> (2001). Vagrant 357, 65:12. 359 1.13 christos Includes the song "Central Standard Time." 360 1.13 christos Thanks to Colin Bowern for this information. 361 1.13 christos <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/eudora-mw0000592063">AMG</a> 362 1.13 christos ★★⯪. 363 1.13 christos </li> 364 1.13 christos <li> 365 1.13 christos Coldplay, "Clocks" (2003). 366 1.13 christos Capitol 52608, 4:13. 367 1.13 christos Won the 2004 Record of the Year honor at the 368 1.1 christos Grammy Awards. Co-written and performed by Chris Martin, 369 1.9 christos great-great-grandson of <abbr>DST</abbr> inventor William Willett. 370 1.13 christos The song's first line is "Lights go out and I can't be saved". 371 1.13 christos </li> 372 1.13 christos <li> 373 1.13 christos Jaime Guevara, "<a 374 1.1 christos href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfN4Fe_A50U">Qué 375 1.13 christos hora es</a>" (1993), 3:04. 376 1.13 christos The song protested "Sixto Hour" in Ecuador 377 1.1 christos (1992–3). Its lyrics include "Amanecía en mitad de la noche, los 378 1.1 christos guaguas iban a clase sin sol" ("It was dawning in the middle of the 379 1.1 christos night, the buses went to class without sun"). 380 1.13 christos </li> 381 1.13 christos <li> 382 1.13 christos Irving Kahal and Harry Richman, 383 1.13 christos "There Ought to be a Moonlight Saving Time" (1931). 384 1.13 christos This musical standard was a No. 1 hit for Guy Lombardo 385 1.1 christos in 1931, and was also performed by Maurice Chevalier, Blossom Dearie 386 1.1 christos and many others. The phrase "Moonlight saving time" also appears in 387 1.1 christos the 1995 country song "Not Enough Hours in the Night" written by Aaron 388 1.1 christos Barker, Kim Williams and Rob Harbin and performed by Doug 389 1.13 christos Supernaw. 390 1.13 christos </li> 391 1.13 christos <li> 392 1.13 christos The Microscopic Septet, <em>Lobster Leaps In</em> (2008). 393 1.13 christos Cuneiform 272, 73:05. 394 1.13 christos Includes the song "Twilight Time Zone." 395 1.13 christos ADO ★★, 396 1.13 christos <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/lobster-leaps-in-mw0000794929">AMG</a> 397 1.13 christos ★★★⯪. 398 1.13 christos </li> 399 1.13 christos <li> 400 1.13 christos Bob Dylan, <em>The Times They Are a-Changin'</em> (1964). 401 1.13 christos Columbia CK-8905, 45:36. 402 1.13 christos ADO ★⯪, 403 1.13 christos <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-times-they-a-changin-mw0000202344">AMG</a> 404 1.13 christos ★★★★⯪. 405 1.13 christos The title song is also available on "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" and "The Essential Bob Dylan." 406 1.13 christos </li> 407 1.13 christos <li> 408 1.13 christos Luciana Souza, <em>Tide</em> (2009). Universal Jazz France B0012688-02, 42:31. 409 1.13 christos ADO ★★⯪, 410 1.13 christos <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/tide-mw0000815692">AMG</a> 411 1.13 christos ★★★⯪. 412 1.13 christos Includes the song "Fire and Wood" with the lyric 413 1.1 christos "The clocks were turned back you remember/Think it's still November." 414 1.13 christos </li> 415 1.13 christos <li> 416 1.13 christos Ken Nordine, <em>You're Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters</em> (2005). 417 1.13 christos Geffen B0005171-02, 156:22. 418 1.13 christos ADO ★, 419 1.13 christos <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/youre-getting-better-the-word-jazz-dot-masters-mw0000736197">AMG</a> 420 1.13 christos ★★★★⯪. 421 1.13 christos Includes the piece "What Time Is It" 422 1.13 christos ("He knew what time it was everywhere...that counted"). 423 1.13 christos </li> 424 1.13 christos <li> 425 1.13 christos Chicago, <em>Chicago Transit Authority</em> (1969). Columbia 64409, 1:16:20. 426 1.13 christos <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/chicago-transit-authority-mw0000189364">AMG</a> ★★★★. 427 1.13 christos Includes the song "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?". 428 1.13 christos </li> 429 1.13 christos <li> 430 1.13 christos Emanuele Arciuli, 431 1.13 christos <a href="https://neumarecords.org/ols/products/william-duckworth-the-time-curve-preludes"><em>The Time Curve Preludes</em></a> (2023). 432 1.13 christos Neuma 174, 44:46. 433 1.13 christos The title piece, composed by 434 1.13 christos <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Duckworth_(composer)">William 435 1.13 christos Duckworth</a>, is the first work of postminimal music. 436 1.13 christos Unlike minimalism, it does not assume that the listener has plenty of time. 437 1.13 christos </li> 438 1.13 christos </ul> 439 1.1 christos <h2>Comics</h2> 440 1.1 christos <ul> 441 1.1 christos <li> 442 1.11 christos The webcomic <em>xkcd</em> has the strips 443 1.11 christos "<a href="https://xkcd.com/673/">The Sun</a>" (2009-12-09), 444 1.11 christos "<a href="https://xkcd.com/1655/">Doomsday Clock</a>" (2016-03-14) and 445 1.11 christos "<a href="https://xkcd.com/2549/">Edge Cake</a>" (2021-12-01), 446 1.11 christos along with the panels 447 1.11 christos "<a href="https://xkcd.com/448/">Good Morning</a>" (2008-07-11), 448 1.10 christos "<a href="https://xkcd.com/1017/">Backward in Time</a>" (2012-02-14), 449 1.10 christos "<a href="https://xkcd.com/1061/">EST</a>" (2012-05-28), 450 1.10 christos "<a href="https://xkcd.com/1179/">ISO 8601</a>" (2013-02-27), 451 1.10 christos "<a href="https://xkcd.com/1335/">Now</a>" (2014-02-26), 452 1.10 christos "<a href="https://xkcd.com/1799/">Bad Map Projection: Time Zones</a>" 453 1.2 christos (2017-02-15), 454 1.10 christos "<a href="https://xkcd.com/1883/">Supervillain Plan</a>" (2017-08-30), 455 1.10 christos "<a href="https://xkcd.com/2050/">6/6 Time</a>" (2018-09-24), 456 1.11 christos "<a href="https://xkcd.com/2092/">Consensus New Year</a>" (2018-12-31), 457 1.11 christos "<a href="https://xkcd.com/2266/">Leap Smearing</a>" (2020-02-10), 458 1.13 christos "<a href="https://xkcd.com/2594/">Consensus Time</a>" (2022-03-16), 459 1.13 christos "<a href="https://xkcd.com/2846/">Daylight Saving Choice</a>" (2023-10-25), 460 1.13 christos "<a href="https://xkcd.com/2854/">Date Line</a>" (2023-11-13), 461 1.13 christos and "<a href="https://xkcd.com/2867/">DateTime</a>" (2023-12-13). 462 1.1 christos The related book <em>What If?</em> has an entry 463 1.10 christos "<a href="https://what-if.xkcd.com/26/">Leap Seconds</a>" (2012-12-31). 464 1.1 christos </li> 465 1.1 christos <li> 466 1.1 christos Pig kills time in <a 467 1.5 christos href="https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2016/11/06"><em>Pearls 468 1.1 christos Before Swine</em> (2016-11-06)</a>. 469 1.1 christos </li> 470 1.1 christos <li> 471 1.1 christos Stonehenge is abandoned in <a 472 1.10 christos href="https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2017/03/12"><em>Non Sequitur</em> 473 1.1 christos (2017-03-12)</a>. 474 1.13 christos </li> 475 1.1 christos <li> 476 1.13 christos Caulfield proposes changing clocks just once a year in 477 1.13 christos <a href="https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2023/12/31"><em>Frazz</em> 478 1.13 christos (2023-12-31)</a>, while Peter and Jason go multi-lingual and -zonal in 479 1.13 christos <a href="https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2023/12/31"><em>FoxTrot</em> 480 1.13 christos (the same day)</a>. 481 1.1 christos </li> 482 1.1 christos <li> 483 1.1 christos Peppermint Patty: "What if the world comes to an end tonight, Marcie?" 484 1.1 christos <br> 485 1.1 christos Marcie: "I promise there'll be a tomorrow, sir ... in fact, 486 1.1 christos it's already tomorrow in Australia!" 487 1.1 christos <br> 488 1.10 christos (Charles M. Schulz, <a href="https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1980/06/13"><em>Peanuts</em>, 1980-06-13</a>) 489 1.1 christos </li> 490 1.1 christos </ul> 491 1.1 christos <h2>Jokes</h2> 492 1.1 christos <ul> 493 1.1 christos <li> 494 1.1 christos The idea behind daylight saving time was first proposed as a joke by 495 1.1 christos Benjamin Franklin. To enforce it, he suggested, "Every 496 1.1 christos morning, as soon as the sun rises, let all the bells in every church 497 1.1 christos be set ringing; and if that is not sufficient, let cannon be fired in 498 1.1 christos every street, to wake the sluggards effectually, and make them open 499 1.1 christos their eyes to see their true interest. All the difficulty will be in 500 1.1 christos the first two or three days: after which the reformation will be as 501 1.1 christos natural and easy as the present irregularity; for, <em>ce n'est que le 502 1.1 christos premier pas qui coûte</em>." 503 1.1 christos <a href="http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/franklin3.html">Franklin's 504 1.1 christos joke</a> was first published on 1784-04-26 by the 505 1.1 christos <em>Journal de Paris</em> as <a 506 1.1 christos href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Franklin-Benjamin-Journal-de-Paris-1784.jpg">an 507 1.1 christos anonymous letter translated into French</a>. 508 1.1 christos </li> 509 1.1 christos <li> 510 1.1 christos "We've been using the five-cent nickel in this country since 1492. 511 1.1 christos Now that's pretty near 100 years, daylight saving." 512 1.1 christos (Groucho Marx as Captain Spaulding in <em>Animal Crackers</em>, 1930, 513 1.1 christos as noted by Will Fitzgerald) 514 1.1 christos </li> 515 1.1 christos <li> 516 1.1 christos BRADY. ...[Bishop Usher] determined that the Lord began the Creation 517 1.1 christos on the 23rd of October in the Year 4,004 B.C. at – uh, 9 A.M.! 518 1.1 christos <br> 519 1.1 christos DRUMMOND. That Eastern Standard Time? (<em>Laughter.</em>) Or Rocky Mountain 520 1.1 christos Time? (<em>More laughter.</em>) It wasn't daylight-saving time, was it? Because 521 1.1 christos the Lord didn't make the sun until the fourth day! 522 1.1 christos <br> 523 1.1 christos (From the play <em>Inherit the Wind</em> by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, 524 1.1 christos filmed in 1960 with Spencer Tracy as Drummond and Fredric March as 525 1.1 christos Brady, and several other times. Thanks to Mark Brader.) 526 1.1 christos </li> 527 1.1 christos <li> 528 1.1 christos "Good news." 529 1.1 christos "What did they do? Extend Daylight Saving Time year round?" 530 1.1 christos (Professional tanner George Hamilton, in dialog from a 531 1.1 christos May, 1999 episode of the syndicated television series <em>Baywatch</em>) 532 1.1 christos </li> 533 1.1 christos <li> 534 1.1 christos "A fundamental belief held by Americans is that if you are on land, you 535 1.1 christos cannot be killed by a fish...So most Americans remain on land, believing 536 1.1 christos they're safe. Unfortunately, this belief – like so many myths, such as that 537 1.1 christos there's a reason for 'Daylight Saving Time' – is false." 538 1.1 christos (Dave Barry column, 2000-07-02) 539 1.1 christos </li> 540 1.1 christos <li> 541 1.1 christos "I once had sex for an hour and five minutes, but that was on the day 542 1.1 christos when you turn the clocks ahead." 543 1.1 christos (Garry Shandling, 52nd Annual Emmys, 2000-09-10) 544 1.1 christos </li> 545 1.1 christos <li> 546 1.1 christos "Would it impress you if I told you I invented Daylight Savings Time?" 547 1.1 christos ("Sahjhan" to "Lilah" in dialog from the "Loyalty" episode of <em>Angel</em>, 548 1.1 christos originally aired 2002-02-25) 549 1.1 christos </li> 550 1.1 christos <li> 551 1.1 christos "I thought you said Tulsa was a three-hour flight." 552 1.1 christos "Well, you're forgetting about the time difference." 553 1.1 christos ("Joey" and "Chandler" in dialog from the episode of <em>Friends</em> 554 1.1 christos entitled "The One With Rachel's Phone Number," originally aired 2002-12-05) 555 1.1 christos </li> 556 1.1 christos <li> 557 1.1 christos "Is that a pertinent fact, 558 1.1 christos or are you just trying to dazzle me with your command of time zones?" 559 1.1 christos (Kelsey Grammer as "Frasier Crane" to "Roz" from the episode of <em>Frasier</em> 560 1.1 christos entitled "The Kid," originally aired 1997-11-04) 561 1.1 christos </li> 562 1.1 christos <li> 563 1.1 christos "I put myself and my staff through this crazy, huge ordeal, all because 564 1.13 christos I refused to go on at midnight, okay? And so I work, you know, and 565 1.13 christos then I get this job at eleven, supposed to be a big deal. Then 566 1.1 christos yesterday daylight [saving] time ended. Right now it's basically 567 1.13 christos midnight." (Conan O'Brien on the 2010-11-08 premiere of <em>Conan</em>) 568 1.1 christos </li> 569 1.1 christos <li> 570 1.1 christos "The best method, I told folks, was to hang a large clock high on a 571 1.1 christos barn wall where all the cows could see it. If you have Holsteins, you 572 1.1 christos will need to use an analog clock." (Jerry Nelson, <a 573 1.1 christos href="http://www.agriculture.com/family/farm-humor/how-to-adjust-dairy-cows-to-daylight-savings-time">How 574 1.1 christos to adjust dairy cows to daylight saving time</a>", <em>Successful Farming</em>, 575 1.13 christos 2017-10-09) 576 1.1 christos </li> 577 1.1 christos <li> 578 1.1 christos "And now, driving to California, I find that I must enter a password 579 1.1 christos in order to change the time zone on my laptop clock. Evidently, 580 1.1 christos someone is out to mess up my schedule and my clock must be secured." 581 1.1 christos (Garrison Keillor, 582 1.1 christos "<a href="http://www.garrisonkeillor.com/weve-never-been-here-before/">We've 583 1.1 christos never been here before</a>", 2017-08-22) 584 1.1 christos </li> 585 1.1 christos <li> 586 1.1 christos "Well, in my time zone that's all the time I have, 587 1.1 christos but maybe in your time zone I haven't finished yet. So stay tuned!" 588 1.1 christos (Goldie Hawn, <em>Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In</em> No. 65, 1970-03-09) 589 1.1 christos </li> 590 1.1 christos </ul> 591 1.1 christos <h2>See also</h2> 592 1.1 christos <ul> 593 1.10 christos <li><a href="tz-link.html">Time Zone and Daylight Saving 594 1.1 christos Time Data</a></li> 595 1.1 christos </ul> 596 1.1 christos <hr> 597 1.1 christos <address> 598 1.1 christos This web page is in the public domain, so clarified as of 599 1.1 christos 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 600 1.1 christos <br> 601 1.1 christos Please send corrections to this web page to the 602 1.1 christos <a href="mailto:tz (a] iana.org">time zone mailing list</a>. 603 1.1 christos </address> 604 1.1 christos </body> 605 1.1 christos </html> 606
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