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1.1Schristos<h1>Time and the Arts</h1>
1.1Schristos<h2>Documentaries</h2>
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1.15Schristos“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84aWtseb2-4">Daylight
1.15SchristosSaving Time Explained</a>” (2011; 6:39) lightly covers daylight saving
1.15Schristostime’s theory, history, pros and cons. Among other things, it explains
1.15SchristosArizona’s daylight-saving enclaves quite well.
1.15Schristos</li>
1.15Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY">The Problem
1.15Schristoswith Time &amp; Timezones – Computerphile</a>” (2013; 10:12) delves
1.15Schristosinto problems that programmers have with timekeeping.
1.15Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/28375932.html">All The Time
1.15SchristosIn The World: Explaining The Mysteries Of Time Zones</a>” (2017; 2:15)
1.1Schristosbriefly says why France has more time zones than Russia.
1.15Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRz-Dl60Lfc">Why Denmark used to be
1.15Schristos.04 seconds behind the world</a>” (2019; 6:29) explains why the United Kingdom
1.15Schristos– and, once, Denmark – haven’t always exactly followed their own
1.12Schristoslaws about civil time.
1.15Schristos</li>
1.8Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfzsBMUiGGQ">How Daylight Savings
1.15SchristosBroke this $24 Million Building</a>” (2025; 5:01) describes the system of
1.15Schristosmirrors used at Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance to ensure the sun’s light
1.15Schristosstill hits at the “correct” ceremonial hour to commemorate the Armistice which
1.15Schristosended World War I.
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1.15Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“About Time” (1962; 59 minutes) is part of the
1.1SchristosBell Science extravaganza, with Frank Baxter, Richard Deacon, and Les Tremayne.
1.1SchristosIts advisor was Richard Feynman, and it was voiced by Mel Blanc.
1.15Schristos(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154110/">IMDb entry</a>.)
1.15Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos</ul>
1.1Schristos<h2>Movies</h2>
1.1Schristos<ul>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.1SchristosIn the 1946 movie <em>A Matter of Life and Death</em>
1.1Schristos(U.S. title <em>Stairway to Heaven</em>)
1.1Schristosthere is a reference to British Double Summer Time.
1.1SchristosThe time does not play a large part in the plot;
1.15Schristosit’s just a passing reference to the time when one of the
1.15Schristoscharacters was supposed to have died (but didn’t).
1.5Schristos(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038733/">IMDb entry.</a>)
1.3Schristos(Dave Cantor)
1.15Schristos</li>
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1.1SchristosThe 1953 railway comedy movie <em>The Titfield Thunderbolt</em> includes a
1.15Schristosplay on words on British Double Summer Time. Valentine’s wife wants
1.15Schristoshim to leave the pub and asks him, “Do you know what time it is?”
1.15SchristosAnd he, happy where he is, replies: “Yes, my love. Summer double time.”
1.5Schristos(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046436/">IMDb entry.</a>)
1.3Schristos(Mark Brader, 2009-10-02)
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1.1Schristos<li>
1.1SchristosThe premise of the 1999 caper movie <em>Entrapment</em> involves computers
1.1Schristosin an international banking network being shut down briefly at
1.1Schristosmidnight in each time zone to avoid any problems at the transition
1.1Schristosfrom the year 1999 to 2000 in that zone. (Hmmmm.) If this shutdown
1.1Schristosis extended by 10 seconds, it will create a one-time opportunity for
1.1Schristosa gigantic computerized theft. To achieve this, at one location the
1.1Schristoscrooks interfere with the microwave system supplying time signals to
1.1Schristosthe computer, advancing the time by 0.1 second each minute over the
1.15Schristoslast hour of 1999. (So this movie teaches us that 0.1 × 60 = 10.)
1.5Schristos(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137494/">IMDb entry.</a>)
1.3Schristos(Mark Brader, 2009-10-02)
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15SchristosOne mustn’t forget the
1.1Schristos<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4EUTMPuvHo">trailer</a>
1.1Schristos(2014; 2:23) for the movie <em>Daylight Saving</em>.
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos</ul>
1.1Schristos<h2>TV episodes</h2>
1.1Schristos<ul>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15SchristosAn episode of <em>The Adventures of Superman</em> entitled “The Mysterious
1.15SchristosCube”, first aired 1958-02-24, had Superman convincing the controllers
1.1Schristosof the Arlington Time Signal to broadcast ahead of actual time;
1.1Schristosdoing so got a crook trying to be declared dead to
1.1Schristosemerge a bit too early from the titular enclosure.
1.3Schristos(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0506628/">IMDb entry</a>.)
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chimes_of_Big_Ben">The Chimes
1.15Schristosof Big Ben</a>”, <em>The Prisoner</em>, episode 2, ITC, 1967-10-06.
1.1SchristosOur protagonist tumbles to
1.15Schristosthe fraudulent nature of a Poland-to-England escape upon hearing Big
1.15SchristosBen chiming on Polish local time.
1.3Schristos(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0679185/">IMDb entry.</a>)
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“The Susie”, <em>Seinfeld</em>, season 8, episode 15, NBC, 1997-02-13.
1.1SchristosKramer decides that daylight saving time
1.15Schristosisn’t coming fast enough, so he sets his watch ahead an hour.
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“20 Hours in America”, <em>The West Wing</em>, season 4, episodes 1–2,
1.1Schristos2002-09-25, contained a <a
1.1Schristoshref="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J1NHzQ1sgc">scene</a> that
1.1Schristossaw White House staffers stranded in Indiana; they thought they had time to
1.1Schristoscatch Air Force One but were done in by intra-Indiana local time changes.
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“In what time zone would you find New York City?” was a $200 question on
1.1Schristosthe 1999-11-13 United States airing of <em>Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?</em>,
1.15Schristosand “In 1883, what industry led the movement to divide the U.S. into four time
1.15Schristoszones?” was a $32,000 question on the 2001-05-23 United States airing of
1.1Schristosthe same show. At this rate, the million-dollar time-zone
1.1Schristosquestion should have been asked 2002-06-04.
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15SchristosA private jet’s mid-flight change of time zones distorts Alison Dubois’
1.15Schristospremonition in the “We Had a Dream” episode of <em>Medium</em>
1.1Schristos(originally aired 2007-02-28).
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15SchristosA criminal’s failure to account for the start of daylight saving is pivotal
1.15Schristosin “<a href="https://monk.fandom.com/wiki/Mr._Monk_and_the_Rapper">Mr. Monk
1.15Schristosand the Rapper</a>” (first aired 2007-07-20).
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1.15SchristosIn the <em>30 Rock</em> episode “Anna Howard Shaw Day”
1.1Schristos(first broadcast 2010-02-11),
1.15SchristosJack Donaghy’s date realizes that a Geneva-to-New-York business phone call
1.1Schristosreceived in the evening must be fake given the difference in local times.
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1.1Schristos<li>
1.15SchristosIn the “Run by the Monkeys” episode of <em>Da Vinci’s Inquest</em>
1.1Schristos(first broadcast 2002-11-17),
1.1Schristosa witness in a five-year-old fire case realizes they may not have set
1.1Schristostheir clock back when daylight saving ended on the day of the fire,
1.1Schristosintroducing the possibility of an hour when arson might have occurred.
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15SchristosIn “The Todd Couple” episode of <em>Outsourced</em> (first aired 2011-02-10),
1.15SchristosManmeet sets up Valentine’s Day teledates for 6:00 and 9:00pm;
1.1Schristossince one is with a New Yorker and the other with a San Franciscan,
1.1Schristoshilarity ensues.
1.1Schristos(Never mind that this should be 7:30am in Mumbai, yet for some reason the show
1.15Schristosproceeds as though it’s also mid-evening there.)
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15SchristosIn the “14 Days to Go”/“T Minus...” episode of
1.1Schristos<em>You, Me and the Apocalypse</em>
1.1Schristos(first aired 2015-11-11 in the UK, 2016-03-10 in the US),
1.1Schristosthe success of a mission to deal with a comet
1.1Schristoshinges on whether or not Russia observes daylight saving time.
1.9Schristos(In the US,
1.9Schristosthe episode first aired in the week before the switch to <abbr>DST</abbr>.)
1.1Schristos</li>
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1.15Schristos“The Lost Hour”, <em>Eerie, Indiana</em>, episode 10, NBC, 1991-12-01.
1.15SchristosDespite Indiana’s then-lack of <abbr>DST</abbr>,
1.9SchristosMarshall changes his clock with unusual consequences.
1.15SchristosSee “<a
1.1Schristoshref="https://www.avclub.com/eerie-indiana-was-a-few-dimensions-ahead-of-its-time-1819833380"><em>Eerie,
1.15SchristosIndiana</em> was a few dimensions ahead of its time</a>”.
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“Time Tunnel”, <em>The Adventures of Pete &amp; Pete</em>,
1.15Schristosseason 2, episode 5, Nickelodeon, 1994-10-23.
1.9SchristosThe two Petes travel back in time an hour
1.9Schristoson the day that <abbr>DST</abbr> ends.
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“King-Size Homer”, <em>The Simpsons</em>, episode 135, Fox, 1995-11-05.
1.15SchristosHomer, working from home, remarks “8:58, first
1.15Schristostime I’ve ever been early for work. Except for all those daylight
1.15Schristossavings days. Lousy farmers.”
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.2Schristos<em>Last Week Tonight with John Oliver</em>, season 2, episode 5, 2015-03-08,
1.15Schristosasked, “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br0NW9ufUUw">Daylight
1.15SchristosSaving Time – How Is This Still A Thing?</a>”
1.2Schristos</li>
1.2Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“Tracks”, <em>The Good Wife</em>, season 7, episode 12,
1.1SchristosCBS, 2016-01-17.
1.1SchristosThe applicability of a contract hinges on the
1.1Schristostime zone associated with a video timestamp.
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1.15Schristos“Justice”, <em>Veep</em>, season 6, episode 4, HBO, 2017-05-07.
1.15SchristosJonah’s inability to understand <abbr>DST</abbr> ends up impressing a wealthy
1.1Schristosbacker who sets him up for a 2020 presidential run.
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos</ul>
1.1Schristos<h2>Books, plays, and magazines</h2>
1.1Schristos<ul>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.1SchristosJules Verne, <em>Around the World in Eighty Days</em>
1.1Schristos(<em>Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours</em>), 1873.
1.1SchristosWall-clock time plays a central role in the plot.
1.1SchristosEuropean readers of the 1870s clearly held the U.S. press in
1.1Schristosdeep contempt; the protagonists cross the U.S. without once
1.1Schristosreading a paper.
1.1SchristosAvailable versions include
1.5Schristos<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/103">an English
1.1Schristostranslation</a>, and
1.1Schristos<a href="https://fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/tdm80j">the original French</a>
1.15Schristos“with illustrations from the original 1873 French-language edition”.
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.1SchristosNick Enright, <em>Daylight Saving</em>, 1989.
1.1SchristosA fast-paced comedy about love and loneliness as the clocks turn back.
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.3SchristosUmberto Eco,
1.3Schristos<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_of_the_Day_Before"><em>The
1.3SchristosIsland of the Day Before</em></a>
1.15Schristos(<em>L’isola del giorno prima</em>), 1994.
1.15Schristos“...the story of a 17th century Italian nobleman trapped near an island
1.13Schristoson the International Date Line. Time and time zones play an integral
1.15Schristospart in the novel.” (Paul Eggert, 2006-04-22)
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.1SchristosJohn Dunning, <a
1.5Schristoshref="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Two-OClock-Eastern-Wartime/John-Dunning/9781439171530"><em>Two
1.15SchristosO’Clock, Eastern Wartime</em></a>, 2001.
1.1SchristosMystery, history, daylight saving time, and old-time radio.
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15SchristosSurrealist artist Guy Billout’s work “Date Line”
1.15Schristosappeared on page 103 of the 1999-11 <em>Atlantic Monthly</em>.
1.1Schristos</li>
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1.15Schristos“Gloom, Gloom, Go Away” by Walter Kirn appeared on page 106 of <em>Time</em>
1.15Schristosmagazine’s 2002-11-11 issue; among other things, it proposed
1.9Schristosyear-round <abbr>DST</abbr> as a way of lessening wintertime despair.
1.1Schristos</li>
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1.14SchristosCory Doctorow, <a
1.14Schristoshref="https://craphound.com/est/download/"><em>Eastern Standard Tribe</em></a>,
1.14Schristos2004. The world splinters into tribes characterized by their timezones.
1.14Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos</ul>
1.1Schristos<h2>Music</h2>
1.13Schristos<ul>
1.13Schristos<li>
1.15SchristosRecordings of “Save That Time”, Russ Long, Serrob Publishing, BMI:
1.13Schristos<ul>
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1.15SchristosKarrin Allyson, <em>I Didn’t Know About You</em> (1993), track 11, 3:44.
1.13SchristosConcord Jazz CCD-4543.
1.13SchristosKarrin Allyson, vocal;
1.1SchristosRuss Long, piano;
1.1SchristosGerald Spaits, bass;
1.13SchristosTodd Strait, drums.
1.15SchristosCD notes “additional lyric by Karrin Allyson;
1.15Schristosarranged by Russ Long and Karrin Allyson”.
1.15SchristosADO ★,
1.13Schristos<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-didnt-know-about-you-mw0000618657">AMG</a>
1.15Schristos★★★★, Penguin ★★★⯪.
1.13Schristos</li>
1.13Schristos<li>
1.13SchristosKevin Mahogany, <em>Double Rainbow</em> (1993), track 3, 6:27. Enja ENJ-7097 2.
1.13SchristosKevin Mahogany, vocal;
1.1SchristosKenny Barron, piano;
1.1SchristosRay Drummond, bass;
1.1SchristosRalph Moore, tenor saxophone;
1.13SchristosLewis Nash, drums.
1.15SchristosADO ★⯪,
1.13Schristos<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/double-rainbow-mw0000620371">AMG</a>
1.15Schristos★★★, Penguin ★★★.
1.13Schristos</li>
1.13Schristos<li>
1.15SchristosJoe Williams, <em>Here’s to Life</em> (1994), track 7, 3:58.
1.13SchristosTelarc Jazz CD-83357.
1.13SchristosJoe Williams, vocal; The Robert Farnon [39 piece] Orchestra.
1.15SchristosAlso in a 3-CD package “Triple Play”, Telarc CD-83461.
1.15SchristosADO •,
1.13Schristos<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/heres-to-life-mw0000623648">AMG</a>
1.15Schristos★★, Penguin ★★★.
1.13Schristos</li>
1.13Schristos<li>
1.13SchristosCharles Fambrough, <em>Keeper of the Spirit</em> (1995), track 7, 7:07.
1.13SchristosAudioQuest AQ-CD1033.
1.13SchristosCharles Fambrough, bass;
1.1SchristosJoel Levine, tenor recorder;
1.1SchristosEdward Simon, piano;
1.1SchristosLenny White, drums;
1.13SchristosMarion Simon, percussion.
1.15SchristosADO ★,
1.13Schristos<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/keeper-of-the-spirit-mw0000176559">AMG</a>
1.15Schristosunrated, Penguin ★★★.
1.13Schristos</ul>
1.13Schristos</li>
1.13Schristos<li>
1.13SchristosHolly Cole Trio, Blame It On My Youth (1992). Manhattan CDP 7 97349 2, 37:45.
1.13SchristosHolly Cole, voice;
1.1SchristosAaron Davis, piano;
1.13SchristosDavid Piltch, string bass.
1.15SchristosLyrical reference to “Eastern Standard Time” in
1.15SchristosTom Waits’s “Purple Avenue”.
1.15SchristosADO ★★⯪,
1.13Schristos<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/blame-it-on-my-youth-mw0000274303">AMG</a>
1.15Schristos★★★, Penguin unrated.
1.13Schristos</li>
1.13Schristos<li>
1.13SchristosMilt Hinton,
1.13Schristos<a href="https://chiaroscurojazz.org/catalog/old-man-time-2-cd-set/"><em>Old
1.13SchristosMan Time</em></a> (1990).
1.13SchristosChiaroscuro CR(D) 310, 149:38 (two CDs).
1.13SchristosMilt Hinton, bass;
1.1SchristosDoc Cheatham, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, trumpet;
1.1SchristosAl Grey, trombone;
1.1SchristosEddie Barefield, Joe Camel (Flip Phillips), Buddy Tate,
1.1Schristosclarinet and saxophone;
1.1SchristosJohn Bunch, Red Richards, Norman Simmons, Derek Smith,
1.1SchristosRalph Sutton, piano;
1.1SchristosDanny Barker, Al Casey, guitar;
1.1SchristosGus Johnson, Gerryck King, Bob Rosengarden, Jackie Williams,
1.1Schristosdrums;
1.1SchristosLionel Hampton, vibraphone;
1.1SchristosCab Calloway, Joe Williams, vocal;
1.13SchristosBuck Clayton, arrangements.
1.15SchristosTunes include “Old Man Time”, “Time After Time”,
1.15Schristos“Sometimes I’m Happy”,
1.15Schristos“A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight”,
1.15Schristos“Four or Five Times”, “Now’s the Time”,
1.15Schristos“Time on My Hands”, “This Time It’s Us”,
1.15Schristosand “Good Time Charlie”.
1.15SchristosADO ★★★,
1.13Schristos<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/old-man-time-mw0000269353">AMG</a>
1.15Schristos★★★★⯪, Penguin ★★★.
1.13Schristos</li>
1.13Schristos<li>
1.13SchristosAlan Broadbent, <em>Pacific Standard Time</em> (1995).
1.13SchristosConcord Jazz CCD-4664, 62:42.
1.13SchristosAlan Broadbent, piano;
1.1SchristosPutter Smith, Bass;
1.13SchristosFrank Gibson, Jr., drums.
1.13SchristosThe CD cover features an analemma for equation-of-time fans.
1.15SchristosADO ★,
1.13Schristos<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/pacific-standard-time-mw0000645433">AMG</a>
1.15Schristos★★★★, Penguin ★★★⯪.
1.13Schristos</li>
1.13Schristos<li>
1.13SchristosAnthony Braxton/Richard Teitelbaum, <em>Silence/Time Zones</em> (1996).
1.13SchristosBlack Lion BLCD 760221, 72:58.
1.13SchristosAnthony Braxton, sopranino and alto saxophones,
1.1Schristoscontrebasse clarinet, miscellaneous instruments;
1.1SchristosLeo Smith, trumpet and miscellaneous instruments;
1.1SchristosLeroy Jenkins, violin and miscellaneous instruments;
1.13SchristosRichard Teitelbaum, modular moog and micromoog synthesizer.
1.15SchristosADO •,
1.13Schristos<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/silence-time-zones-mw0000595735">AMG</a>
1.15Schristos★★★★.
1.13Schristos</li>
1.13Schristos<li>
1.13SchristosCharles Gayle, <em>Time Zones</em> (2006). Tompkins Square TSQ2839, 49:06.
1.13SchristosCharles Gayle, piano.
1.15SchristosADO ★,
1.13Schristos<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/time-zones-mw0000349642">AMG</a>
1.15Schristos★★★★⯪.
1.13Schristos</li>
1.13Schristos<li>
1.13SchristosThe Get Up Kids, <em>Eudora</em> (2001). Vagrant 357, 65:12.
1.15SchristosIncludes the song “Central Standard Time”.
1.13SchristosThanks to Colin Bowern for this information.
1.13Schristos<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/eudora-mw0000592063">AMG</a>
1.15Schristos★★⯪.
1.13Schristos</li>
1.13Schristos<li>
1.15SchristosColdplay, “Clocks” (2003).
1.13SchristosCapitol 52608, 4:13.
1.13SchristosWon the 2004 Record of the Year honor at the
1.1SchristosGrammy Awards. Co-written and performed by Chris Martin,
1.9Schristosgreat-great-grandson of <abbr>DST</abbr> inventor William Willett.
1.15SchristosThe song’s first line is “Lights go out and I can’t be saved”.
1.13Schristos</li>
1.13Schristos<li>
1.15SchristosJaime Guevara, “<a
1.15Schristoshref="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfN4Fe_A50U">Qué
1.15Schristoshora es</a>” (1993), 3:04.
1.15SchristosThe song protested “Sixto Hour” in Ecuador
1.15Schristos(1992–3). Its lyrics include “Amanecía en mitad de la noche, los
1.15Schristosguaguas iban a clase sin sol” (“It was dawning in the middle of the
1.15Schristosnight, the buses went to class without sun”).
1.13Schristos</li>
1.13Schristos<li>
1.13SchristosIrving Kahal and Harry Richman,
1.15Schristos“There Ought to be a Moonlight Saving Time” (1931).
1.13SchristosThis musical standard was a No. 1 hit for Guy Lombardo
1.1Schristosin 1931, and was also performed by Maurice Chevalier, Blossom Dearie
1.15Schristosand many others. The phrase “Moonlight saving time” also appears in
1.15Schristosthe 1995 country song “Not Enough Hours in the Night” written by Aaron
1.1SchristosBarker, Kim Williams and Rob Harbin and performed by Doug
1.13SchristosSupernaw.
1.13Schristos</li>
1.13Schristos<li>
1.13SchristosThe Microscopic Septet, <em>Lobster Leaps In</em> (2008).
1.13SchristosCuneiform 272, 73:05.
1.15SchristosIncludes the song “Twilight Time Zone”.
1.15SchristosADO ★★,
1.13Schristos<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/lobster-leaps-in-mw0000794929">AMG</a>
1.15Schristos★★★⯪.
1.13Schristos</li>
1.13Schristos<li>
1.15SchristosBob Dylan, <em>The Times They Are a-Changin’</em> (1964).
1.13SchristosColumbia CK-8905, 45:36.
1.15SchristosADO ★⯪,
1.13Schristos<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-times-they-a-changin-mw0000202344">AMG</a>
1.15Schristos★★★★⯪.
1.15SchristosThe title song is also available on “Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits”
1.15Schristosand “The Essential Bob Dylan”.
1.13Schristos</li>
1.13Schristos<li>
1.13SchristosLuciana Souza, <em>Tide</em> (2009). Universal Jazz France B0012688-02, 42:31.
1.15SchristosADO ★★⯪,
1.13Schristos<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/tide-mw0000815692">AMG</a>
1.15Schristos★★★⯪.
1.15SchristosIncludes the song “Fire and Wood” with the lyric
1.15Schristos“The clocks were turned back you remember/Think it’s still November.”
1.13Schristos</li>
1.13Schristos<li>
1.15SchristosKen Nordine, <em>You’re Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters</em> (2005).
1.13SchristosGeffen B0005171-02, 156:22.
1.15SchristosADO ★,
1.13Schristos<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/youre-getting-better-the-word-jazz-dot-masters-mw0000736197">AMG</a>
1.15Schristos★★★★⯪.
1.15SchristosIncludes the piece “What Time Is It”
1.15Schristos(“He knew what time it was everywhere...that counted”).
1.13Schristos</li>
1.13Schristos<li>
1.13SchristosChicago, <em>Chicago Transit Authority</em> (1969). Columbia 64409, 1:16:20.
1.15Schristos<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/chicago-transit-authority-mw0000189364">AMG</a> ★★★★.
1.15SchristosIncludes the song “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?”.
1.13Schristos</li>
1.13Schristos<li>
1.13SchristosEmanuele Arciuli,
1.13Schristos<a href="https://neumarecords.org/ols/products/william-duckworth-the-time-curve-preludes"><em>The Time Curve Preludes</em></a> (2023).
1.13SchristosNeuma 174, 44:46.
1.13SchristosThe title piece, composed by
1.13Schristos<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Duckworth_(composer)">William
1.13SchristosDuckworth</a>, is the first work of postminimal music.
1.13SchristosUnlike minimalism, it does not assume that the listener has plenty of time.
1.13Schristos</li>
1.13Schristos</ul>
1.1Schristos<h2>Comics</h2>
1.1Schristos<ul>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.11SchristosThe webcomic <em>xkcd</em> has the strips
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://xkcd.com/673/">The Sun</a>” (2009-12-09),
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://xkcd.com/1655/">Doomsday Clock</a>” (2016-03-14) and
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://xkcd.com/2549/">Edge Cake</a>” (2021-12-01),
1.11Schristosalong with the panels
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://xkcd.com/448/">Good Morning</a>” (2008-07-11),
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://xkcd.com/1017/">Backward in Time</a>” (2012-02-14),
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://xkcd.com/1061/">EST</a>” (2012-05-28),
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://xkcd.com/1179/">ISO 8601</a>” (2013-02-27),
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://xkcd.com/1335/">Now</a>” (2014-02-26),
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://xkcd.com/1799/">Bad Map Projection: Time Zones</a>”
1.2Schristos(2017-02-15),
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://xkcd.com/1883/">Supervillain Plan</a>” (2017-08-30),
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://xkcd.com/2050/">6/6 Time</a>” (2018-09-24),
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://xkcd.com/2092/">Consensus New Year</a>” (2018-12-31),
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://xkcd.com/2266/">Leap Smearing</a>” (2020-02-10),
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://xkcd.com/2594/">Consensus Time</a>” (2022-03-16),
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://xkcd.com/2846/">Daylight Saving Choice</a>” (2023-10-25),
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://xkcd.com/2854/">Date Line</a>” (2023-11-13),
1.15Schristosand “<a href="https://xkcd.com/2867/">DateTime</a>” (2023-12-13).
1.1SchristosThe related book <em>What If?</em> has an entry
1.15Schristos“<a href="https://what-if.xkcd.com/26/">Leap Seconds</a>” (2012-12-31).
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.1SchristosPig kills time in <a
1.5Schristoshref="https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2016/11/06"><em>Pearls
1.1SchristosBefore Swine</em> (2016-11-06)</a>.
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.1SchristosStonehenge is abandoned in <a
1.10Schristoshref="https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2017/03/12"><em>Non Sequitur</em>
1.1Schristos(2017-03-12)</a>.
1.13Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.13SchristosCaulfield proposes changing clocks just once a year in
1.13Schristos<a href="https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2023/12/31"><em>Frazz</em>
1.13Schristos(2023-12-31)</a>, while Peter and Jason go multi-lingual and -zonal in
1.13Schristos<a href="https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2023/12/31"><em>FoxTrot</em>
1.13Schristos(the same day)</a>.
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15SchristosPeppermint Patty: “What if the world comes to an end tonight, Marcie?”
1.1Schristos<br>
1.15SchristosMarcie: “I promise there’ll be a tomorrow, sir ... in fact,
1.15Schristosit’s already tomorrow in Australia!”
1.1Schristos<br>
1.15Schristos(Charles M. Schulz,
1.15Schristos<a href="https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1980/06/13"><em>Peanuts</em>,
1.15Schristos1980-06-13</a>)
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos</ul>
1.1Schristos<h2>Jokes</h2>
1.1Schristos<ul>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.1SchristosThe idea behind daylight saving time was first proposed as a joke by
1.15SchristosBenjamin Franklin. To enforce it, he suggested, “Every
1.1Schristosmorning, as soon as the sun rises, let all the bells in every church
1.1Schristosbe set ringing; and if that is not sufficient, let cannon be fired in
1.1Schristosevery street, to wake the sluggards effectually, and make them open
1.1Schristostheir eyes to see their true interest. All the difficulty will be in
1.1Schristosthe first two or three days: after which the reformation will be as
1.15Schristosnatural and easy as the present irregularity; for, <em>ce n’est que le
1.15Schristospremier pas qui coûte</em>.”
1.15Schristos<a href="http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/franklin3.html">Franklin’s
1.1Schristosjoke</a> was first published on 1784-04-26 by the
1.1Schristos<em>Journal de Paris</em> as <a
1.1Schristoshref="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Franklin-Benjamin-Journal-de-Paris-1784.jpg">an
1.1Schristosanonymous letter translated into French</a>.
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“We’ve been using the five-cent nickel in this country since 1492.
1.15SchristosNow that’s pretty near 100 years, daylight saving.”
1.1Schristos(Groucho Marx as Captain Spaulding in <em>Animal Crackers</em>, 1930,
1.1Schristosas noted by Will Fitzgerald)
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.1SchristosBRADY. ...[Bishop Usher] determined that the Lord began the Creation
1.15Schristoson the 23rd of October in the Year 4,004 B.C. at – uh, 9 A.M.!
1.1Schristos<br>
1.1SchristosDRUMMOND. That Eastern Standard Time? (<em>Laughter.</em>) Or Rocky Mountain
1.15SchristosTime? (<em>More laughter.</em>) It wasn’t daylight-saving time, was it? Because
1.15Schristosthe Lord didn’t make the sun until the fourth day!
1.1Schristos<br>
1.1Schristos(From the play <em>Inherit the Wind</em> by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee,
1.1Schristosfilmed in 1960 with Spencer Tracy as Drummond and Fredric March as
1.1SchristosBrady, and several other times. Thanks to Mark Brader.)
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“Good news.”
1.15Schristos“What did they do? Extend Daylight Saving Time year round?”
1.1Schristos(Professional tanner George Hamilton, in dialog from a
1.1SchristosMay, 1999 episode of the syndicated television series <em>Baywatch</em>)
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“A fundamental belief held by Americans is that if you are on land, you
1.1Schristoscannot be killed by a fish...So most Americans remain on land, believing
1.15Schristosthey’re safe. Unfortunately, this belief – like so many myths, such as that
1.15Schristosthere’s a reason for ‘Daylight Saving Time’ – is false.”
1.1Schristos(Dave Barry column, 2000-07-02)
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“I once had sex for an hour and five minutes, but that was on the day
1.15Schristoswhen you turn the clocks ahead.”
1.1Schristos(Garry Shandling, 52nd Annual Emmys, 2000-09-10)
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“Would it impress you if I told you I invented Daylight Savings Time?”
1.15Schristos(“Sahjhan” to “Lilah” in dialog from the “Loyalty” episode of <em>Angel</em>,
1.1Schristosoriginally aired 2002-02-25)
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“I thought you said Tulsa was a three-hour flight.”
1.15Schristos“Well, you’re forgetting about the time difference.”
1.15Schristos(“Joey” and “Chandler” in dialog from the
1.15Schristosepisode of <em>Friends</em> entitled “The One With
1.15SchristosRachel’s Phone Number”, originally aired 2002-12-05)
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“Is that a pertinent fact,
1.15Schristosor are you just trying to dazzle me with your command of time zones?”
1.15Schristos(Kelsey Grammer as “Frasier Crane” to “Roz”
1.15Schristosfrom the episode of <em>Frasier</em> entitled “The Kid”,
1.15Schristosoriginally aired 1997-11-04)
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“I put myself and my staff through this crazy, huge ordeal, all because
1.13SchristosI refused to go on at midnight, okay? And so I work, you know, and
1.13Schristosthen I get this job at eleven, supposed to be a big deal. Then
1.15Schristosyesterday daylight [saving] time ended. Right now it’s basically midnight.”
1.15Schristos(Conan O’Brien on the 2010-11-08 premiere of <em>Conan</em>)
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“The best method, I told folks, was to hang a large clock high on a
1.1Schristosbarn wall where all the cows could see it. If you have Holsteins, you
1.15Schristoswill need to use an analog clock.” (Jerry Nelson, “<a
1.1Schristoshref="http://www.agriculture.com/family/farm-humor/how-to-adjust-dairy-cows-to-daylight-savings-time">How
1.15Schristosto adjust dairy cows to daylight saving time</a>”,
1.15Schristos<em>Successful Farming</em>, 2017-10-09)
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“And now, driving to California, I find that I must enter a password
1.1Schristosin order to change the time zone on my laptop clock. Evidently,
1.15Schristossomeone is out to mess up my schedule and my clock must be secured.”
1.1Schristos(Garrison Keillor,
1.15Schristos“<a href="http://www.garrisonkeillor.com/weve-never-been-here-before/">We’ve
1.15Schristosnever been here before</a>”, 2017-08-22)
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos<li>
1.15Schristos“Well, in my time zone that’s all the time I have,
1.15Schristosbut maybe in your time zone I haven’t finished yet. So stay tuned!”
1.15Schristos(Goldie Hawn, <em>Rowan &amp; Martin’s Laugh-In</em> No. 65, 1970-03-09)
1.1Schristos</li>
1.1Schristos</ul>
1.1Schristos<h2>See also</h2>
1.1Schristos<ul>
1.10Schristos<li><a href="tz-link.html">Time Zone and Daylight Saving
1.1SchristosTime Data</a></li>
1.1Schristos</ul>
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