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1<!DOCTYPE html> 2<html lang="en"> 3<head> 4<meta charset="UTF-8"> 5<title>Time and the Arts</title> 6</head> 7<body> 8<h1>Time and the Arts</h1> 9<h2>Documentaries</h2> 10<ul> 11<li> 12"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84aWtseb2-4">Daylight 13Saving Time Explained</a>" (2011; 6:39) lightly covers daylight saving 14time's theory, history, pros and cons. Among other things, it explains 15Arizona's daylight-saving enclaves quite well.</li> 16<li> 17"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY">The Problem 18with Time & Timezones – Computerphile</a>" (2013; 10:12) delves 19into problems that programmers have with timekeeping.</li> 20<li> 21<a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/28375932.html">All The Time In The World: 22Explaining The Mysteries Of Time Zones</a>" (2017; 2:15) 23briefly says why France has more time zones than Russia. 24<li> 25"About Time" (1962; 53 minutes) is part of the 26Bell Science extravaganza, with Frank Baxter, Richard Deacon, and Les Tremayne. 27Its advisor was Richard Feynman, and it was voiced by Mel Blanc. 28(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154110/">IMDb entry</a>.)</li> 29</ul> 30<h2>Movies</h2> 31<ul> 32<li> 33In the 1946 movie <em>A Matter of Life and Death</em> 34(U.S. title <em>Stairway to Heaven</em>) 35there is a reference to British Double Summer Time. 36The time does not play a large part in the plot; 37it's just a passing reference to the time when one of the 38characters was supposed to have died (but didn't). 39The IMDb page is at 40<a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0038733/"> 41http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0038733/ 42</a>. (Dave Cantor) 43<li> 44The 1953 railway comedy movie <em>The Titfield Thunderbolt</em> includes a 45play on words on British Double Summer Time. Valentine's wife wants 46him to leave the pub and asks him, "Do you know what time it is?" 47And he, happy where he is, replies: "Yes, my love. Summer double time." 48IMDb page: 49<a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0046436/"> 50http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0046436/ 51</a>. (Mark Brader, 2009-10-02) 52</li> 53<li> 54The premise of the 1999 caper movie <em>Entrapment</em> involves computers 55in an international banking network being shut down briefly at 56midnight in each time zone to avoid any problems at the transition 57from the year 1999 to 2000 in that zone. (Hmmmm.) If this shutdown 58is extended by 10 seconds, it will create a one-time opportunity for 59a gigantic computerized theft. To achieve this, at one location the 60crooks interfere with the microwave system supplying time signals to 61the computer, advancing the time by 0.1 second each minute over the 62last hour of 1999. (So this movie teaches us that 0.1 × 60 = 10.) 63IMDb page: 64<a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0137494/"> 65http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0137494/ 66</a>. (Mark Brader, 2009-10-02) 67</li> 68<li> 69One mustn't forget the 70<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4EUTMPuvHo">trailer</a> 71(2014; 2:23) for the movie <em>Daylight Saving</em>. 72</li> 73</ul> 74<h2>TV episodes</h2> 75<ul> 76<li> 77An episode of <em>The Adventures of Superman</em> entitled "The Mysterious 78Cube," first aired 1958-02-24, had Superman convincing the controllers 79of the Arlington Time Signal to broadcast ahead of actual time; 80doing so got a crook trying to be declared dead to 81emerge a bit too early from the titular enclosure. 82</li> 83<li> 84"The Chimes of Big Ben", <em>The Prisoner</em>, episode 2, ITC, 1967-10-06. 85Our protagonist tumbles to 86the fraudulent nature of a Poland-to-England escape upon hearing "Big 87Ben" chiming on Polish local time. 88</li> 89<li> 90"The Susie", <em>Seinfeld</em>, season 8, episode 15, NBC, 1997-02-13. 91Kramer decides that daylight saving time 92isn't coming fast enough, so he sets his watch ahead an hour. 93</li> 94<li> 95"20 Hours in America", <em>The West Wing</em>, season 4, episodes 1–2, 962002-09-25, contained a <a 97href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J1NHzQ1sgc">scene</a> that 98saw White House staffers stranded in Indiana; they thought they had time to 99catch Air Force One but were done in by intra-Indiana local time changes. 100</li> 101<li> 102"In what time zone would you find New York City?" was a $200 question on 103the 1999-11-13 United States airing of <em>Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?</em>, 104and "In 1883, what industry led the movement to divide the U.S. into four time 105zones?" was a $32,000 question on the 2001-05-23 United States airing of 106the same show. At this rate, the million-dollar time-zone 107question should have been asked 2002-06-04. 108</li> 109<li> 110A private jet's mid-flight change of time zones distorts Alison Dubois' 111premonition in the "We Had a Dream" episode of <em>Medium</em> 112(originally aired 2007-02-28). 113</li> 114<li> 115In the <em>30 Rock</em> episode "Anna Howard Shaw Day" 116(first broadcast 2010-02-11), 117Jack Donaghy's date realizes that a Geneva-to-New-York business phone call 118received in the evening must be fake given the difference in local times. 119</li> 120<li> 121In the "Run by the Monkeys" episode of <em>Da Vinci's Inquest</em> 122(first broadcast 2002-11-17), 123a witness in a five-year-old fire case realizes they may not have set 124their clock back when daylight saving ended on the day of the fire, 125introducing the possibility of an hour when arson might have occurred. 126</li> 127<li> 128In "The Todd Couple" episode of <em>Outsourced</em> (first aired 2011-02-10), 129Manmeet sets up Valentine's Day teledates for 6:00 and 9:00pm; 130since one is with a New Yorker and the other with a San Franciscan, 131hilarity ensues. 132(Never mind that this should be 7:30am in Mumbai, yet for some reason the show 133proceeds as though it's also mid-evening there.) 134</li> 135<li> 136In the "14 Days to Go"/"T Minus..." episode of 137<em>You, Me and the Apocalypse</em> 138(first aired 2015-11-11 in the UK, 2016-03-10 in the US), 139the success of a mission to deal with a comet 140hinges on whether or not Russia observes daylight saving time. 141(In the US, the episode first aired in the week before the switch to DST.) 142</li> 143<li> 144"The Lost Hour", <em>Eerie, Indiana</em>, episode 10, NBC, 1991-12-01. 145Despite Indiana's then-lack of DST, Marshall changes his clock with 146unusual consequences. 147See "<a 148href="https://www.avclub.com/eerie-indiana-was-a-few-dimensions-ahead-of-its-time-1819833380"><em>Eerie, 149Indiana</em> was a few dimensions ahead of its time</a>". 150</li> 151<li> 152"Time Tunnel", <em>The Adventures of Pete & Pete</em>, season 2, episode 5, 153Nickelodeon, 1994-10-23. 154The two Petes travel back in time an hour on the day that DST ends. 155</li> 156<li> 157"King-Size Homer", <em>The Simpsons</em>, episode 135, Fox, 1995-11-05. 158Homer, working from home, remarks "8:58, first 159time I've ever been early for work. Except for all those daylight 160savings days. Lousy farmers." 161</li> 162<li> 163"Tracks", <em>The Good Wife</em>, season 7, episode 12, 164CBS, 2016-01-17. 165The applicability of a contract hinges on the 166time zone associated with a video timestamp. 167</li> 168<li> 169"Justice", <em>Veep</em>, season 6, episode 4, HBO, 2017-05-07. 170Jonah's inability to understand DST ends up impressing a wealthy 171backer who sets him up for a 2020 presidential run. 172</li> 173</ul> 174<h2>Books, plays, and magazines</h2> 175<ul> 176<li> 177Jules Verne, <em>Around the World in Eighty Days</em> 178(<em>Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours</em>), 1873. 179Wall-clock time plays a central role in the plot. 180European readers of the 1870s clearly held the U.S. press in 181deep contempt; the protagonists cross the U.S. without once 182reading a paper. 183Available versions include 184<a href="http://www.literature.org/Works/Jules-Verne/eighty">an English 185translation</a>, and 186<a href="https://fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/tdm80j">the original French</a> 187"with illustrations from the original 1873 French-language edition". 188</li> 189<li> 190Nick Enright, <em>Daylight Saving</em>, 1989. 191A fast-paced comedy about love and loneliness as the clocks turn back. 192</li> 193<li> 194Umberto Eco, <em>The Island of the Day Before</em> 195(<em>L'isola del giorno prima</em>), 1994. 196"...the story of a 17th century Italian nobleman trapped near an island 197on the International Date Line. Time and time zones play an integral 198part in the novel." (Paul Eggert, 2006-04-22) 199</li> 200<li> 201John Dunning, <a 202href="http://books.simonandschuster.com/Two-OClock-Eastern-Wartime/John-Dunning/9781439171530"><em>Two 203O'Clock, Eastern Wartime</em></a>, 2001. 204Mystery, history, daylight saving time, and old-time radio. 205</li> 206<li> 207Surrealist artist Guy Billout's work "Date Line" appeared on page 103 208of the 1999-11 <em>Atlantic Monthly</em>. 209</li> 210<li> 211"Gloom, Gloom, Go Away" by Walter Kirn appeared on page 106 of <em>Time</em> 212magazine's 2002-11-11 issue; among other things, it proposed 213year-round DST as a way of lessening wintertime despair. 214</li> 215</ul> 216<h2>Music</h2> 217<p> 218Data on recordings of "Save That Time," Russ Long, Serrob Publishing, BMI:</p> 219<table> 220<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Karrin Allyson</td></tr> 221<tr><td>CD</td><td>I Didn't Know About You</td></tr> 222<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1993</td></tr> 223<tr><td>Label</td><td>Concord Jazz, Inc.</td></tr> 224<tr><td>ID</td><td>CCD-4543</td></tr> 225<tr><td>Track Time</td><td>3:44</td></tr> 226<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Karrin Allyson, vocal; 227Russ Long, piano; 228Gerald Spaits, bass; 229Todd Strait, drums</td></tr> 230<tr><td>Notes</td><td>CD notes "additional lyric by Karrin Allyson; 231arranged by Russ Long and Karrin Allyson"</td></tr> 232<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1 star</td></tr> 233<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-didnt-know-about-you-mw0000618657">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4 stars</td></tr> 234<tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3.5 stars</td></tr> 235<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 236<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Kevin Mahogany</td></tr> 237<tr><td>CD</td><td>Double Rainbow</td></tr> 238<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1993</td></tr> 239<tr><td>Label</td><td>Enja Records</td></tr> 240<tr><td>ID</td><td>ENJ-7097 2</td></tr> 241<tr><td>Track Time</td><td>6:27</td></tr> 242<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Kevin Mahogany, vocal; 243Kenny Barron, piano; 244Ray Drummond, bass; 245Ralph Moore, tenor saxophone; 246Lewis Nash, drums</td></tr> 247<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1.5 stars</td></tr> 248<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/double-rainbow-mw0000620371">AMG Rating</a></td><td>3 stars</td></tr> 249<tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3 stars</td></tr> 250<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 251<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Joe Williams</td></tr> 252<tr><td>CD</td><td>Here's to Life</td></tr> 253<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1994</td></tr> 254<tr><td>Label</td><td>Telarc International Corporation</td></tr> 255<tr><td>ID</td><td>CD-83357</td></tr> 256<tr><td>Track Time</td><td>3:58</td></tr> 257<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Joe Williams, vocal 258The Robert Farnon [39 piece] Orchestra</td></tr> 259<tr><td>Notes</td><td>This CD is also available as part of a 3-CD package from 260Telarc, "Triple Play" (CD-83461)</td></tr> 261<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>black dot</td></tr> 262<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/heres-to-life-mw0000623648">AMG Rating</a></td><td>2 stars</td></tr> 263<tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3 stars</td></tr> 264<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 265<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Charles Fambrough</td></tr> 266<tr><td>CD</td><td>Keeper of the Spirit</td></tr> 267<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1995</td></tr> 268<tr><td>Label</td><td>AudioQuest Music</td></tr> 269<tr><td>ID</td><td>AQ-CD1033</td></tr> 270<tr><td>Track Time</td><td>7:07</td></tr> 271<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Charles Fambrough, bass; 272Joel Levine, tenor recorder; 273Edward Simon, piano; 274Lenny White, drums; 275Marion Simon, percussion</td></tr> 276<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>2 stars</td></tr> 277<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/keeper-of-the-spirit-mw0000176559">AMG Rating</a></td><td>unrated</td></tr> 278<tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3 stars</td></tr> 279</table> 280<hr> 281<p>Also of note:</p> 282<table> 283<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Holly Cole Trio</td></tr> 284<tr><td>CD</td><td>Blame It On My Youth</td></tr> 285<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1992</td></tr> 286<tr><td>Label</td><td>Manhattan</td></tr> 287<tr><td>ID</td><td>CDP 7 97349 2</td></tr> 288<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>37:45</td></tr> 289<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Holly Cole, voice; 290Aaron Davis, piano; 291David Piltch, string bass</td></tr> 292<tr><td>Notes</td><td>Lyrical reference to "Eastern Standard Time" in 293Tom Waits' "Purple Avenue"</td></tr> 294<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>2.5 stars</td></tr> 295<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/blame-it-on-my-youth-mw0000274303">AMG Rating</a></td><td>3 stars</td></tr> 296<tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>unrated</td></tr> 297<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 298<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Milt Hinton</td></tr> 299<tr><td>CD</td><td>Old Man Time</td></tr> 300<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1990</td></tr> 301<tr><td>Label</td><td>Chiaroscuro</td></tr> 302<tr><td>ID</td><td>CR(D) 310</td></tr> 303<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>149:38 (two CDs)</td></tr> 304<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Milt Hinton, bass; 305Doc Cheatham, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, trumpet; 306Al Grey, trombone; 307Eddie Barefield, Joe Camel (Flip Phillips), Buddy Tate, 308clarinet and saxophone; 309John Bunch, Red Richards, Norman Simmons, Derek Smith, 310Ralph Sutton, piano; 311Danny Barker, Al Casey, guitar; 312Gus Johnson, Gerryck King, Bob Rosengarden, Jackie Williams, 313drums; 314Lionel Hampton, vibraphone; 315Cab Calloway, Joe Williams, vocal; 316Buck Clayton, arrangements</td></tr> 317<tr><td>Notes</td><td>tunes include Old Man Time, Time After Time, 318Sometimes I'm Happy, 319A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight, 320Four or Five Times, Now's the Time, 321Time on My Hands, This Time It's Us, 322and Good Time Charlie. 323<a href="http://www.chiaroscurojazz.com/album.php?C=310">Album info</a> 324is available.</td></tr> 325<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>3 stars</td></tr> 326<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/old-man-time-mw0000269353">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4.5 stars</td></tr> 327<tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3 stars</td></tr> 328<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 329<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Alan Broadbent</td></tr> 330<tr><td>CD</td><td>Pacific Standard Time</td></tr> 331<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1995</td></tr> 332<tr><td>Label</td><td>Concord Jazz, Inc.</td></tr> 333<tr><td>ID</td><td>CCD-4664</td></tr> 334<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>62:42</td></tr> 335<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Alan Broadbent, piano; 336Putter Smith, Bass; 337Frank Gibson, Jr., drums</td></tr> 338<tr><td>Notes</td><td>The CD cover features an analemma for equation-of-time fans</td></tr> 339<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1 star</td></tr> 340<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/pacific-standard-time-mw0000645433">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4 stars</td></tr> 341<tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3.5 stars</td></tr> 342<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 343<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Anthony Braxton/Richard Teitelbaum</td></tr> 344<tr><td>CD</td><td>Silence/Time Zones</td></tr> 345<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1996</td></tr> 346<tr><td>Label</td><td>Black Lion</td></tr> 347<tr><td>ID</td><td>BLCD 760221</td></tr> 348<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>72:58</td></tr> 349<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Anthony Braxton, sopranino and alto saxophones, 350contrebasse clarinet, miscellaneous instruments; 351Leo Smith, trumpet and miscellaneous instruments; 352Leroy Jenkins, violin and miscellaneous instruments; 353Richard Teitelbaum, modular moog and micromoog synthesizer</td></tr> 354<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>black dot</td></tr> 355<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/silence-time-zones-mw0000595735">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4 stars</td></tr> 356<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 357<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Charles Gayle</td></tr> 358<tr><td>CD</td><td>Time Zones</td></tr> 359<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>2006</td></tr> 360<tr><td>Label</td><td>Tompkins Square</td></tr> 361<tr><td>ID</td><td>TSQ2839</td></tr> 362<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>49:06</td></tr> 363<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Charles Gayle, piano</td></tr> 364<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1 star</td></tr> 365<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/time-zones-mw0000349642">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4.5 stars</td></tr> 366<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 367<tr><td>Artist</td><td>The Get Up Kids</td></tr> 368<tr><td>CD</td><td>Eudora</td></tr> 369<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>2001</td></tr> 370<tr><td>Label</td><td>Vagrant</td></tr> 371<tr><td>ID</td><td>357</td></tr> 372<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>65:12</td></tr> 373<tr><td>Notes</td><td>Includes the song "Central Standard Time." Thanks to Colin Bowern for this information.</td></tr> 374<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/eudora-mw0000592063">AMG Rating</a></td><td>2.5 stars</td></tr> 375<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 376 377<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Coldplay</td></tr> 378<tr><td>Song</td><td>Clocks</td></tr> 379<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>2003</td></tr> 380<tr><td>Label</td><td>Capitol Records</td></tr> 381<tr><td>ID</td><td>52608</td></tr> 382<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>4:13</td></tr> 383<tr><td>Notes</td><td>Won the 2004 Record of the Year honor at the 384Grammy Awards. Co-written and performed by Chris Martin, 385great-great-grandson of DST inventor William Willett. The song's first 386line is "Lights go out and I can't be saved".</td></tr> 387<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 388 389<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Jaime Guevara</td></tr> 390<tr><td>Song</td><td><a 391href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfN4Fe_A50U">Qué 392hora es</a></td></tr> 393<tr><td>Date</td><td>1993</td></tr> 394<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>3:04</td></tr> 395<tr><td>Notes</td><td>The song protested "Sixto Hour" in Ecuador 396(1992–3). Its lyrics include "Amanecía en mitad de la noche, los 397guaguas iban a clase sin sol" ("It was dawning in the middle of the 398night, the buses went to class without sun"). 399<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 400 401<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Irving Kahal and Harry Richman</td></tr> 402<tr><td>Song</td><td>There Ought to be a Moonlight Saving Time</td></tr> 403<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1931</td> 404<tr><td>Notes</td><td>This musical standard was a No. 1 hit for Guy Lombardo 405in 1931, and was also performed by Maurice Chevalier, Blossom Dearie 406and many others. The phrase "Moonlight saving time" also appears in 407the 1995 country song "Not Enough Hours in the Night" written by Aaron 408Barker, Kim Williams and Rob Harbin and performed by Doug 409Supernaw.</td></tr> 410<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 411 412<tr><td>Artist</td><td>The Microscopic Septet</td></tr> 413<tr><td>CD</td><td>Lobster Leaps In</td></tr> 414<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>2008</td></tr> 415<tr><td>Label</td><td>Cuneiform</td></tr> 416<tr><td>ID</td><td>272</td></tr> 417<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>73:05</td></tr> 418<tr><td>Notes</td><td>Includes the song "Twilight Time Zone."</td></tr> 419<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/lobster-leaps-in-mw0000794929">AMG Rating</a></td><td>3.5 stars</td></tr> 420<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>2 stars</td></tr> 421 422<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 423 424<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Bob Dylan</td></tr> 425<tr><td>CD</td><td>The Times They Are a-Changin'</td></tr> 426<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1964</td></tr> 427<tr><td>Label</td><td>Columbia</td></tr> 428<tr><td>ID</td><td>CK-8905</td></tr> 429<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>45:36</td></tr> 430<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-times-they-a-changin-mw0000202344">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4.5 stars</td></tr> 431<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1.5 stars</td></tr> 432<tr><td>Notes<td>The title song is also available on "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" and "The Essential Bob Dylan."</td></tr> 433<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 434 435<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Luciana Souza</td></tr> 436<tr><td>CD</td><td>Tide</td></tr> 437<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>2009</td></tr> 438<tr><td>Label</td><td>Universal Jazz France</td></tr> 439<tr><td>ID</td><td>B0012688-02</td></tr> 440<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>42:31</td></tr> 441<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/tide-mw0000815692">AMG Rating</a></td><td>3.5 stars</td></tr> 442<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>2.5 stars</td></tr> 443<tr><td>Notes<td>Includes the song "Fire and Wood" with the lyric 444"The clocks were turned back you remember/Think it's still November." 445</td></tr> 446<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 447<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Ken Nordine</td></tr> 448<tr><td>CD</td><td>You're Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters</td></tr> 449<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>2005</td></tr> 450<tr><td>Label</td><td>Geffen</td></tr> 451<tr><td>ID</td><td>B0005171-02</td></tr> 452<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>156:22</td></tr> 453<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1 star</td></tr> 454<tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/youre-getting-better-the-word-jazz-dot-masters-mw0000736197">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4.5 stars</td></tr> 455<tr><td>Notes</td><td>Includes the piece "What Time Is It" 456("He knew what time it was everywhere...that counted").</td></tr> 457</table> 458<h2>Comics</h2> 459<ul> 460<li> 461The webcomic <em>xkcd</em> has the strip 462"<a href='https://xkcd.com/673/'>The Sun</a>" (2009-12-09) and the panels 463"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1017/'>Backward in Time</a>" (2012-02-14), 464"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1061/'>EST</a>" (2012-05-28), 465"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1179/'>ISO 8601</a>" (2013-02-27), 466"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1335/'>Now</a>" (2014-02-26), 467"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1655/'>Doomsday Clock</a>" (2016-03-14), 468"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1799/'>Bad Map Projection: Time Zones</a>" 469(2017-02-15), and 470"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1883/'>Supervillain Plan</a>" (2017-08-30). 471The related book <em>What If?</em> has an entry 472"<a href='https://what-if.xkcd.com/26/'>Leap Seconds</a>" (2012-12-31). 473</li> 474<li> 475Pig kills time in <a 476href="http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2016/11/06"><em>Pearls 477Before Swine</em> (2016-11-06)</a>. 478</li> 479<li> 480Stonehenge is abandoned in <a 481href='http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2017/03/12'><em>Non Sequitur</em> 482(2017-03-12)</a>. 483<li> 484The boss freaks out in <a 485href='http://dilbert.com/strip/1998-03-14'><em>Dilbert</em> (1998-03-14)</a>. 486</li> 487<li> 488Peppermint Patty: "What if the world comes to an end tonight, Marcie?" 489<br> 490Marcie: "I promise there'll be a tomorrow, sir ... in fact, 491it's already tomorrow in Australia!" 492<br> 493(Charles M. Schulz, <a href='http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1980/06/13'><em>Peanuts</em>, 1980-06-13</a>) 494</li> 495</ul> 496<h2>Jokes</h2> 497<ul> 498<li> 499The idea behind daylight saving time was first proposed as a joke by 500Benjamin Franklin. To enforce it, he suggested, "Every 501morning, as soon as the sun rises, let all the bells in every church 502be set ringing; and if that is not sufficient, let cannon be fired in 503every street, to wake the sluggards effectually, and make them open 504their eyes to see their true interest. All the difficulty will be in 505the first two or three days: after which the reformation will be as 506natural and easy as the present irregularity; for, <em>ce n'est que le 507premier pas qui coûte</em>." 508<a href="http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/franklin3.html">Franklin's 509joke</a> was first published on 1784-04-26 by the 510<em>Journal de Paris</em> as <a 511href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Franklin-Benjamin-Journal-de-Paris-1784.jpg">an 512anonymous letter translated into French</a>. 513</li> 514<li> 515"We've been using the five-cent nickel in this country since 1492. 516Now that's pretty near 100 years, daylight saving." 517(Groucho Marx as Captain Spaulding in <em>Animal Crackers</em>, 1930, 518as noted by Will Fitzgerald) 519</li> 520<li> 521BRADY. ...[Bishop Usher] determined that the Lord began the Creation 522on the 23rd of October in the Year 4,004 B.C. at – uh, 9 A.M.! 523<br> 524DRUMMOND. That Eastern Standard Time? (<em>Laughter.</em>) Or Rocky Mountain 525Time? (<em>More laughter.</em>) It wasn't daylight-saving time, was it? Because 526the Lord didn't make the sun until the fourth day! 527<br> 528(From the play <em>Inherit the Wind</em> by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, 529filmed in 1960 with Spencer Tracy as Drummond and Fredric March as 530Brady, and several other times. Thanks to Mark Brader.) 531</li> 532<li> 533"Good news." 534"What did they do? Extend Daylight Saving Time year round?" 535(Professional tanner George Hamilton, in dialog from a 536May, 1999 episode of the syndicated television series <em>Baywatch</em>) 537</li> 538<li> 539"A fundamental belief held by Americans is that if you are on land, you 540cannot be killed by a fish...So most Americans remain on land, believing 541they're safe. Unfortunately, this belief – like so many myths, such as that 542there's a reason for 'Daylight Saving Time' – is false." 543(Dave Barry column, 2000-07-02) 544</li> 545<li> 546"I once had sex for an hour and five minutes, but that was on the day 547when you turn the clocks ahead." 548(Garry Shandling, 52nd Annual Emmys, 2000-09-10) 549</li> 550<li> 551"Would it impress you if I told you I invented Daylight Savings Time?" 552("Sahjhan" to "Lilah" in dialog from the "Loyalty" episode of <em>Angel</em>, 553originally aired 2002-02-25) 554</li> 555<li> 556"I thought you said Tulsa was a three-hour flight." 557"Well, you're forgetting about the time difference." 558("Joey" and "Chandler" in dialog from the episode of <em>Friends</em> 559entitled "The One With Rachel's Phone Number," originally aired 2002-12-05) 560</li> 561<li> 562"Is that a pertinent fact, 563or are you just trying to dazzle me with your command of time zones?" 564(Kelsey Grammer as "Frasier Crane" to "Roz" from the episode of <em>Frasier</em> 565entitled "The Kid," originally aired 1997-11-04) 566</li> 567<li> 568"I put myself and my staff through this crazy, huge ordeal, all because 569I refused to go on at midnight, okay? And so I work, you know, and 570then I get this job at eleven, supposed to be a big deal. Then 571yesterday daylight [saving] time ended. Right now it's basically 572midnight." (Conan O'Brien on the 2010-11-08 premiere of <em>Conan</em>.) 573</li> 574<li> 575"The best method, I told folks, was to hang a large clock high on a 576barn wall where all the cows could see it. If you have Holsteins, you 577will need to use an analog clock." (Jerry Nelson, <a 578href="http://www.agriculture.com/family/farm-humor/how-to-adjust-dairy-cows-to-daylight-savings-time">How 579to adjust dairy cows to daylight saving time</a>", <em>Successful Farming</em>, 5802017-10-09.) 581</li> 582<li> 583"And now, driving to California, I find that I must enter a password 584in order to change the time zone on my laptop clock. Evidently, 585someone is out to mess up my schedule and my clock must be secured." 586(Garrison Keillor, 587"<a href="http://www.garrisonkeillor.com/weve-never-been-here-before/">We've 588never been here before</a>", 2017-08-22) 589</li> 590<li> 591"Well, in my time zone that's all the time I have, 592but maybe in your time zone I haven't finished yet. So stay tuned!" 593(Goldie Hawn, <em>Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In</em> No. 65, 1970-03-09) 594</li> 595</ul> 596<h2>See also</h2> 597<ul> 598<li><a href="tz-link.html">Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving 599Time Data</a></li> 600</ul> 601<hr> 602<address> 603This web page is in the public domain, so clarified as of 6042009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 605<br> 606Please send corrections to this web page to the 607<a href="mailto:tz@iana.org">time zone mailing list</a>. 608</address> 609</body> 610</html> 611
