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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; 59 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="https://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). 39(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038733/">IMDb entry.</a>) 40(Dave Cantor) 41<li> 42The 1953 railway comedy movie <em>The Titfield Thunderbolt</em> includes a 43play on words on British Double Summer Time. Valentine's wife wants 44him to leave the pub and asks him, "Do you know what time it is?" 45And he, happy where he is, replies: "Yes, my love. Summer double time." 46(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046436/">IMDb entry.</a>) 47(Mark Brader, 2009-10-02) 48</li> 49<li> 50The premise of the 1999 caper movie <em>Entrapment</em> involves computers 51in an international banking network being shut down briefly at 52midnight in each time zone to avoid any problems at the transition 53from the year 1999 to 2000 in that zone. (Hmmmm.) If this shutdown 54is extended by 10 seconds, it will create a one-time opportunity for 55a gigantic computerized theft. To achieve this, at one location the 56crooks interfere with the microwave system supplying time signals to 57the computer, advancing the time by 0.1 second each minute over the 58last hour of 1999. (So this movie teaches us that 0.1 × 60 = 10.) 59(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137494/">IMDb entry.</a>) 60(Mark Brader, 2009-10-02) 61</li> 62<li> 63One mustn't forget the 64<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4EUTMPuvHo">trailer</a> 65(2014; 2:23) for the movie <em>Daylight Saving</em>. 66</li> 67</ul> 68<h2>TV episodes</h2> 69<ul> 70<li> 71An episode of <em>The Adventures of Superman</em> entitled "The Mysterious 72Cube," first aired 1958-02-24, had Superman convincing the controllers 73of the Arlington Time Signal to broadcast ahead of actual time; 74doing so got a crook trying to be declared dead to 75emerge a bit too early from the titular enclosure. 76(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0506628/">IMDb entry</a>.) 77</li> 78<li> 79"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chimes_of_Big_Ben">The Chimes 80of Big Ben</a>", <em>The Prisoner</em>, episode 2, ITC, 1967-10-06. 81Our protagonist tumbles to 82the fraudulent nature of a Poland-to-England escape upon hearing "Big 83Ben" chiming on Polish local time. 84(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0679185/">IMDb entry.</a>) 85</li> 86<li> 87"The Susie", <em>Seinfeld</em>, season 8, episode 15, NBC, 1997-02-13. 88Kramer decides that daylight saving time 89isn't coming fast enough, so he sets his watch ahead an hour. 90</li> 91<li> 92"20 Hours in America", <em>The West Wing</em>, season 4, episodes 1–2, 932002-09-25, contained a <a 94href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J1NHzQ1sgc">scene</a> that 95saw White House staffers stranded in Indiana; they thought they had time to 96catch Air Force One but were done in by intra-Indiana local time changes. 97</li> 98<li> 99"In what time zone would you find New York City?" was a $200 question on 100the 1999-11-13 United States airing of <em>Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?</em>, 101and "In 1883, what industry led the movement to divide the U.S. into four time 102zones?" was a $32,000 question on the 2001-05-23 United States airing of 103the same show. At this rate, the million-dollar time-zone 104question should have been asked 2002-06-04. 105</li> 106<li> 107A private jet's mid-flight change of time zones distorts Alison Dubois' 108premonition in the "We Had a Dream" episode of <em>Medium</em> 109(originally aired 2007-02-28). 110</li> 111<li> 112In the <em>30 Rock</em> episode "Anna Howard Shaw Day" 113(first broadcast 2010-02-11), 114Jack Donaghy's date realizes that a Geneva-to-New-York business phone call 115received in the evening must be fake given the difference in local times. 116</li> 117<li> 118In the "Run by the Monkeys" episode of <em>Da Vinci's Inquest</em> 119(first broadcast 2002-11-17), 120a witness in a five-year-old fire case realizes they may not have set 121their clock back when daylight saving ended on the day of the fire, 122introducing the possibility of an hour when arson might have occurred. 123</li> 124<li> 125In "The Todd Couple" episode of <em>Outsourced</em> (first aired 2011-02-10), 126Manmeet sets up Valentine's Day teledates for 6:00 and 9:00pm; 127since one is with a New Yorker and the other with a San Franciscan, 128hilarity ensues. 129(Never mind that this should be 7:30am in Mumbai, yet for some reason the show 130proceeds as though it's also mid-evening there.) 131</li> 132<li> 133In the "14 Days to Go"/"T Minus..." episode of 134<em>You, Me and the Apocalypse</em> 135(first aired 2015-11-11 in the UK, 2016-03-10 in the US), 136the success of a mission to deal with a comet 137hinges on whether or not Russia observes daylight saving time. 138(In the US, the episode first aired in the week before the switch to DST.) 139</li> 140<li> 141"The Lost Hour", <em>Eerie, Indiana</em>, episode 10, NBC, 1991-12-01. 142Despite Indiana's then-lack of DST, Marshall changes his clock with 143unusual consequences. 144See "<a 145href="https://www.avclub.com/eerie-indiana-was-a-few-dimensions-ahead-of-its-time-1819833380"><em>Eerie, 146Indiana</em> was a few dimensions ahead of its time</a>". 147</li> 148<li> 149"Time Tunnel", <em>The Adventures of Pete & Pete</em>, season 2, episode 5, 150Nickelodeon, 1994-10-23. 151The two Petes travel back in time an hour on the day that DST ends. 152</li> 153<li> 154"King-Size Homer", <em>The Simpsons</em>, episode 135, Fox, 1995-11-05. 155Homer, working from home, remarks "8:58, first 156time I've ever been early for work. Except for all those daylight 157savings days. Lousy farmers." 158</li> 159<li> 160<em>Last Week Tonight with John Oliver</em>, season 2, episode 5, 2015-03-08, 161asked, "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br0NW9ufUUw">Daylight Saving 162Time – How Is This Still A Thing?</a>" 163</li> 164<li> 165"Tracks", <em>The Good Wife</em>, season 7, episode 12, 166CBS, 2016-01-17. 167The applicability of a contract hinges on the 168time zone associated with a video timestamp. 169</li> 170<li> 171"Justice", <em>Veep</em>, season 6, episode 4, HBO, 2017-05-07. 172Jonah's inability to understand DST ends up impressing a wealthy 173backer who sets him up for a 2020 presidential run. 174</li> 175</ul> 176<h2>Books, plays, and magazines</h2> 177<ul> 178<li> 179Jules Verne, <em>Around the World in Eighty Days</em> 180(<em>Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours</em>), 1873. 181Wall-clock time plays a central role in the plot. 182European readers of the 1870s clearly held the U.S. press in 183deep contempt; the protagonists cross the U.S. without once 184reading a paper. 185Available versions include 186<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/103">an English 187translation</a>, and 188<a href="https://fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/tdm80j">the original French</a> 189"with illustrations from the original 1873 French-language edition". 190</li> 191<li> 192Nick Enright, <em>Daylight Saving</em>, 1989. 193A fast-paced comedy about love and loneliness as the clocks turn back. 194</li> 195<li> 196Umberto Eco, 197<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_of_the_Day_Before"><em>The 198Island of the Day Before</em></a> 199(<em>L'isola del giorno prima</em>), 1994. 200"...the story of a 17th century Italian nobleman trapped near an island 201on the International Date Line. Time and time zones play an integral 202part in the novel." (Paul Eggert, 2006-04-22) 203</li> 204<li> 205John Dunning, <a 206href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Two-OClock-Eastern-Wartime/John-Dunning/9781439171530"><em>Two 207O'Clock, Eastern Wartime</em></a>, 2001. 208Mystery, history, daylight saving time, and old-time radio. 209</li> 210<li> 211Surrealist artist Guy Billout's work "Date Line" appeared on page 103 212of the 1999-11 <em>Atlantic Monthly</em>. 213</li> 214<li> 215"Gloom, Gloom, Go Away" by Walter Kirn appeared on page 106 of <em>Time</em> 216magazine's 2002-11-11 issue; among other things, it proposed 217year-round DST as a way of lessening wintertime despair. 218</li> 219</ul> 220<h2>Music</h2> 221<p> 222Data on recordings of "Save That Time," Russ Long, Serrob Publishing, BMI:</p> 223<table> 224<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Karrin Allyson</td></tr> 225<tr><td>CD</td><td>I Didn't Know About You</td></tr> 226<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1993</td></tr> 227<tr><td>Label</td><td>Concord Jazz, Inc.</td></tr> 228<tr><td>ID</td><td>CCD-4543</td></tr> 229<tr><td>Track Time</td><td>3:44</td></tr> 230<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Karrin Allyson, vocal; 231Russ Long, piano; 232Gerald Spaits, bass; 233Todd Strait, drums</td></tr> 234<tr><td>Notes</td><td>CD notes "additional lyric by Karrin Allyson; 235arranged by Russ Long and Karrin Allyson"</td></tr> 236<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1 star</td></tr> 237<tr><td><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-didnt-know-about-you-mw0000618657">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4 stars</td></tr> 238<tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3.5 stars</td></tr> 239<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 240<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Kevin Mahogany</td></tr> 241<tr><td>CD</td><td>Double Rainbow</td></tr> 242<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1993</td></tr> 243<tr><td>Label</td><td>Enja Records</td></tr> 244<tr><td>ID</td><td>ENJ-7097 2</td></tr> 245<tr><td>Track Time</td><td>6:27</td></tr> 246<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Kevin Mahogany, vocal; 247Kenny Barron, piano; 248Ray Drummond, bass; 249Ralph Moore, tenor saxophone; 250Lewis Nash, drums</td></tr> 251<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1.5 stars</td></tr> 252<tr><td><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/double-rainbow-mw0000620371">AMG Rating</a></td><td>3 stars</td></tr> 253<tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3 stars</td></tr> 254<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 255<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Joe Williams</td></tr> 256<tr><td>CD</td><td>Here's to Life</td></tr> 257<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1994</td></tr> 258<tr><td>Label</td><td>Telarc International Corporation</td></tr> 259<tr><td>ID</td><td>CD-83357</td></tr> 260<tr><td>Track Time</td><td>3:58</td></tr> 261<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Joe Williams, vocal 262The Robert Farnon [39 piece] Orchestra</td></tr> 263<tr><td>Notes</td><td>This CD is also available as part of a 3-CD package from 264Telarc, "Triple Play" (CD-83461)</td></tr> 265<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>black dot</td></tr> 266<tr><td><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/heres-to-life-mw0000623648">AMG Rating</a></td><td>2 stars</td></tr> 267<tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3 stars</td></tr> 268<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 269<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Charles Fambrough</td></tr> 270<tr><td>CD</td><td>Keeper of the Spirit</td></tr> 271<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1995</td></tr> 272<tr><td>Label</td><td>AudioQuest Music</td></tr> 273<tr><td>ID</td><td>AQ-CD1033</td></tr> 274<tr><td>Track Time</td><td>7:07</td></tr> 275<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Charles Fambrough, bass; 276Joel Levine, tenor recorder; 277Edward Simon, piano; 278Lenny White, drums; 279Marion Simon, percussion</td></tr> 280<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>2 stars</td></tr> 281<tr><td><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/keeper-of-the-spirit-mw0000176559">AMG Rating</a></td><td>unrated</td></tr> 282<tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3 stars</td></tr> 283</table> 284<hr> 285<p>Also of note:</p> 286<table> 287<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Holly Cole Trio</td></tr> 288<tr><td>CD</td><td>Blame It On My Youth</td></tr> 289<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1992</td></tr> 290<tr><td>Label</td><td>Manhattan</td></tr> 291<tr><td>ID</td><td>CDP 7 97349 2</td></tr> 292<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>37:45</td></tr> 293<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Holly Cole, voice; 294Aaron Davis, piano; 295David Piltch, string bass</td></tr> 296<tr><td>Notes</td><td>Lyrical reference to "Eastern Standard Time" in 297Tom Waits' "Purple Avenue"</td></tr> 298<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>2.5 stars</td></tr> 299<tr><td><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/blame-it-on-my-youth-mw0000274303">AMG Rating</a></td><td>3 stars</td></tr> 300<tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>unrated</td></tr> 301<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 302<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Milt Hinton</td></tr> 303<tr><td>CD</td><td>Old Man Time</td></tr> 304<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1990</td></tr> 305<tr><td>Label</td><td>Chiaroscuro</td></tr> 306<tr><td>ID</td><td>CR(D) 310</td></tr> 307<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>149:38 (two CDs)</td></tr> 308<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Milt Hinton, bass; 309Doc Cheatham, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, trumpet; 310Al Grey, trombone; 311Eddie Barefield, Joe Camel (Flip Phillips), Buddy Tate, 312clarinet and saxophone; 313John Bunch, Red Richards, Norman Simmons, Derek Smith, 314Ralph Sutton, piano; 315Danny Barker, Al Casey, guitar; 316Gus Johnson, Gerryck King, Bob Rosengarden, Jackie Williams, 317drums; 318Lionel Hampton, vibraphone; 319Cab Calloway, Joe Williams, vocal; 320Buck Clayton, arrangements</td></tr> 321<tr><td>Notes</td><td>tunes include Old Man Time, Time After Time, 322Sometimes I'm Happy, 323A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight, 324Four or Five Times, Now's the Time, 325Time on My Hands, This Time It's Us, 326and Good Time Charlie. 327<a href="http://www.chiaroscurojazz.com/album.php?C=310">Album info</a> 328is available.</td></tr> 329<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>3 stars</td></tr> 330<tr><td><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/old-man-time-mw0000269353">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4.5 stars</td></tr> 331<tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3 stars</td></tr> 332<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 333<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Alan Broadbent</td></tr> 334<tr><td>CD</td><td>Pacific Standard Time</td></tr> 335<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1995</td></tr> 336<tr><td>Label</td><td>Concord Jazz, Inc.</td></tr> 337<tr><td>ID</td><td>CCD-4664</td></tr> 338<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>62:42</td></tr> 339<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Alan Broadbent, piano; 340Putter Smith, Bass; 341Frank Gibson, Jr., drums</td></tr> 342<tr><td>Notes</td><td>The CD cover features an analemma for equation-of-time fans</td></tr> 343<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1 star</td></tr> 344<tr><td><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/pacific-standard-time-mw0000645433">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4 stars</td></tr> 345<tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3.5 stars</td></tr> 346<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 347<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Anthony Braxton/Richard Teitelbaum</td></tr> 348<tr><td>CD</td><td>Silence/Time Zones</td></tr> 349<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1996</td></tr> 350<tr><td>Label</td><td>Black Lion</td></tr> 351<tr><td>ID</td><td>BLCD 760221</td></tr> 352<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>72:58</td></tr> 353<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Anthony Braxton, sopranino and alto saxophones, 354contrebasse clarinet, miscellaneous instruments; 355Leo Smith, trumpet and miscellaneous instruments; 356Leroy Jenkins, violin and miscellaneous instruments; 357Richard Teitelbaum, modular moog and micromoog synthesizer</td></tr> 358<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>black dot</td></tr> 359<tr><td><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/silence-time-zones-mw0000595735">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4 stars</td></tr> 360<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 361<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Charles Gayle</td></tr> 362<tr><td>CD</td><td>Time Zones</td></tr> 363<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>2006</td></tr> 364<tr><td>Label</td><td>Tompkins Square</td></tr> 365<tr><td>ID</td><td>TSQ2839</td></tr> 366<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>49:06</td></tr> 367<tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Charles Gayle, piano</td></tr> 368<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1 star</td></tr> 369<tr><td><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/time-zones-mw0000349642">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4.5 stars</td></tr> 370<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 371<tr><td>Artist</td><td>The Get Up Kids</td></tr> 372<tr><td>CD</td><td>Eudora</td></tr> 373<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>2001</td></tr> 374<tr><td>Label</td><td>Vagrant</td></tr> 375<tr><td>ID</td><td>357</td></tr> 376<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>65:12</td></tr> 377<tr><td>Notes</td><td>Includes the song "Central Standard Time." Thanks to Colin Bowern for this information.</td></tr> 378<tr><td><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/eudora-mw0000592063">AMG Rating</a></td><td>2.5 stars</td></tr> 379<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 380 381<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Coldplay</td></tr> 382<tr><td>Song</td><td>Clocks</td></tr> 383<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>2003</td></tr> 384<tr><td>Label</td><td>Capitol Records</td></tr> 385<tr><td>ID</td><td>52608</td></tr> 386<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>4:13</td></tr> 387<tr><td>Notes</td><td>Won the 2004 Record of the Year honor at the 388Grammy Awards. Co-written and performed by Chris Martin, 389great-great-grandson of DST inventor William Willett. The song's first 390line is "Lights go out and I can't be saved".</td></tr> 391<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 392 393<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Jaime Guevara</td></tr> 394<tr><td>Song</td><td><a 395href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfN4Fe_A50U">Qué 396hora es</a></td></tr> 397<tr><td>Date</td><td>1993</td></tr> 398<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>3:04</td></tr> 399<tr><td>Notes</td><td>The song protested "Sixto Hour" in Ecuador 400(1992–3). Its lyrics include "Amanecía en mitad de la noche, los 401guaguas iban a clase sin sol" ("It was dawning in the middle of the 402night, the buses went to class without sun"). 403<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 404 405<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Irving Kahal and Harry Richman</td></tr> 406<tr><td>Song</td><td>There Ought to be a Moonlight Saving Time</td></tr> 407<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1931</td> 408<tr><td>Notes</td><td>This musical standard was a No. 1 hit for Guy Lombardo 409in 1931, and was also performed by Maurice Chevalier, Blossom Dearie 410and many others. The phrase "Moonlight saving time" also appears in 411the 1995 country song "Not Enough Hours in the Night" written by Aaron 412Barker, Kim Williams and Rob Harbin and performed by Doug 413Supernaw.</td></tr> 414<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 415 416<tr><td>Artist</td><td>The Microscopic Septet</td></tr> 417<tr><td>CD</td><td>Lobster Leaps In</td></tr> 418<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>2008</td></tr> 419<tr><td>Label</td><td>Cuneiform</td></tr> 420<tr><td>ID</td><td>272</td></tr> 421<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>73:05</td></tr> 422<tr><td>Notes</td><td>Includes the song "Twilight Time Zone."</td></tr> 423<tr><td><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/lobster-leaps-in-mw0000794929">AMG Rating</a></td><td>3.5 stars</td></tr> 424<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>2 stars</td></tr> 425 426<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 427 428<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Bob Dylan</td></tr> 429<tr><td>CD</td><td>The Times They Are a-Changin'</td></tr> 430<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1964</td></tr> 431<tr><td>Label</td><td>Columbia</td></tr> 432<tr><td>ID</td><td>CK-8905</td></tr> 433<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>45:36</td></tr> 434<tr><td><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-times-they-a-changin-mw0000202344">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4.5 stars</td></tr> 435<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1.5 stars</td></tr> 436<tr><td>Notes<td>The title song is also available on "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" and "The Essential Bob Dylan."</td></tr> 437<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 438 439<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Luciana Souza</td></tr> 440<tr><td>CD</td><td>Tide</td></tr> 441<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>2009</td></tr> 442<tr><td>Label</td><td>Universal Jazz France</td></tr> 443<tr><td>ID</td><td>B0012688-02</td></tr> 444<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>42:31</td></tr> 445<tr><td><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/tide-mw0000815692">AMG Rating</a></td><td>3.5 stars</td></tr> 446<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>2.5 stars</td></tr> 447<tr><td>Notes<td>Includes the song "Fire and Wood" with the lyric 448"The clocks were turned back you remember/Think it's still November." 449</td></tr> 450<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 451<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Ken Nordine</td></tr> 452<tr><td>CD</td><td>You're Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters</td></tr> 453<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>2005</td></tr> 454<tr><td>Label</td><td>Geffen</td></tr> 455<tr><td>ID</td><td>B0005171-02</td></tr> 456<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>156:22</td></tr> 457<tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1 star</td></tr> 458<tr><td><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/youre-getting-better-the-word-jazz-dot-masters-mw0000736197">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4.5 stars</td></tr> 459<tr><td>Notes</td><td>Includes the piece "What Time Is It" 460("He knew what time it was everywhere...that counted").</td></tr> 461<tr><td> </td><td></td></tr> 462<tr><td>Artist</td><td>Chicago</td></tr> 463<tr><td>CD</td><td>Chicago Transit Authority</td></tr> 464<tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1969</td></tr> 465<tr><td>Label</td><td>Columbia</td></tr> 466<tr><td>ID</td><td>64409</td></tr> 467<tr><td>Total Time</td><td>1:16:20</td></tr> 468<tr><td><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/chicago-transit-authority-mw0000189364">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4 stars</td></tr> 469<tr><td>Notes</td><td>Includes the song "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"</td></tr> 470</table> 471<h2>Comics</h2> 472<ul> 473<li> 474The webcomic <em>xkcd</em> has the strip 475"<a href='https://xkcd.com/673/'>The Sun</a>" (2009-12-09) and the panels 476"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1017/'>Backward in Time</a>" (2012-02-14), 477"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1061/'>EST</a>" (2012-05-28), 478"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1179/'>ISO 8601</a>" (2013-02-27), 479"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1335/'>Now</a>" (2014-02-26), 480"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1655/'>Doomsday Clock</a>" (2016-03-14), 481"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1799/'>Bad Map Projection: Time Zones</a>" 482(2017-02-15), 483"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1883/'>Supervillain Plan</a>" (2017-08-30), 484"<a href='https://xkcd.com/2050/'>6/6 Time</a>" (2018-09-24), 485and "<a href='https://xkcd.com/2266/'>Leap Smearing</a>" (2020-02-10). 486The related book <em>What If?</em> has an entry 487"<a href='https://what-if.xkcd.com/26/'>Leap Seconds</a>" (2012-12-31). 488</li> 489<li> 490Pig kills time in <a 491href="https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2016/11/06"><em>Pearls 492Before Swine</em> (2016-11-06)</a>. 493</li> 494<li> 495Stonehenge is abandoned in <a 496href='https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2017/03/12'><em>Non Sequitur</em> 497(2017-03-12)</a>. 498<li> 499The boss freaks out in <a 500href='https://dilbert.com/strip/1998-03-14'><em>Dilbert</em> (1998-03-14)</a>. 501</li> 502<li> 503Peppermint Patty: "What if the world comes to an end tonight, Marcie?" 504<br> 505Marcie: "I promise there'll be a tomorrow, sir ... in fact, 506it's already tomorrow in Australia!" 507<br> 508(Charles M. Schulz, <a href='https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1980/06/13'><em>Peanuts</em>, 1980-06-13</a>) 509</li> 510</ul> 511<h2>Jokes</h2> 512<ul> 513<li> 514The idea behind daylight saving time was first proposed as a joke by 515Benjamin Franklin. To enforce it, he suggested, "Every 516morning, as soon as the sun rises, let all the bells in every church 517be set ringing; and if that is not sufficient, let cannon be fired in 518every street, to wake the sluggards effectually, and make them open 519their eyes to see their true interest. All the difficulty will be in 520the first two or three days: after which the reformation will be as 521natural and easy as the present irregularity; for, <em>ce n'est que le 522premier pas qui coûte</em>." 523<a href="http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/franklin3.html">Franklin's 524joke</a> was first published on 1784-04-26 by the 525<em>Journal de Paris</em> as <a 526href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Franklin-Benjamin-Journal-de-Paris-1784.jpg">an 527anonymous letter translated into French</a>. 528</li> 529<li> 530"We've been using the five-cent nickel in this country since 1492. 531Now that's pretty near 100 years, daylight saving." 532(Groucho Marx as Captain Spaulding in <em>Animal Crackers</em>, 1930, 533as noted by Will Fitzgerald) 534</li> 535<li> 536BRADY. ...[Bishop Usher] determined that the Lord began the Creation 537on the 23rd of October in the Year 4,004 B.C. at – uh, 9 A.M.! 538<br> 539DRUMMOND. That Eastern Standard Time? (<em>Laughter.</em>) Or Rocky Mountain 540Time? (<em>More laughter.</em>) It wasn't daylight-saving time, was it? Because 541the Lord didn't make the sun until the fourth day! 542<br> 543(From the play <em>Inherit the Wind</em> by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, 544filmed in 1960 with Spencer Tracy as Drummond and Fredric March as 545Brady, and several other times. Thanks to Mark Brader.) 546</li> 547<li> 548"Good news." 549"What did they do? Extend Daylight Saving Time year round?" 550(Professional tanner George Hamilton, in dialog from a 551May, 1999 episode of the syndicated television series <em>Baywatch</em>) 552</li> 553<li> 554"A fundamental belief held by Americans is that if you are on land, you 555cannot be killed by a fish...So most Americans remain on land, believing 556they're safe. Unfortunately, this belief – like so many myths, such as that 557there's a reason for 'Daylight Saving Time' – is false." 558(Dave Barry column, 2000-07-02) 559</li> 560<li> 561"I once had sex for an hour and five minutes, but that was on the day 562when you turn the clocks ahead." 563(Garry Shandling, 52nd Annual Emmys, 2000-09-10) 564</li> 565<li> 566"Would it impress you if I told you I invented Daylight Savings Time?" 567("Sahjhan" to "Lilah" in dialog from the "Loyalty" episode of <em>Angel</em>, 568originally aired 2002-02-25) 569</li> 570<li> 571"I thought you said Tulsa was a three-hour flight." 572"Well, you're forgetting about the time difference." 573("Joey" and "Chandler" in dialog from the episode of <em>Friends</em> 574entitled "The One With Rachel's Phone Number," originally aired 2002-12-05) 575</li> 576<li> 577"Is that a pertinent fact, 578or are you just trying to dazzle me with your command of time zones?" 579(Kelsey Grammer as "Frasier Crane" to "Roz" from the episode of <em>Frasier</em> 580entitled "The Kid," originally aired 1997-11-04) 581</li> 582<li> 583"I put myself and my staff through this crazy, huge ordeal, all because 584I refused to go on at midnight, okay? And so I work, you know, and 585then I get this job at eleven, supposed to be a big deal. Then 586yesterday daylight [saving] time ended. Right now it's basically 587midnight." (Conan O'Brien on the 2010-11-08 premiere of <em>Conan</em>.) 588</li> 589<li> 590"The best method, I told folks, was to hang a large clock high on a 591barn wall where all the cows could see it. If you have Holsteins, you 592will need to use an analog clock." (Jerry Nelson, <a 593href="http://www.agriculture.com/family/farm-humor/how-to-adjust-dairy-cows-to-daylight-savings-time">How 594to adjust dairy cows to daylight saving time</a>", <em>Successful Farming</em>, 5952017-10-09.) 596</li> 597<li> 598"And now, driving to California, I find that I must enter a password 599in order to change the time zone on my laptop clock. Evidently, 600someone is out to mess up my schedule and my clock must be secured." 601(Garrison Keillor, 602"<a href="http://www.garrisonkeillor.com/weve-never-been-here-before/">We've 603never been here before</a>", 2017-08-22) 604</li> 605<li> 606"Well, in my time zone that's all the time I have, 607but maybe in your time zone I haven't finished yet. So stay tuned!" 608(Goldie Hawn, <em>Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In</em> No. 65, 1970-03-09) 609</li> 610</ul> 611<h2>See also</h2> 612<ul> 613<li><a href="tz-link.html">Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving 614Time Data</a></li> 615</ul> 616<hr> 617<address> 618This web page is in the public domain, so clarified as of 6192009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 620<br> 621Please send corrections to this web page to the 622<a href="mailto:tz@iana.org">time zone mailing list</a>. 623</address> 624</body> 625</html> 626
