Bigdaddyjug wrote:
Well, it's Monday and all of us Americans are down an hour's sleep. Do you guys in Europe do daylight savings time too?
Rukkuss wrote:
I do believe the US is the only country in the world that does it.....even a couple of states dont do it.....its kinda pointless anymore.
Apparently Mexico and Canada also have DST, except for British Columbia and Saskatchewan. In the U.S. Arizona and Hawaii are the only two states that do not observe it. Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and America Samoa are U.S. territories that do not observe DST.
In other parts of the world, according to http://www.infoplease.com/spot/daylight1.html:
...in 1996, members of the European Union agreed to observe a "summer-time period" from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.
Most countries near the equator don't deviate from standard time.
In the Southern Hemisphere, where summer arrives in what we in the Northern Hemisphere consider the winter months, DST is observed from late October to late March.
Three large regions in Australia do not participate in DST. Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland stay on standard time all year. The remaining south-central and southeastern sections of the continent (which is where Sydney and Melbourne are found) make the switch. This results in both vertical and horizontal time zones Down Under during the summer months. I was surprised so many other areas of the world observe DST. I agree it is pointless and imo, a nuisance. A friend of mine said in a recent email: "Daylight Savings" Time...might better be called "Pay More for Air Conditioning in the Evening and Electric Lights in the Morning for Eight Months" Time."
WoW - Completed the Stratholme dungeon, which was interesting and a bit confusing since I didn't realize it is basically two instances in two different locations in the Eastern Plaguelands. After soloing my way through packs of various types of undead, the groups of mages/necromancers protecting the crystals, ogres, Ramstein the Gorger and a battalion of mobs sent by Aurius Rivendare, not to mention pesky rats and insects, I was surprised that my final fight - Aurius Rivendare, who summons packs of skeletons intermittently during the fight, was actually one of the easier mobs for me to take down.
After that run I spent a good amount of time going through the loot to decide what to keep, what to vendor, and what to place on the AH. Began doing The Hinterland quests. Completed fishing dailies.