Tuesday, 13 October 2015

Mystery of missing hour - Daylight Savings!


Sunday morning couldn't have been more confusing then to search for the missing one hour.
What - Missing An Hour ??

Well yeah, when i woke up, my mobile phone showed different time than my wall clock, with a difference of exact 1 hour.

Sensing the critical situation, I had to put my engineers cap to crack this mystery.
Gave a knock on my brain;
He was baffled and started complaining
         "Its Sunday why do you want me to work today?"

I had to make special request;
         "Dude, please try and understand i guess i am missing an hour in my life, and you          know that can be very risky.. I could have done productive stuff in that hour."

Brain: "Okay, Okay hang on, let me have a look
           Oh, Its the first Sunday of October; 
           You are not missing anything, its Day Light Saving, you gotta live with it; 
          What productive could you have done, apart from sleeping ?? "

Me:   "Yeah whatever, you go back in your shell; i don't need your help. 
          Ohhh wait, wait.. What is this Day Light Saving (a.k.a DST) ..............."

Suddenly i heard my spouse, "What are you babbling and what's this DST ?"

With full confidence, i answered:
           Oh Baby, you don't know DST? 
           DST, a.k.a Day light saving and is used to save day light.

Grabbing the laptop she responded,
          "Well honey, i couldn't have expected for any better answer ~a typical viva type
            answer.
  

           Daylight Saving Time (DST) is the practice of turning the clock ahead as warmer
            weather approaches and back as it becomes colder again so that people will have
           one more hour of daylight in the afternoon and evening during the warmer season
           of the year. In Australia it is done at 2am on the first Sunday in October, 
           when clocks are put forward one hour. It ends at 2am on the first Sunday in April,
           when clocks are put back one hour.How much easy, it would have been if you can
           simply google :) "

While she was improving my General knowledge, i took my satire train and reached to imaginations stations; mostly famous for the what-if's, the how's, the suppositions ..

          "What would the impact be, if DST was implemented in India"

Office goers: This DST has brought Monday one hour closer, this Monday will be not only blue but black as well.

Surya Bhagwaan's reaction: "Ohh Man.. i need serious increment; my working hours just got increased.. These earthly ppl always create problems.. just wondering what all things they do to fool themselves."

Clocks would be complaining, why special treatment to 2 ?? how come he gets a leave once a year.

Marriage:
         Groom: "Panditjee when is the Shaadi ka moohurat"
         Panditjee: "2 baje beta"
         ***DST kicks in***
         Panditjee: - "Beta, Abb ye shaadi nahi ho sakti hai. DST aa gaya"

News Reporters will be on ground, questioning people and checking their GK
          Reporter: "Do you know about DST ?"
          P1: "DST...... Delhi Service Terminal"
          P2: "DST nahi hota hai CST hota hai .. kaha kaha se log aa jaate hai Reporter
          bann ne"
          P3: "DST isss .. ammm.. hmmm.. i think .. "
         Smart Guy: "DST is Daylight Saving ... (interrupted by chachajee)
         Chachajee: Dhaatttt budbakkk, Daylight kaise hua.. This happens in Night, so Day
          kaha se aaya.. Humko lagta hai, it should be NST instead of DST"


Conversation between Teacher and Student:
        T: Why didn't you study this chapter for the test?
        S: Teacher, Teacher i planned to study it @2 in the night, but i couldn't because of
           DST

        T: For the first time, i am hearing brand new excuse.

Media to Yadav: 
       M: Sir, you are supportive of DST, how do you think this will help the people of UP?
       Y: It will definitely benefit, Jaha electricity 24 nahi aati waha 23 ghante nahi aayegi;
           Isn't this a benefit ?


Reaction of Political parties:


Government: "Aaaj ka Bharat kya chahta hai.. Aaj ka Bharat believes in DST.. They want to keep up with the world.
Let us all vote for Development,  We will prove to world that India can sleep less and be more productive.
Our Ancestors have struggled throughout.. ,kya aap 1 ghanta nahi de sakte..
Tweet with #MoDiST"


 
Opposition: "Yeh Suit - Boot ki sarkaar,  is planning to take away one hour from our lives.. from the lives of farmers...
They promised us 'Acche Din' and here they are snatching away our nights as well..
If we are voted in power again, then we promise to give you additional one hour a day.. each day will be 25 hours longer"
         


Other filmy parties: I beg, the government to not do this..
Hum yaha raajneeti karne nahi aaye hai..
Please Please dont do this..


Alliance Parties: We will support the government on this, if they promise reservation of 50% in this, 
               i.e. instead of moving the clock one hour, if they move 30 mins ahead.. .. .. 

Free home delivery services will have revised timelines;
           "We Deliver, even if the time is missing"

While i was in all these, i heard my wife.."Here, a coffee for my problem solver husband ;) "

Fact is:
    India's take on DST
  • Time difference between India and Australia has increased. 
  • I lost my one hour of precious sleep ;)
  • Reaction of my dog on all these ...