Chile Forum

A few days ago, I briefly heard on CNN Chile that the end of daylight savings time was being postponed from this weekend to April 3, due to the Earthquake (although I'm really not sure how they relate...but that's why I posted in this forum). Since then I haven't heard anything on the news, but timeanddate.com just switched it to April 3, too. What's the official word on this? And why? Not that I'm complaining of a few extra weeks of "longer" days...

its true...

1 thing to note.. your computer will automatically change its time this weekend, you will need to manually change it back then change it again on the 3rd...

Im not sure if MS have got there stuff together to get a update out in time....

Due to the last events in Chile, time has been postponed to April 3rd, 2010.

HEADLINE: Time Modified by Government Decree

Didn't even need a multibillion dollar super collider to do it. Friggin Amazing!

Chile’s federal government has postponed the country’s daylight saving end date in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake. The Chilean Government announced that the daylight saving schedule’s end date for 2010 “would be delayed until April 3” – most likely at midnight (00:00) between Saturday, April 3, and Sunday April 4, 2010. Various news sources claim that the government’s decision to delay the current daylight saving schedule’s end date was to give a respite to places affected by the earthquake, particularly where there may not be electricity.

Chile’s current daylight saving schedule, was supposed to end at midnight (00:00) between Saturday, March 13, and Sunday, March 14, 2010 as DST in Chile usually starts at midnight (00:00) between the second Saturday and the second Sunday of October. It then ends at midnight (00:00) between the second Saturday and the second Sunday of March.

http://www.thepulse.cl/2010/03/09/chile ... arthquake/

who knows we might even get it in sink with our forum time (at least for half of the year).

what is the rationale for this? we need more daylight to clean up the mess? i have an idea....GET OUT OF BED EARLIER!

The one we are running in to that is driving us nuts is the frigen curfew. It was set from 6 pm to 12 pm in the morning in many places. Why would you do that in a crisis where electricity is a problem?

Dusk to dawn makes way more sense if you have to have a curfew.

We need every daylight hour to move aid and operate. We have been getting wavers to operate in the military controlled areas most of the time, but it is still scary for our people to go in to a place and not know if the guy with the gun on the ground got the memo.

dawn to dusk DOES make sense, to maximize the productivity with natural light....but...we are in latin america where half the population sleeps til noon. productivity isn't highly valued, even at a time when it is clearly needed. it can all wait til tomorrow, right?

BUMP

Many will have to manually set this up.

Remember by gov decree time was again modified and fall "fall back" will not occur till the first weekend in April.

FYI, Chile and Argentina time will be the same until the first weekend of April.

For auto sync, time zone Montevideo, Uruguay works but don't forget to shift back to Santiago, Chile in April.

cali_chile48 wrote:but...we are in latin america where half the population sleeps til noon. productivity isn't highly valued, even at a time when it is clearly needed. it can all wait til tomorrow, right?

What a prejudicial bigoted comment!

janni wrote:

cali_chile48 wrote:but...we are in latin america where half the population sleeps til noon. productivity isn't highly valued, even at a time when it is clearly needed. it can all wait til tomorrow, right?

What a prejudicial bigoted comment!

Its more of a cultural thing I think, Chileans are a nocturnal breed as they like to stay up late. I have had friends drop by my house unannounced for a visit at 2300 or 2330 only to find us in bed(since 2100 or 2130). Being prior military, I pride myself on punctuality and I arrive at work on-the-dot or before. Contract says hours are from 0830 to 1830. Most of my Chilean office workers come rollin in around 0930, 1000, 1030 and nobody says a word. When I tell them I arrive early(5 min ahead of time is on -time, & on-time is late!) or on-time as the contract states, they tell me that thats my problem. Most of them will take a nap after lunch and knock of work at 1820 or 1825 to get a head start on the commute home. If they finished a project today, what are they going to do tomorrow?

but...we are in latin america where half the population sleeps til noon. productivity isn't highly valued, even at a time when it is clearly needed. it can all wait til tomorrow, right?

I don't know any Chileans that sleep until noon on any day of the week. Most get their children up for school/church and get themselves to work by 9:30 or so. Unless you hang out with the childless, unemployed and night shifters exclusively?

Tombi wrote:

but...we are in latin america where half the population sleeps til noon. productivity isn't highly valued, even at a time when it is clearly needed. it can all wait til tomorrow, right?

I don't know any Chileans that sleep until noon on any day of the week. Most get their children up for school/church and get themselves to work by 9:30 or so. Unless you hang out with the childless, unemployed and night shifters exclusively?

I have went to other peoples houses on a Sat. or Sun as a favor to work on pick one:( electrical, plumbing, washer-dryer, oven, fridge.) and they always say I cannot use my hammerdrill until the rest of the family wakes up. This is at 1 or 2 in the afternoon mind you!