1<!DOCTYPE html> 2<html lang="en"> 3<head> 4<meta charset="UTF-8"> 5<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 6<style> 7ul {padding-left: 1.3rem;} 8</style> 9<title>Time and the Arts</title> 10</head> 11<body> 12<h1>Time and the Arts</h1> 13<h2>Documentaries</h2> 14<ul> 15<li> 16“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84aWtseb2-4">Daylight 17Saving Time Explained</a>” (2011; 6:39) lightly covers daylight saving 18time’s theory, history, pros and cons. Among other things, it explains 19Arizona’s daylight-saving enclaves quite well. 20</li> 21<li> 22“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY">The Problem 23with Time & Timezones – Computerphile</a>” (2013; 10:12) delves 24into problems that programmers have with timekeeping. 25</li> 26<li> 27“<a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/all-the-time-in-the-world/28375932.html">All 28The Time In The World: Explaining The Mysteries Of Time Zones</a>” (2017; 2:15) 29briefly says why France has more time zones than Russia. 30</li> 31<li> 32“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRz-Dl60Lfc">Why Denmark used to be 33.04 seconds behind the world</a>” (2019; 6:29) explains why the United Kingdom 34– and, once, Denmark – haven’t always exactly followed their own 35laws about civil time. 36</li> 37<li> 38“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfzsBMUiGGQ">How Daylight Savings 39Broke this $24 Million Building</a>” (2025; 5:01) describes the system of 40mirrors used at Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance to ensure the sun’s light 41still hits at the “correct” ceremonial hour to commemorate the Armistice which 42ended World War I. 43</li> 44<li> 45“About Time” (1962; 59 minutes) is part of the 46Bell Science extravaganza, with Frank Baxter, Richard Deacon, and Les Tremayne. 47Its advisor was Richard Feynman, and it was voiced by Mel Blanc. 48(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154110/">IMDb entry</a>.) 49</li> 50</ul> 51<h2>Movies</h2> 52<ul> 53<li> 54In the 1946 movie <em>A Matter of Life and Death</em> 55(U.S. title <em>Stairway to Heaven</em>) 56there is a reference to British Double Summer Time. 57The time does not play a large part in the plot; 58it’s just a passing reference to the time when one of the 59characters was supposed to have died (but didn’t). 60(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038733/">IMDb entry.</a>) 61(Dave Cantor) 62</li> 63<li> 64The 1953 railway comedy movie <em>The Titfield Thunderbolt</em> includes a 65play on words on British Double Summer Time. Valentine’s wife wants 66him to leave the pub and asks him, “Do you know what time it is?” 67And he, happy where he is, replies: “Yes, my love. Summer double time.” 68(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046436/">IMDb entry.</a>) 69(Mark Brader, 2009-10-02) 70</li> 71<li> 72The premise of the 1999 caper movie <em>Entrapment</em> involves computers 73in an international banking network being shut down briefly at 74midnight in each time zone to avoid any problems at the transition 75from the year 1999 to 2000 in that zone. (Hmmmm.) If this shutdown 76is extended by 10 seconds, it will create a one-time opportunity for 77a gigantic computerized theft. To achieve this, at one location the 78crooks interfere with the microwave system supplying time signals to 79the computer, advancing the time by 0.1 second each minute over the 80last hour of 1999. (So this movie teaches us that 0.1 × 60 = 10.) 81(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137494/">IMDb entry.</a>) 82(Mark Brader, 2009-10-02) 83</li> 84<li> 85One mustn’t forget the 86<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4EUTMPuvHo">trailer</a> 87(2014; 2:23) for the movie <em>Daylight Saving</em>. 88</li> 89</ul> 90<h2>TV episodes</h2> 91<ul> 92<li> 93An episode of <em>The Adventures of Superman</em> entitled “The Mysterious 94Cube”, first aired 1958-02-24, had Superman convincing the controllers 95of the Arlington Time Signal to broadcast ahead of actual time; 96doing so got a crook trying to be declared dead to 97emerge a bit too early from the titular enclosure. 98(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0506628/">IMDb entry</a>.) 99</li> 100<li> 101“<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chimes_of_Big_Ben">The Chimes 102of Big Ben</a>”, <em>The Prisoner</em>, episode 2, ITC, 1967-10-06. 103Our protagonist tumbles to 104the fraudulent nature of a Poland-to-England escape upon hearing Big 105Ben chiming on Polish local time. 106(<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0679185/">IMDb entry.</a>) 107</li> 108<li> 109“The Susie”, <em>Seinfeld</em>, season 8, episode 15, NBC, 1997-02-13. 110Kramer decides that daylight saving time 111isn’t coming fast enough, so he sets his watch ahead an hour. 112</li> 113<li> 114“20 Hours in America”, <em>The West Wing</em>, season 4, episodes 1–2, 1152002-09-25, contained a <a 116href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J1NHzQ1sgc">scene</a> that 117saw White House staffers stranded in Indiana; they thought they had time to 118catch Air Force One but were done in by intra-Indiana local time changes. 119</li> 120<li> 121“In what time zone would you find New York City?” was a $200 question on 122the 1999-11-13 United States airing of <em>Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?</em>, 123and “In 1883, what industry led the movement to divide the U.S. into four time 124zones?” was a $32,000 question on the 2001-05-23 United States airing of 125the same show. At this rate, the million-dollar time-zone 126question should have been asked 2002-06-04. 127</li> 128<li> 129A private jet’s mid-flight change of time zones distorts Alison Dubois’ 130premonition in the “We Had a Dream” episode of <em>Medium</em> 131(originally aired 2007-02-28). 132</li> 133<li> 134A criminal’s failure to account for the start of daylight saving is pivotal 135in “<a href="https://monk.fandom.com/wiki/Mr._Monk_and_the_Rapper">Mr. Monk 136and the Rapper</a>” (first aired 2007-07-20). 137</li> 138<li> 139In the <em>30 Rock</em> episode “Anna Howard Shaw Day” 140(first broadcast 2010-02-11), 141Jack Donaghy’s date realizes that a Geneva-to-New-York business phone call 142received in the evening must be fake given the difference in local times. 143</li> 144<li> 145In the “Run by the Monkeys” episode of <em>Da Vinci’s Inquest</em> 146(first broadcast 2002-11-17), 147a witness in a five-year-old fire case realizes they may not have set 148their clock back when daylight saving ended on the day of the fire, 149introducing the possibility of an hour when arson might have occurred. 150</li> 151<li> 152In “The Todd Couple” episode of <em>Outsourced</em> (first aired 2011-02-10), 153Manmeet sets up Valentine’s Day teledates for 6:00 and 9:00pm; 154since one is with a New Yorker and the other with a San Franciscan, 155hilarity ensues. 156(Never mind that this should be 7:30am in Mumbai, yet for some reason the show 157proceeds as though it’s also mid-evening there.) 158</li> 159<li> 160In the “14 Days to Go”/“T Minus...” episode of 161<em>You, Me and the Apocalypse</em> 162(first aired 2015-11-11 in the UK, 2016-03-10 in the US), 163the success of a mission to deal with a comet 164hinges on whether or not Russia observes daylight saving time. 165(In the US, 166the episode first aired in the week before the switch to <abbr>DST</abbr>.) 167</li> 168<li> 169“The Lost Hour”, <em>Eerie, Indiana</em>, episode 10, NBC, 1991-12-01. 170Despite Indiana’s then-lack of <abbr>DST</abbr>, 171Marshall changes his clock with unusual consequences. 172See “<a 173href="https://www.avclub.com/eerie-indiana-was-a-few-dimensions-ahead-of-its-time-1819833380"><em>Eerie, 174Indiana</em> was a few dimensions ahead of its time</a>”. 175</li> 176<li> 177“Time Tunnel”, <em>The Adventures of Pete & Pete</em>, 178season 2, episode 5, Nickelodeon, 1994-10-23. 179The two Petes travel back in time an hour 180on the day that <abbr>DST</abbr> ends. 181</li> 182<li> 183“King-Size Homer”, <em>The Simpsons</em>, episode 135, Fox, 1995-11-05. 184Homer, working from home, remarks “8:58, first 185time I’ve ever been early for work. Except for all those daylight 186savings days. Lousy farmers.” 187</li> 188<li> 189<em>Last Week Tonight with John Oliver</em>, season 2, episode 5, 2015-03-08, 190asked, “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br0NW9ufUUw">Daylight 191Saving Time – How Is This Still A Thing?</a>” 192</li> 193<li> 194“Tracks”, <em>The Good Wife</em>, season 7, episode 12, 195CBS, 2016-01-17. 196The applicability of a contract hinges on the 197time zone associated with a video timestamp. 198</li> 199<li> 200“Justice”, <em>Veep</em>, season 6, episode 4, HBO, 2017-05-07. 201Jonah’s inability to understand <abbr>DST</abbr> ends up impressing a wealthy 202backer who sets him up for a 2020 presidential run. 203</li> 204</ul> 205<h2>Books, plays, and magazines</h2> 206<ul> 207<li> 208Jules Verne, <em>Around the World in Eighty Days</em> 209(<em>Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours</em>), 1873. 210Wall-clock time plays a central role in the plot. 211European readers of the 1870s clearly held the U.S. press in 212deep contempt; the protagonists cross the U.S. without once 213reading a paper. 214Available versions include 215<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/103">an English 216translation</a>, and 217<a href="https://fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/tdm80j/">the original French</a> 218“with illustrations from the original 1873 French-language edition”. 219</li> 220<li> 221Nick Enright, <em>Daylight Saving</em>, 1989. 222A fast-paced comedy about love and loneliness as the clocks turn back. 223</li> 224<li> 225Umberto Eco, 226<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_of_the_Day_Before"><em>The 227Island of the Day Before</em></a> 228(<em>L’isola del giorno prima</em>), 1994. 229“...the story of a 17th century Italian nobleman trapped near an island 230on the International Date Line. Time and time zones play an integral 231part in the novel.” (Paul Eggert, 2006-04-22) 232</li> 233<li> 234John Dunning, <a 235href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Two-OClock-Eastern-Wartime/John-Dunning/9781439171530"><em>Two 236O’Clock, Eastern Wartime</em></a>, 2001. 237Mystery, history, daylight saving time, and old-time radio. 238</li> 239<li> 240Surrealist artist Guy Billout’s work “Date Line” 241appeared on page 103 of the 1999-11 <em>Atlantic Monthly</em>. 242</li> 243<li> 244“Gloom, Gloom, Go Away” by Walter Kirn appeared on page 106 of <em>Time</em> 245magazine’s 2002-11-11 issue; among other things, it proposed 246year-round <abbr>DST</abbr> as a way of lessening wintertime despair. 247</li> 248<li> 249Cory Doctorow, <a 250href="https://craphound.com/est/download/"><em>Eastern Standard Tribe</em></a>, 2512004. The world splinters into tribes characterized by their timezones. 252</li> 253</ul> 254<h2>Music</h2> 255<ul> 256<li> 257Recordings of “Save That Time”, Russ Long, Serrob Publishing, BMI: 258<ul> 259<li> 260Karrin Allyson, <em>I Didn’t Know About You</em> (1993), track 11, 3:44. 261Concord Jazz CCD-4543. 262Karrin Allyson, vocal; 263Russ Long, piano; 264Gerald Spaits, bass; 265Todd Strait, drums. 266CD notes “additional lyric by Karrin Allyson; 267arranged by Russ Long and Karrin Allyson”. 268ADO ★, 269<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-didnt-know-about-you-mw0000618657">AMG</a> 270★★★★, Penguin ★★★⯪. 271</li> 272<li> 273Kevin Mahogany, <em>Double Rainbow</em> (1993), track 3, 6:27. Enja ENJ-7097 2. 274Kevin Mahogany, vocal; 275Kenny Barron, piano; 276Ray Drummond, bass; 277Ralph Moore, tenor saxophone; 278Lewis Nash, drums. 279ADO ★⯪, 280<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/double-rainbow-mw0000620371">AMG</a> 281★★★, Penguin ★★★. 282</li> 283<li> 284Joe Williams, <em>Here’s to Life</em> (1994), track 7, 3:58. 285Telarc Jazz CD-83357. 286Joe Williams, vocal; The Robert Farnon [39 piece] Orchestra. 287Also in a 3-CD package “Triple Play”, Telarc CD-83461. 288ADO •, 289<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/heres-to-life-mw0000623648">AMG</a> 290★★, Penguin ★★★. 291</li> 292<li> 293Charles Fambrough, <em>Keeper of the Spirit</em> (1995), track 7, 7:07. 294AudioQuest AQ-CD1033. 295Charles Fambrough, bass; 296Joel Levine, tenor recorder; 297Edward Simon, piano; 298Lenny White, drums; 299Marion Simon, percussion. 300ADO ★, 301<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/keeper-of-the-spirit-mw0000176559">AMG</a> 302unrated, Penguin ★★★. 303</ul> 304</li> 305<li> 306Holly Cole Trio, Blame It On My Youth (1992). Manhattan CDP 7 97349 2, 37:45. 307Holly Cole, voice; 308Aaron Davis, piano; 309David Piltch, string bass. 310Lyrical reference to “Eastern Standard Time” in 311Tom Waits’s “Purple Avenue”. 312ADO ★★⯪, 313<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/blame-it-on-my-youth-mw0000274303">AMG</a> 314★★★, Penguin unrated. 315</li> 316<li> 317Milt Hinton, 318<a href="https://chiaroscurojazz.org/catalog/old-man-time-2-cd-set/"><em>Old 319Man Time</em></a> (1990). 320Chiaroscuro CR(D) 310, 149:38 (two CDs). 321Milt Hinton, bass; 322Doc Cheatham, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, trumpet; 323Al Grey, trombone; 324Eddie Barefield, Joe Camel (Flip Phillips), Buddy Tate, 325clarinet and saxophone; 326John Bunch, Red Richards, Norman Simmons, Derek Smith, 327Ralph Sutton, piano; 328Danny Barker, Al Casey, guitar; 329Gus Johnson, Gerryck King, Bob Rosengarden, Jackie Williams, 330drums; 331Lionel Hampton, vibraphone; 332Cab Calloway, Joe Williams, vocal; 333Buck Clayton, arrangements. 334Tunes include “Old Man Time”, “Time After Time”, 335“Sometimes I’m Happy”, 336“A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight”, 337“Four or Five Times”, “Now’s the Time”, 338“Time on My Hands”, “This Time It’s Us”, 339and “Good Time Charlie”. 340ADO ★★★, 341<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/old-man-time-mw0000269353">AMG</a> 342★★★★⯪, Penguin ★★★. 343</li> 344<li> 345Alan Broadbent, <em>Pacific Standard Time</em> (1995). 346Concord Jazz CCD-4664, 62:42. 347Alan Broadbent, piano; 348Putter Smith, Bass; 349Frank Gibson, Jr., drums. 350The CD cover features an analemma for equation-of-time fans. 351ADO ★, 352<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/pacific-standard-time-mw0000645433">AMG</a> 353★★★★, Penguin ★★★⯪. 354</li> 355<li> 356Anthony Braxton/Richard Teitelbaum, <em>Silence/Time Zones</em> (1996). 357Black Lion BLCD 760221, 72:58. 358Anthony Braxton, sopranino and alto saxophones, 359contrebasse clarinet, miscellaneous instruments; 360Leo Smith, trumpet and miscellaneous instruments; 361Leroy Jenkins, violin and miscellaneous instruments; 362Richard Teitelbaum, modular moog and micromoog synthesizer. 363ADO •, 364<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/silence-time-zones-mw0000595735">AMG</a> 365★★★★. 366</li> 367<li> 368Charles Gayle, <em>Time Zones</em> (2006). Tompkins Square TSQ2839, 49:06. 369Charles Gayle, piano. 370ADO ★, 371<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/time-zones-mw0000349642">AMG</a> 372★★★★⯪. 373</li> 374<li> 375The Get Up Kids, <em>Eudora</em> (2001). Vagrant 357, 65:12. 376Includes the song “Central Standard Time”. 377Thanks to Colin Bowern for this information. 378<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/eudora-mw0000592063">AMG</a> 379★★⯪. 380</li> 381<li> 382Coldplay, “Clocks” (2003). 383Capitol 52608, 4:13. 384Won the 2004 Record of the Year honor at the 385Grammy Awards. Co-written and performed by Chris Martin, 386great-great-grandson of <abbr>DST</abbr> inventor William Willett. 387The song’s first line is “Lights go out and I can’t be saved”. 388</li> 389<li> 390Jaime Guevara, “<a 391href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfN4Fe_A50U">Qué 392hora es</a>” (1993), 3:04. 393The song protested “Sixto Hour” in Ecuador 394(1992–3). Its lyrics include “Amanecía en mitad de la noche, los 395guaguas iban a clase sin sol” (“It was dawning in the middle of the 396night, the buses went to class without sun”). 397</li> 398<li> 399Irving Kahal and Harry Richman, 400“There Ought to be a Moonlight Saving Time” (1931). 401This musical standard was a No. 1 hit for Guy Lombardo 402in 1931, and was also performed by Maurice Chevalier, Blossom Dearie 403and many others. The phrase “Moonlight saving time” also appears in 404the 1995 country song “Not Enough Hours in the Night” written by Aaron 405Barker, Kim Williams and Rob Harbin and performed by Doug 406Supernaw. 407</li> 408<li> 409The Microscopic Septet, <em>Lobster Leaps In</em> (2008). 410Cuneiform 272, 73:05. 411Includes the song “Twilight Time Zone”. 412ADO ★★, 413<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/lobster-leaps-in-mw0000794929">AMG</a> 414★★★⯪. 415</li> 416<li> 417Bob Dylan, <em>The Times They Are a-Changin’</em> (1964). 418Columbia CK-8905, 45:36. 419ADO ★⯪, 420<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-times-they-a-changin-mw0000202344">AMG</a> 421★★★★⯪. 422The title song is also available on “Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits” 423and “The Essential Bob Dylan”. 424</li> 425<li> 426Luciana Souza, <em>Tide</em> (2009). Universal Jazz France B0012688-02, 42:31. 427ADO ★★⯪, 428<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/tide-mw0000815692">AMG</a> 429★★★⯪. 430Includes the song “Fire and Wood” with the lyric 431“The clocks were turned back you remember/Think it’s still November.” 432</li> 433<li> 434Ken Nordine, <em>You’re Getting Better: The Word Jazz Dot Masters</em> (2005). 435Geffen B0005171-02, 156:22. 436ADO ★, 437<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/youre-getting-better-the-word-jazz-dot-masters-mw0000736197">AMG</a> 438★★★★⯪. 439Includes the piece “What Time Is It” 440(“He knew what time it was everywhere...that counted”). 441</li> 442<li> 443Chicago, <em>Chicago Transit Authority</em> (1969). Columbia 64409, 1:16:20. 444<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/chicago-transit-authority-mw0000189364">AMG</a> ★★★★. 445Includes the song “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?”. 446</li> 447<li> 448Emanuele Arciuli, 449<a href="https://neumarecords.org/ols/products/william-duckworth-the-time-curve-preludes"><em>The Time Curve Preludes</em></a> (2023). 450Neuma 174, 44:46. 451The title piece, composed by 452<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Duckworth_(composer)">William 453Duckworth</a>, is the first work of postminimal music. 454Unlike minimalism, it does not assume that the listener has plenty of time. 455</li> 456</ul> 457<h2>Comics</h2> 458<ul> 459<li> 460The webcomic <em>xkcd</em> has the strips 461“<a href="https://xkcd.com/673/">The Sun</a>” (2009-12-09), 462“<a href="https://xkcd.com/1655/">Doomsday Clock</a>” (2016-03-14) and 463“<a href="https://xkcd.com/2549/">Edge Cake</a>” (2021-12-01), 464along with the panels 465“<a href="https://xkcd.com/448/">Good Morning</a>” (2008-07-11), 466“<a href="https://xkcd.com/1017/">Backward in Time</a>” (2012-02-14), 467“<a href="https://xkcd.com/1061/">EST</a>” (2012-05-28), 468“<a href="https://xkcd.com/1179/">ISO 8601</a>” (2013-02-27), 469“<a href="https://xkcd.com/1335/">Now</a>” (2014-02-26), 470“<a href="https://xkcd.com/1799/">Bad Map Projection: Time Zones</a>” 471(2017-02-15), 472“<a href="https://xkcd.com/1883/">Supervillain Plan</a>” (2017-08-30), 473“<a href="https://xkcd.com/2050/">6/6 Time</a>” (2018-09-24), 474“<a href="https://xkcd.com/2092/">Consensus New Year</a>” (2018-12-31), 475“<a href="https://xkcd.com/2266/">Leap Smearing</a>” (2020-02-10), 476“<a href="https://xkcd.com/2594/">Consensus Time</a>” (2022-03-16), 477“<a href="https://xkcd.com/2846/">Daylight Saving Choice</a>” (2023-10-25), 478“<a href="https://xkcd.com/2854/">Date Line</a>” (2023-11-13), 479and “<a href="https://xkcd.com/2867/">DateTime</a>” (2023-12-13). 480The related book <em>What If?</em> has an entry 481“<a href="https://what-if.xkcd.com/26/">Leap Seconds</a>” (2012-12-31). 482</li> 483<li> 484Pig kills time in <a 485href="https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2016/11/06"><em>Pearls 486Before Swine</em> (2016-11-06)</a>. 487</li> 488<li> 489Stonehenge is abandoned in <a 490href="https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2017/03/12"><em>Non Sequitur</em> 491(2017-03-12)</a>. 492</li> 493<li> 494Caulfield proposes changing clocks just once a year in 495<a href="https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2023/12/31"><em>Frazz</em> 496(2023-12-31)</a>, while Peter and Jason go multi-lingual and -zonal in 497<a href="https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2023/12/31"><em>FoxTrot</em> 498(the same day)</a>. 499</li> 500<li> 501Peppermint Patty: “What if the world comes to an end tonight, Marcie?” 502<br> 503Marcie: “I promise there’ll be a tomorrow, sir ... in fact, 504it’s already tomorrow in Australia!” 505<br> 506(Charles M. Schulz, 507<a href="https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1980/06/13"><em>Peanuts</em>, 5081980-06-13</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="https://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 574episode of <em>Friends</em> entitled “The One With 575Rachel’s Phone Number”, originally aired 2002-12-05) 576</li> 577<li> 578“Is that a pertinent fact, 579or are you just trying to dazzle me with your command of time zones?” 580(Kelsey Grammer as “Frasier Crane” to “Roz” 581from the episode of <em>Frasier</em> entitled “The Kid”, 582originally aired 1997-11-04) 583</li> 584<li> 585“I put myself and my staff through this crazy, huge ordeal, all because 586I refused to go on at midnight, okay? And so I work, you know, and 587then I get this job at eleven, supposed to be a big deal. Then 588yesterday daylight [saving] time ended. Right now it’s basically midnight.” 589(Conan O’Brien on the 2010-11-08 premiere of <em>Conan</em>) 590</li> 591<li> 592“The best method, I told folks, was to hang a large clock high on a 593barn wall where all the cows could see it. If you have Holsteins, you 594will need to use an analog clock.” (Jerry Nelson, “<a 595href="https://www.agriculture.com/family/farm-humor/how-to-adjust-dairy-cows-to-daylight-savings-time">How 596to adjust dairy cows to daylight saving time</a>”, 597<em>Successful Farming</em>, 2017-10-09) 598</li> 599<li> 600“And now, driving to California, I find that I must enter a password 601in order to change the time zone on my laptop clock. Evidently, 602someone is out to mess up my schedule and my clock must be secured.” 603(Garrison Keillor, 604“<a href="https://www.garrisonkeillor.com/weve-never-been-here-before/">We’ve 605never been here before</a>”, 2017-08-22) 606</li> 607<li> 608“Well, in my time zone that’s all the time I have, 609but maybe in your time zone I haven’t finished yet. So stay tuned!” 610(Goldie Hawn, <em>Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In</em> No. 65, 1970-03-09) 611</li> 612</ul> 613<h2>See also</h2> 614<ul> 615<li><a href="tz-link.html">Time Zone and Daylight Saving 616Time Data</a></li> 617</ul> 618 619<footer> 620<hr> 621This web page is in the public domain, so clarified as of 6222009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 623<br> 624Please send corrections to this web page to the 625<a href="mailto:tz@iana.org">time zone mailing list</a>. 626The mailing list and its archives are public, 627so please do not send confidential information. 628</footer> 629</body> 630</html> 631
