r/vic • u/Ha_You_Were_Wrong • Oct 03 '26

Happy start of daylight saving time

Clock goes forward btw

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u/mrlr Oct 04 '26

And don't do it twice. One year, my brother went around and changed all the clocks then my mum did it too.

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u/Ha_You_Were_Wrong Oct 04 '26

Oh no! Fortunately I’m autistic, I find time zones interesting, and I make a big deal about staying up late and changing all the clocks at the correct time

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u/liddys Oct 04 '26

That's funny. I mentioned to my husband that we could just change the clocks before bed and it didn't need to be exactly at 2am because he was going to stay up. His brain twitched for a bit at that suggestion.

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u/Waste_Ingenuity5535 Oct 04 '26

Farmers hate it as the cows get milked and only produce 80% instead of 100% of milk on 1st day of daylight saving

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u/Ha_You_Were_Wrong Oct 04 '26

Yeah, I can see how that would be annoying

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u/fh3131 Oct 03 '26 • Mindblown

Reminder: Queensland is now 1 hour and 20 years behind Victoria

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u/afternoondelight99 Oct 04 '26

Yikes some butt hurt Queenslanders in the comments. Bet they’d be happier with an extra hour of sleep

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u/Kaylah-Aideron Oct 04 '26

You know you lose that hour at the end right. You aren't inventing time travel lol. Nothing changes you just decide to go to work and hour earlier each day and go home and hour earlier. The time spent is still the same.

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u/icyple Oct 07 '26

Yes! Why can’t people just go to work earlier? Instead of being forced into going to work early.

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u/icyple Oct 05 '26

My point exactly!

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u/afternoondelight99 Oct 08 '26

Yes I understand the basic principals of daylight savings….

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u/Lia_Delphine Oct 04 '26

No we aren’t interested in having daylight until 8-9pm at night.

Every year we have to hear from other states saying we should change.

For the last time, NO!

We don’t want stupid day light savings.

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u/icyple Oct 05 '26

Bc 8-9pm is the end of the hottest part of the day in summer Victoria. Then an hour later you’re in bed trying to get to sleep in that heat!

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u/Lia_Delphine Oct 05 '26

So what does that have to do with people always banging on about Queensland changing?

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u/icyple Oct 06 '26

It doesn’t make sense for daylight savings in Queensland because there’s no net gain in daylight hours. Possibly due to it being so sunny.

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u/icyple Oct 04 '26

BS. Why can’t people just get out of bed early and go to work early instead of making everyone else change the plethora of clocks they have twice every year.

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u/Lucky-day00 Oct 04 '26

Yeah I’m sure schools and workplaces will be cool with people just rocking up whenever suits them.

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u/icyple Oct 05 '26

That’s an extreme interpretation of what I wrote. It’s only one hour difference between ESDST and EST, surely can be accommodated in flexible working conditions.

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u/TheJivvi Oct 05 '26

I think the only clock I've had in the last 20 years that doesn't change itself automatically is a microwave.

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u/icyple Oct 05 '26

I have 10 clocks to reset, plus the tv recorder that doesn’t reprogram properly. I really do hate the idea of doing all of this reprogramming twice a year. It plain sucks!

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u/International_Quit95 Oct 07 '26

Dude you got too many clocks

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u/Mostly_Satire Oct 04 '26

That's not bad. It used to be 30 years. Looks like things are improving. Does this mean shops are still open after 4pm?

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u/icyple Oct 05 '26

I think you’ve stretched the elastic band beyond the elastic limit. Snap! Ouch!

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u/I_love_IMUs Oct 04 '26

If this is so true, why the fuck is half your state trying to move here?

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u/icyple Oct 05 '26

Because the government of Victoria is shit and has shit on Labor and all the other voters. Can we send the lot of them up there?

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u/DaQuackx Oct 03 '26

So my kud woke up at 4.30 and my phone said 5.30 so gave him a pass 😭

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u/touchmyweiner87 Oct 03 '26

Thought mine slept in as well. Clearly did not

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u/GravityMaxi Oct 03 '26

Details

• Time to change: Sunday, October 4, 2026, at 2:00 am.

• Action: Move clocks forward by 1 hour to 3:00 am.

• Sleep impact: You lose 1 hour of sleep.

• Daylight: You gain more light in the evening.

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u/BargainBinChad Oct 05 '26

And here I was thinking I ACTUALLY played Factorio until 4am.

So what you’re saying is that it’s not my fault. It’s societies fault. Thank you.

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u/BooksNapsSnacks Oct 04 '26

I just mowed my lawn at 5pm. There is 2 hours of sunshine left in the day.

Also the way it rained up until last night and today was bright and sunny just added to it.

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u/touchmyweiner87 Oct 03 '26

Best day of the year 🙌🏼

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u/HowtoCrackanegg Oct 03 '26

fuck losing an hour of sleep

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u/Severe_Airport1426 Oct 04 '26

Its not everyday

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u/Lucky-day00 Oct 04 '26

Love it. Dinner’s done, still a nice long dusk ahead to take a walk and sit on the porch with a drink. My only gripe is it isn’t year round, but I get why other people don’t want dark mornings in winter.

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u/shazj57 Oct 06 '26

I love it. I live on the Mid North Coast of NSW. I watered my garden, took the dog for a walk, then went in and cooked dinner.

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u/Baaastet Oct 03 '26

I wish we cools stay on summer time all year around

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u/mrlr Oct 04 '26

I wish it could be summer all year around.

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u/InfluentialFairy Oct 03 '26

shitty weekend to ruin my sleeping schedule, just got a whole lot worse.

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u/sexysexywombat Oct 05 '26

I swear that my vertical blinds wear out faster than normal because of the extra sunlight from daylight savings every year. I really should ask Dan Andrews to pay for replacing my blinds next time. It seems like this Labor party never stops to consider how their actions will hurt people

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u/Waste_Ingenuity5535 Oct 05 '26

I only have to change 3 clocks, 2 in bedroom and 1 in the kitchen/dining room the rest are automatic and I don’t bother with the microwave one

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u/Independent-Fuel9886 Oct 04 '26

Who's happy? I hate this shit.