Why didn't they have to set their clocks forward last week in Italy, as we did here in the US?

Question

I'm a little confused about the time difference now. We set the clocks forward a week ago, and when I went to call my friend at the appointed time, I was an hour too early! (I had assumed, incorrectly, that he had set his clock forward also.)

There is always a 9 hour time difference between US (Pacific time) and Italy. But now there is an 8 hour time diff! Are they going to change their clocks sometime soon or what? I am confused.

Answer 1

Ummmmmmmm ... because its ITALY, and not the USA. You know, the whole world doesn't follow the US in everything. I know this will devastate you to know this.

Answer 2

saturday night. We are going to set the clock forward next saturday night...

Answer 3

Congress passed a law... Even time is politics these days...

Answer 4

usually the us changes there time in april and and a week before that europe already changed there time.

This year Dumb Dumb BUSH thought  we  would conserve energy if it would be ligher longer at night. EU keeped the same schedule and now we only have 5 hours difference until next month.

Answer 5

wow..many politics indeed!!! we will change our hour in the night between Saturday and Sunday this week end at 2.00 a.m...it will become 3,00....ouch we will ski one hour's sleep.....;-(

Answer 6

Daylight Saving Time is not universal.  Many countries don't use it.

I don't know whether Italy uses any sort of schedule on Daylight time but chances are that it wouldn't be the U-S schedule.

Answer 7

Actually the 2002 Federal Energy Conservation Act mandated that daylight savings time begin 3 weeks earlier and end one week later this year than it has in the past. A similar law went into effect simultaneously in Canada. The model law was not adopted in Europe.

Answer 8

Italy will change the time tomorrow (Saturday).

Answer 9

Because there isn't an agreement among the US and EU.

Eu will change clocks this coming week-end, but the US keep a different schedule, in part because not all the states are changing, but only some... oh well.

If you think it is uncomfortable, imagine how bad it is for airlines!!!  they have to review the whole time-table, what a headache.

Answer 10

Italy and all other European Countries will set the time by this week end, in the night between Sat.03/24 and Sun.03/25 at 2:00 am.

For yr info it will last till 03:00 am of 10/28/07 -

Next years schedule ( in at 02:00 am- out at 03:00 am):

2008     in 03/30           out 10/26

2009     in 03/29           out 10/25

2010     in 03/28           out 10/31

Answer 11

Ask your Leader.  

Why is it every time America changes the rules us Europeans get blamed.

This time it was at the behest of Capitol Hill