Clocks rolled back in NZ early Sunday morning. So, just as you North Americans are adjusting to your new clocks (3 weeks early!) to enjoy longer days, we're enjoying sun a bit earlier in the mornings, and taking note of the longer evenings.
This change in time makes it a bit more difficult to contact home during mutually agreeable hours. New Zealand is now 6 hours behind Calgary time (plus one day). Check the real-time clocks on the side panel to catch the local times in Calgary and Christchurch.
For you history buffs...
Saving daylight was first mentioned in 1784 by Benjamin Franklin in a humorous letter urging Parisians to save money by getting up earlier to use morning sunlight, thereby burning fewer candles in the evening. Franklin did not mention daylight saving time - he did not propose that clock time be changed. His letter was in the spirit of his earlier proverb "Early to bed and early to rise / Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
So while NZ "falls back," North America "springs forward" -- just another hemispherical complication! Thank goodness for mnemonics...
Thanks for reading,
L.
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