For those in NSW, ACT, VIC SA and TAS, please note Daylight Savings has now FINISHED
If you have a clock or watch whereby the time needs to be set manually, please wind it back by 1 HOUR NOW.
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No, go for a run or coffee or something, then wind it back one hour. At least that way you get to use the hour constructively!
Also, NZ is now in standard time too.
Aaaand. There’s our lives ruined for the next 6 months.
My microwave will be the correct time again. 
Anybody listening to ABC radio this morning would be well aware… Macca mentioned it several times that it was over and with glee including at one point saying about how he doesnt het his work done because it’s later in the day… the argument didn’t make any sense. Apart from the firat day of changeover you don’t lose any time at all and other differen es are due to seasonal differences which would occur whether it was DST or not.
Yes, I find it easier to adjust to DST ending than when it starts.
No doubt because you’re gaining the hour that The Time Thief robbed off us back in October.
Missing it already.
Woke up this morning, broad daylight outside thought it must be 7:30-8:00. Checked my phone, 6:15am. Yikes.
Was dark by 6:30pm tonight which just feels ridiculously early after the last 6 months with DST.
I know it’ll really feel depressing going for my post work walk at 6pm tomorrow night and seeing it get dark so quickly. Won’t be much longer and i’ll have to give up those walks for a few months again.
I absolutely get the reasons for switching back, but I do personally wish we could just stay on DST permanently.
I’m either-or with daylight savings. I enjoy my dark cozy winter nights but will miss going for my nice sunset evening walks.
If there is DLS in winter for SEQ during the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics, sunrise on 23 July will be at 7:34am and sunset at 6:14pm.
Daylight saving began in late August for the 2000 Olympics.
Ok
I love the current daylight savings situation with none in Queensland and AEDT in other states. It’s great having the option to watch TV shows an hour early freeing up the rest of the night 
it’s 2023, TV schedules are irrelevant haha
There are still some shows where it is good to be watching close to live for eliminations and winners etc that then aren’t spoiled by social media. There is also the opportunity to start watching anything on catch up earlier.
I do the opposite, if we’re out and get home late or need to get the kids to bed I go for one of the other streams - either Adelaide 30 mins behind or Brisbane an hour behind during DST. It’s nice having that midway point before Perth if they’re shows not on catch up yet.
Surely business takes a big hit at this time when DST ends.
Went for my usual 6pm walk last night, it was starting to get dark by 6:15pm and I had to make a bit of a change to my usual route as it was too dark to use by the time I got to a section.
Interestingly though…
The main thing I noticed was how much quieter it was compared to the previous Monday night.
There’s a few restaurants and a pub on my walking route which were all relatively busy last Monday. There was also easily 200+ people out walking on the path in the area that I passed.
Last night was barely 20 people out walking and the restaurants were nearly empty.
I haven’t heard anyone at work saying anything about the lighter mornings, but plenty of people have complained about the darker evenings.
It’s in no way perfect at all. But i’m all for permanent DST.
Yeah, retail and hospitality use the end of DLS as the line they draw to let go of their summer casual staff. Business drops off a cliff.
In a month’s time the sunset will be at the same time as it is now even with DLS so it’s still going to happen anyway. The seasons are changing and it’s now colder and just naturally darker anyway but then many of the pubs and places pick up again after a couple of weeks once people are used to it.
I do a couple of quiz nights a week, I barely notice a difference at one venue but at another it will drop off for a week or two but then come back up, there’s a couple of teams who we usually won’t see over winter but they’d just hibernate whether it was DST or not.
I think you’re the bloke who moved to Canberra from Townsville, right? Unfortunately with permanent DST, the Sun would be getting up after 8 AM in midwinter here. No thanks! It’s ridiculous enough in March with its post 7 AM sunrises.
Most people in Bungendore are up by 6 AM; we are a semi rural town with a large commuter population.
This time of year is has very frustrating daylight in Melbourne. Finally some T-shirt weather after a long winter. If there was some sunlight after work we could be out enjoying it. The streets would have some energy, the hospitality industry would be thriving and people improving their health and well-being outdoors. Instead it is dark before 6 so everyone goes home and watches tv.
Doesn’t have to be this way.