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David Prerau (2005). Seize the Daylight: The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time. Thunder’s Mouth Press. ISBN 1-56025-655-9. Page 12 says that for several years (before 1908) Edward VII "had been creating his own small sphere of daylight saving time: at his palace at Sandringham, and in later years at Windsor and Balmoral castles, by having all the clocks advanced thirty minutes during the summer months." This contradicts Wikipedia, which claims clocks were advanced for winter hunting. I find Prerau to be more plausible, as DST doesn't make that much sense in winter. Eubulides 05:58, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
The comments of Rje seem more plausible because (1) the Royal Family is at Sandringham during the Winter, and (2) many people become depressed at the smaller amount of daylight during the Winter, and Edward VII obviously decided to "do something" about it by advancing the clocks by 30 minutes, which would have the effect of giving more daylight. If Sandringham Time involved turning the clock ahead, then it could not have been started to deal with Queen Alexandra's tardiness, because turning the clock ahead would only make her lateness worse. I have read that the real reason for Alexandra's lateness is that it was a passive-aggressive way of dealing with her husband's known infidelities. John Paul Parks ( talk) 15:40, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
It is written "If a person was constantly late, Sandringham time would only have made that person later.". But assume that a person often is late for events taking place outside Sandringham, or events at Sandringham, announced using GMT, then it would help having all internal clocks put forward 30 minutes. For example if there is an event at 11 AM GMT (the queen is told it is at 11 AM) and the queen arrives at 11.30 AM Sandringham time, then it is actally 11 AM GMT, in time. -- BIL ( talk) 22:07, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
'However, due to the confusions that the time difference caused, which were heightened during George's final hours, Edward VIII abolished the tradition'
I'm interested to hear how this time zone heightened the confusion during his final hours. According to his article, he seems to have spent the last five days of his life confined to his bed, drifting in and out of consciousness. His actual death was by lethal injection. I'm confused as to where Sandringham Time is connected - when I read the above I expected to find something about help coming half an hour too late, or something! -- 82.70.156.254 ( talk) 01:32, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
"Contrary to rumour, it was not begun to assist Queen Alexandra, who was constantly late, [1] but to "create" more evening daylight for hunting in the winter. If a person was constantly late, Sandringham time would only have made that person later."
The last part is plainly false. +30 means that on the clock it is 30 minutes later. That means that if you arrive in another time zone, you are half an hour early. 83.86.4.72 ( talk) 15:14, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
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The article states that the practice of ST was established in 1901. Given that Queen Victoria objected to it, I think it must have been earlier than that. KJP1 ( talk) 11:53, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
Sandringham Time must be the only time created to pull animals apart. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.147.142.33 ( talk) 08:46, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
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17:55, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
David Prerau (2005). Seize the Daylight: The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time. Thunder’s Mouth Press. ISBN 1-56025-655-9. Page 12 says that for several years (before 1908) Edward VII "had been creating his own small sphere of daylight saving time: at his palace at Sandringham, and in later years at Windsor and Balmoral castles, by having all the clocks advanced thirty minutes during the summer months." This contradicts Wikipedia, which claims clocks were advanced for winter hunting. I find Prerau to be more plausible, as DST doesn't make that much sense in winter. Eubulides 05:58, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
The comments of Rje seem more plausible because (1) the Royal Family is at Sandringham during the Winter, and (2) many people become depressed at the smaller amount of daylight during the Winter, and Edward VII obviously decided to "do something" about it by advancing the clocks by 30 minutes, which would have the effect of giving more daylight. If Sandringham Time involved turning the clock ahead, then it could not have been started to deal with Queen Alexandra's tardiness, because turning the clock ahead would only make her lateness worse. I have read that the real reason for Alexandra's lateness is that it was a passive-aggressive way of dealing with her husband's known infidelities. John Paul Parks ( talk) 15:40, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
It is written "If a person was constantly late, Sandringham time would only have made that person later.". But assume that a person often is late for events taking place outside Sandringham, or events at Sandringham, announced using GMT, then it would help having all internal clocks put forward 30 minutes. For example if there is an event at 11 AM GMT (the queen is told it is at 11 AM) and the queen arrives at 11.30 AM Sandringham time, then it is actally 11 AM GMT, in time. -- BIL ( talk) 22:07, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
'However, due to the confusions that the time difference caused, which were heightened during George's final hours, Edward VIII abolished the tradition'
I'm interested to hear how this time zone heightened the confusion during his final hours. According to his article, he seems to have spent the last five days of his life confined to his bed, drifting in and out of consciousness. His actual death was by lethal injection. I'm confused as to where Sandringham Time is connected - when I read the above I expected to find something about help coming half an hour too late, or something! -- 82.70.156.254 ( talk) 01:32, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
"Contrary to rumour, it was not begun to assist Queen Alexandra, who was constantly late, [1] but to "create" more evening daylight for hunting in the winter. If a person was constantly late, Sandringham time would only have made that person later."
The last part is plainly false. +30 means that on the clock it is 30 minutes later. That means that if you arrive in another time zone, you are half an hour early. 83.86.4.72 ( talk) 15:14, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
References
The article states that the practice of ST was established in 1901. Given that Queen Victoria objected to it, I think it must have been earlier than that. KJP1 ( talk) 11:53, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
Sandringham Time must be the only time created to pull animals apart. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.147.142.33 ( talk) 08:46, 9 July 2019 (UTC)