It’s that time of year again when clocks start to change.
Trying to keep track of what time it is in London, Paris, New York, Tokyo and Sydney is a head-scratcher at the best of times but it finally starts to feel a bit easier after 5 months of stability.
No more. The confusion has started already. Ryan posted about how Mike will get less light and less sleep in the morning but it’s actually the opposite but it means the trip home from work will be in the dark.
If we could all switch clocks together (or not) it would be an easy exercise but there’s a one-week lag between Europe and North America.
Europeans turn their clocks back early Sunday morning and then North America does the same on Nov 2 (except Arizona and Saskatchewan).
Meanwhile, most of Australia doesn’t change the clocks but our beloved Eamonn is in Melborne where they do. Thankfully that was already dealt with early in the month (New Zealand as well). Of course, they move the clocks in the opposite direction.
For traders in the UK or New York, the bottom line is that the difference will be 4 hours — for a week. It means all the economic releases will feel like they’re coming out at odd times. For the next week, lots of eyes will be on our clocks at the top of the page.
