Odd questions about time change

[disneychrista]

Here are a few odd questions I have always wondered about with time change.

How does it work with TV stations? Do they reply the 1am show again when we fall back? Skip the 2am show when we spring ahead?

Do bars get to stay open an extra hour when clocks get changed from 2am to 1am?

If you are working the over night shift do you get paid an hour of OT for shifts when we gain that extra hour?


Anyone have the answers? Maybe @tvguy knows what TV stations do? Feel free to add on any of your own odd questions.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Do bars get to stay open an extra hour when clocks get changed from 2am to 1am?

I pretty sure the answer is yes to this one. My dad owned a bar years ago, and I think they did get to stay open.

I don't know about TV though - I'm never up watching that late.

 

[Colleen27]

I don't know if they still do, but the clubs I frequented when I was younger absolutely did stay open and serving an hour longer. It was always a party that night, drink specials and guest DJs and such.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

If you are working the over night shift do you get paid an hour of OT for shifts when we gain that extra hour?

When I was working, if my shift fell over the time change, my shift that night would be still an 8 hour shift (still getting off after 8 hours of work).

 

[focusondisney]

Here are a few odd questions I have always wondered about with time change.

How does it work with TV stations? Do they reply the 1am show again when we fall back? Skip the 2am show when we spring ahead?

Do bars get to stay open an extra hour when clocks get changed from 2am to 1am?

If you are working the over night shift do you get paid an hour of OT for shifts when we gain that extra hour?


Anyone have the answers? Maybe @tvguy knows what TV stations do? Feel free to add on any of your own odd questions.

So funny, yesterday I asked my DH what the TV stations will do. We were checking the guide in the TV & they only shows listed for 1, 2 & 3 am. That’s what I wondered, will they replay the 2 am show? He had no idea either & told me to stay up tonight & find out.

At the hospital system I worked at, the night shift worked 13 hours in the fall & 11 hours in the spring instead of the usual 12 hour shift. They got paid for all hours actually worked. So 13 or 11. And yes the extra hour was OT for them. They much preferred the 11 hours in the spring, lol.

 

[disneychrista]

I don't know about TV though - I'm never up watching that late.

Me either, which is why I am curious to know. I always say one year I am going to stay up just to see but now I don't have live TV so no way to find out.

I also have never really gone to bars or had an over night job.

 

[sam_gordon]

I spent 30+ years in TV. The short answer is "they plan accordingly". So, in the spring, they'll have a 60 minute show that starts at 1A (actually 1:05A for NBC stations because of SNL), and the next show will start at 3A. In the fall, they'll have a show that starts 1a, another show at 2a, and another show at 2a again. At that time of night (morning), nothing is live, everything is just a playlist (like your music playlist). So they make sure the playlist has enough content to fill the available time.

As far as OT... when I've been "fortunate" enough to work on time change weekend, I either worked 7 hours and got paid for 8 or worked 9 hours and the time clock said 8 (and then HR went into the backend and fixed it). I think that's right. I remember getting an extra hour of OT I think in the spring (not my normally scheduled shift).

 

[tvguy]

Here are a few odd questions I have always wondered about with time change.

How does it work with TV stations? Do they reply the 1am show again when we fall back? Skip the 2am show when we spring ahead?

Do bars get to stay open an extra hour when clocks get changed from 2am to 1am?

If you are working the over night shift do you get paid an hour of OT for shifts when we gain that extra hour?


Anyone have the answers? Maybe @tvguy knows what TV stations do? Feel free to add on any of your own odd questions.

TV stations do add programming in the Fall, and drop an hour of programming in the Spring. And in the Fall the overnight master control staff used to get an hour of overtime, but most stations are automated overnight now so there is nobody in the station running programming. And in the Spring they used to leave to give the person working the option of staying the full 8 hours, or getting paid the full 8 hours for working 7 but again, with automation, there is nobody there.
I think bars close at the old 2 am but I am not certain.

 

[Imzadi]

So funny, yesterday I asked my DH what the TV stations will do. We were checking the guide in the TV & they only shows listed for 1, 2 & 3 am. That’s what I wondered, will they replay the 2 am show? He had no idea either & told me to stay up tonight & find out.

I'm usually up at 2am. NO they do not replay a movie. Often, if it's in the middle of movie, the time changes on my digital appliances and I don't even notice. Sometimes, I forget the time change, and I glance at the clock and think, "Wow, I'm really tired for only being 1:25." Didn't realize it's 1:25 over again. And I'm feeling tired because it was really 2:25.

Right now, on the Hallmark Channel which shows movies every two hours, It lists a two hour movie at 12am and only going to 1am. The next movie is listed from 1-3am. After that, they have a movie from 3-4:30, and the one after from 4:30-6. So, they must be showing them without commercials. Then 6am, things are back on track.

In the spring, when the clock jumps ahead an hour, I think some stations will show 2 movies and then show a 1 hour episode of something so by the time it's 6am, the time all works out.

 

[tvguy]

I'm usually up at 2am. NO they do not replay a movie. Often, if it's in the middle of movie, the time changes on my digital appliances and I don't even notice. Sometimes, I forget the time change, and I glance at the clock and think, "Wow, I'm really tired for only being 1:25." Didn't realize it's 1:25 over again. And I'm feeling tired because it was really 2:25.

Right now, on the Hallmark Channel which shows movies every two hours, It lists a two hour movie at 12am and only going to 1am. The next movie is listed from 1-3am. After that, they have a movie from 3-4:30, and the one after from 4:30-6. So, they must be showing them without commercials. Then 6am, things are back on track.

In the spring, when the clock jumps ahead an hour, I think some stations will show 2 movies and then show a 1 hour episode of something so by the time it's 6am, the time all works out.

Last two TV stations I worked for kept old episodes of America's Funniest Home Videos on standby for times like this, or when a sporting event runs short.

 

[Skippy918]

In my old company, if you were on night shift during fall back, you’d get an hour of overtime. In the spring, you’d lose an hour or have to cover it with PTO.

 

[Deb]

Managed a hotel. In the spring our overnight staff worked a 7 hour shift and were paid for 7 hours. In the fall they worked 9 hours and were paid the extra hour (overtime if applicable)

 

[Luv Bunnies]

I just looked at the program guide on my TV. It shows 1:00 a.m. twice. It goes from 1:00 to 1:30 and then back to 1:00 again. It doesn't look like any channels have the same show twice in a row. Some have the usual overnight "paid programming" (good old infomercials) to fill the time.

 

[barkley]

not sure how my current state handles it but california has a very muddled statute on the books that basically translates to no extra hour of drinking when the time 'falls back'. i recall back in my younger days that the bars would do their regular last call, lock the doors at 2 a.m. and then 'fall back' but would not re-open. when i worked at a hotel that had a small bar area in the lobby there were always complaints about this so the owners chose to just adopt the policy each fall to put up signage that indicated the bar would be closed from 12:30 a.m. on the appropriate day-they were NOT going to chance a staff member caving to a guest's argument cuz the liquor board was not to be messed with.

 

[JLTraveling]

The thing that always annoys me is when HHN is still running on time change night, with a 2am close. They *could* stay open an extra hour, but they don't. They close at old 2am and THEN set the clocks back for the next day. The bars I used to go to were a mixed bag, some stayed open and some didn't. In NOLA, there is no such thing as closing time, so nobody really notices the change. I assume they change the clocks at some point in the 4-6am block, when the last person falls off the barstool and they reset for the morning rush.

 

[Imzadi]

I was flipping channels last night and ABC listed the TV show 9-1-1's start and end times as 1:30-1:30.

 

[PollyannaMom]

 

[LSUmiss]

Here are a few odd questions I have always wondered about with time change.

How does it work with TV stations? Do they reply the 1am show again when we fall back? Skip the 2am show when we spring ahead?

Do bars get to stay open an extra hour when clocks get changed from 2am to 1am?

If you are working the over night shift do you get paid an hour of OT for shifts when we gain that extra hour?


Anyone have the answers? Maybe @tvguy knows what TV stations do? Feel free to add on any of your own odd questions.

Yes to bars! I remember being in college & getting an extra hour. Now, Nola, bars never close so just an extra hour.