Too much information: Time Changes

A friend texted from Arizona indicating that he couldn’t get a grip on the time change from NZ to the continental US.  It is quite easy for those of us who live in Oregon, Washington or California.  We subtract three hours in the winter in the US and add a day.  1100 in Seattle is 0800 in Auckland.

Day light savings time in 2014 stops in NZ on April 6 with the advent of Fall and the clocks are set back 0800 becomes 0700 and starts up again on the 28^th of September 0700 becomes 0800 with the advent of Spring.

But wait there’s more!

Daylight savings time in US in 2014 starts on March 9 and ends on November 2^nd.  So.....

                                                             NZ           Maui           US Washington,          

                                                                                                  Oregon, CA

                                                                                                                     

Present time 2/18/14                            0800         0900           1100                -3hrs

March 9^th                    US DT              0800         0900           1200                -4hrs

April 6^th                      NZ ST               0700        0900            1200                -5hrs

September 28^th            NZ DT             0800        0900            1200                -4hrs

November 2^nd             US ST               0800        0900            1100                -3hrs  

           

2015

March 8                       US DT              0800         0900            1200                -4hrs

April 5                             NZ ST                  0700          0900             1200                 -5hrs

This begs the question, "Isn't Hawaii more dependable?" 

If the sun rises over the South Pacific and no one is there to watch...

does time matter?