Help my head is turned to mush. Time and clock related.

[Major Fallout]

I'm taking my girlfriend away as a surprise.

I need to be at the airport at 2pm Sunday.

She thinks we are meeting friends near there at 12 noon.

I want to set her watch forward by 2 hours, so when we get to the train station by the airport its actually 2pm and she thinks its 12.

All of that is easy.

BUT

The clocks change.

So do I put them forward 3 hours if i do it before midnight on the saterday?
If I do it after midnight do I set the clock and then put it forward?

Or do I just get a hammer and smash the lot up?

[fezst]

The clocks go back, which means you need to put her watch forward by 1 hour surely?

- 1 Hour for clocks going back
+ 2 hours for your trick

Net change is forward 1 hour...

It doesn't really matter when you do it because she will surely see the time on her phone and get confused.

Edited by fezst on Thursday 22 October 15:09

[MrBarry123]

Your plan is foiled if she looks at her phone which she probably will - either to wonder where you're kidnapping her to and/or to get in contact with the friends you're "meeting"?

You've overcomplicated things - no need for a plan here - should have just said where you're going is a surprise.

[Moonhawk]

The clocks go back 1 hour - so if you want her to think it's 2 hours later than it is - set her watch 1 hour ahead.

If you left her watch alone - it would be 1 hour ahead on Sunday anyway.

[Moonhawk]

snap, snap

[Ste1987]

Our just get said friends to contact her to delay the meeting until 2pm?

[Major Fallout]

Yes this makes sense now.

I would be lost without you lot.

[Major Fallout]

Ste1987 said:

Our just get said friends to contact her to delay the meeting until 2pm?

la la la im not listening.

[Impasse]

[iphonedyou]

Won't she look at her phone? Or a clock on the way? Or one in the car or train station?

[ali_kat]

Ste1987 said:

Our just get said friends to contact her to delay the meeting until 2pm?

This

As the chances of her realising her watch is wrong and panicing when she looks at her phone is 100%

There is no chance that she won't look at her phone, see the train time on the ticket, see the time at the station

[Major Fallout]

ali_kat said:

This

As the chances of her realising her watch is wrong and panicing when she looks at her phone is 100%

There is no chance that she won't look at her phone, see the train time on the ticket, see the time at the station

I'm planing on changing the time on everything. We are driving to the station so I'm going to change the car the phone and the tv.

She is such a heavy sleeper that she won't wakeup if her alarm doesn't go off.

[ali_kat]

Major Fallout said:

I'm planing on changing the time on everything. We are driving to the station so I'm going to change the car the phone and the tv.

She is such a heavy sleeper that she won't wakeup if her alarm doesn't go off.

Good luck with that if it's a smart phone

[TIGA84]

Major Fallout said:

I'm planing on changing the time on everything.

You'd better leave early yourself if you want to change all the clocks at the station too.

[Major Fallout]

Moonhawk said:

The clocks go back 1 hour - so if you want her to think it's 2 hours later than it is - set her watch 1 hour ahead.

If you left her watch alone - it would be 1 hour ahead on Sunday anyway.

Hang on hang on I'm getting confused again.


I want to get there at 2pm but I want her to think it's 12.

If I set her watch 1 hour ahead, won't we get there at 10am?

[Moonhawk]

Major Fallout said:

Moonhawk said:

The clocks go back 1 hour - so if you want her to think it's 2 hours later than it is - set her watch 1 hour ahead.

If you left her watch alone - it would be 1 hour ahead on Sunday anyway.

Hang on hang on I'm getting confused again.


I want to get there at 2pm but I want her to think it's 12.

If I set her watch 1 hour ahead, won't we get there at 10am?

Ah ok you want her watch to read behind the current time - not forward (as stated in your OP).

You'd need to set her watch 3 hours back then.

Edited by Moonhawk on Thursday 22 October 17:39

[Major Fallout]

I was confused

[boyse7en]

Moonhawk said:

Ah ok you want her watch to read behind the current time - not forward (as stated in your OP).

You'd need to set her watch 3 hours back then.

Edited by Moonhawk on Thursday 22 October 17:39

Thank god that came up. I thought I was going nuts reading through the first part of this thread!

[prand]

ali_kat said:

Good luck with that if it's a smart phone

Er, just set it to Greece time?

[FredClogs]

Major Fallout said:

I'm taking my girlfriend away as a surprise.

I need to be at the airport at 2pm Sunday.

She thinks we are meeting friends near there at 12 noon.

I want to set her watch forward by 2 hours, so when we get to the train station by the airport its actually 2pm and she thinks its 12.

All of that is easy.

BUT

The clocks change.

So do I put them forward 3 hours if i do it before midnight on the saterday?
If I do it after midnight do I set the clock and then put it forward?

Or do I just get a hammer and smash the lot up?

You can't take three hours out of someones life and expect them not to notice, not without rohypnol anyway.