Time zone change

Crack those Whips Logs

 

Crack those whips! Hubby's already up on this one. We made sure he knew what he was doing. He also double checked that home terminal changed time.

 

I understand the time change "Fall back", but when I logged the end of my run (started driving at 1 am), it turned a 7.5 hour drive into 6.5. Is this OK?

Just wonderin', I don't want to get written up for something so stupid! I guess it doesn't matter since I kept it within 11 hours driving.

 

My hubby is home...do we need to document the change on his log book since he spent that "extra" hour at home?

 

When there is a time change I do one or two things. 1)- I change the time at the start of a trip and note "time change" on the bottom or 2)-if the time change falls in the middle of a shift I run the shift out and record the change. If the time goes forward a person can stop and record the added hour. A person can use up extra time but can not back time up because he or she will have been driving that hour.
Note: I go to line one(off duty) and on the bottom I tie the beginning of the hour and the end and record this as time change with the location.
This prevents unexplained times and milage such as 1)- A 7.5 hour trip only taking 6.5. Since I am sure a time machine has not been invented this can not physically happen. 2)- Over speed: At 55 mph a person would log 412 miles in 7.5 hours. The same miles would be over 63 mph in 6.5 hours and in a 55 mph state would be a violation. It would also be a company violation in a 62 mph truck even in a state with higher limits. In Ne. (75 mph) a person could log 510 miles(68 mph) in 7.5 hours. This would be over 78 mph in 6.5 hours.
The11 hour rule would not matter.
I hope this helps in the future.
-------OTR500

 

I do not log or note anything that happens that does not affect me. If I am off duty I just start out under the new time.

 

I've been off the road for a while I thought that you always use the time zone of your home terminal.

 

Yes. This thread was referring the Daylight Savings Time change.