{
  "id": 18829804,
  "title": "The Missing Hour and the Repeated Hour: What the Time Zone Planner Does on the Four 2026 Clock-Change Dates",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/the-missing-hour-and-the-repeated-hour-what-the-time-zone-planner",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-08T01:02:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/onepassapps/the-missing-hour-and-the-repeated-hour-what-the-time-zone-planner-does-on-the-four-2026-2eem"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Time Zone Planner, created by OnePassApps, demonstrates how time zones change on specific dates in 2026. On March 7 and 8, 2026, New York was on GMT-5 and GMT-4 respectively, while London was on GMT-5. On March 29, London moved forward one hour to BST, causing a missing hour from 01:00 to 01:59 in London. On October 25, London reverted to GMT-4, creating a repeated hour from 01:00 to 01:30 in London. The planner adjusts for these changes, showing the correct working hours and the missing/repeated hour accordingly.",
  "summary": "I work on OnePassApps, the team behind app.onepassapps.com, so this is our own app measured on our own build. Three of our earlier posts on the Time Zone Planner covered the two-place plan, the reference-place swap and the eight-place cap. Each of them stopped short of one thing: what the app does on the four dates in 2026 when the clocks actually change. Our Telegraph post on the reference-place…",
  "key_points": [
    "On March 7 and 8, 2026, New York experienced two different GMT offsets (GMT-5 and GMT-4)",
    "On March 29, London skipped an hour (01:00 to 01:59) due to moving to BST",
    "On October 25, London repeated an hour (01:00 to 01:30) when reverting to GMT-4"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Automating these seasonal transitions helps users navigate the logistical friction caused by asynchronous daylight saving shifts between major global financial hubs like New York and London.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}