School timing

[tufguy]

Hi guys,

In the winter season schools change their timings. Like if the timing is from 7:30 Am they change it to 8:30 Am. And in the summer they again change it to 7:30 Am. So what should we say for winters "Timings have been brought forward" and for summers "Timings have been taken backwards"?

 

[Tarheel]

Say (for example):

The hours have been changed. School will be starting an hour later (or an hour earlier).
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Then give details.

Do not say:

Timings have been brought forward (or backwards).

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[Rover_KE]

There are many different ways of writing the time. 7:30 Am is not one of them.

 

[tedmc]

The words 'school timing' is not appropriate'.
I suggest 'school hours' or 'school opening hours'.

not a teacher

 

[MikeNewYork]

"Hours" is better.

 

[SoothingDave]

This is one of the reasons we do daylight time - so people don't have to change the hours of their individual schools or workplaces.

 

[BobK]

Incidentally, this ...

...And in the summer they again change it to 7:30 ...

... is (barely) OK. It would be much better as 'And in the summer they again change it back [to 7:30]...'

b

 

[emsr2d2]

"In the winter season schools change their ..." lacks punctuation and is ambiguous. Do you mean:

- In the winter season, schools change their ...
- In the winter, season schools change their ...

Now, native speakers know that there is no such thing as a "season school" so they are unlikely to read it that way. Non-native speakers don't necessarily know that and could be confused. You needed a comma after "season". In fact, I would suggest that you omit "the" and "season" completely.

In winter, schools change their opening hours.

 

[SoothingDave]

I think "operating hours" is best. They don't just change the time they open.

 

[tufguy]

So, timings have been brought forward or backwards is wrong but somebody suggested thay earlier.

 

[emsr2d2]

No one suggested that. You put it in your first post and the only other person to mention it was Tarheel in post #2, who said "Do not say ... forwards or backwards".

 

[Tarheel]

Tufguy, several people have suggested that you use hours (agreeing with me explicitly), and nobody has agreed that you should use timings (agreeing with me by not contradicting me).
:roll:

 

[tufguy]

Do the rules remain same for offices or other entities?

 

[Rover_KE]

There are no rules about it — it's just conventional usage.

Offices, medical practices, libraries, banks, police stations, supermarkets and shops have opening hours.