The Race to Update Tech Gear by 3/11/07
Does Your Computer Know That Congress Changed Daylight-Saving Times?
By VAUHINI VARA and ROBERT A. GUTH
Lawmakers have lengthened daylight-saving time so that it will begin three weeks earlier this year than it used to. The idea is to shrink the hours between sunset and bedtime so that people will reduce the amount of electricity they use at home, thereby saving energy.
Now try explaining that to your computer.
The Energy Policy Act of 2005, meant to improve energy efficiency, included an item that called for "springing ahead" earlier than usual and "falling back" later than usual starting in 2007. That means daylight-saving time will now begin on the second Sunday of March instead of the first Sunday of April.
But the programs that run on personal computers and handheld devices such as BlackBerrys were built assuming that daylight-saving time would always kick in on the same weekend. The upshot: To avoid broader time-related troubles, some computer users will now have to scramble to update their software programs' internal clocks.
we all know the disaster that occurred last time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8az6m8qgYeI
hopefully it doesnt happen again