02-25-2007, 09:39 AM
Quote:Daylight Saving Time starts three weeks earlier this year in most parts of the United States and there are fears that the change will cause problems for unprepared computer systems and digital devices. If you think the scenario sounds familiar to the so-called Y2K problem that gripped the world in the days leading up to Jan. 1, 2000, you're not alone...
The DST change will be here soon -- clocks will "spring forward" an hour on March 11 and not "fall behind" an hour until Nov. 4 -- but the change wasn't sprung on the world suddenly. It was authorized in a new Energy Policy Act signed into law by President Bush on Aug. 8, 2005. Nevertheless, many people forgot about it...
full article: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/SNFB...-Y2K.xhtml