Leaping, no, Springing Forward!
I will be the first to admit I am *not* a fan of daylight savings time. What can I say, I live in the southern half of the US, we get plenty o' sunlight without Uncle Sam forcing us to mess with the clocks.
I am particularly annoyed about starting this year because now DST is starting 10 days, yes, ten full days before the official start of spring.
The vernal equinox, the traditional day the season changes from winter to spring, is the 21st of March. When does daylight savings time start this year? March 11th. That's right, DST no longer starts the first Sunday of April. The government moved it back a full three weeks to the second Sunday in March. At 2:00am this Sunday we all lose an hour, three weeks early.
DST also runs later now, too. It used to end at 2:00am on the last Sunday in October, now it is the 1st Sunday in November. All of this thanks to a federal energy policy bill passed in 2005. When I am less irked I'll look up the details and find out how much this is *really* supposed to save power. Personally, I just think Uncle Sam is out to annoy me ;-)
Just in case this isn't enough reason to be overjoyed, computers that automatically adjust for DST may have trouble with it, now. For an idea of just how this may mess things up, check out this article.
For more information on how to cope with the change if you are running a Windows system, check out Microsoft's "Daylight Savings Time Support and Help Center". If you're a Mac user, Apple has info on the switch posted here.
So, don't forget - this Sunday, March 11, 2007, at 2:00am, set your clocks FORWARD 60 minutes!
I am particularly annoyed about starting this year because now DST is starting 10 days, yes, ten full days before the official start of spring.
The vernal equinox, the traditional day the season changes from winter to spring, is the 21st of March. When does daylight savings time start this year? March 11th. That's right, DST no longer starts the first Sunday of April. The government moved it back a full three weeks to the second Sunday in March. At 2:00am this Sunday we all lose an hour, three weeks early.
DST also runs later now, too. It used to end at 2:00am on the last Sunday in October, now it is the 1st Sunday in November. All of this thanks to a federal energy policy bill passed in 2005. When I am less irked I'll look up the details and find out how much this is *really* supposed to save power. Personally, I just think Uncle Sam is out to annoy me ;-)
Just in case this isn't enough reason to be overjoyed, computers that automatically adjust for DST may have trouble with it, now. For an idea of just how this may mess things up, check out this article.
For more information on how to cope with the change if you are running a Windows system, check out Microsoft's "Daylight Savings Time Support and Help Center". If you're a Mac user, Apple has info on the switch posted here.
So, don't forget - this Sunday, March 11, 2007, at 2:00am, set your clocks FORWARD 60 minutes!
posted by Dy at 8:26 AM
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