Daylight saving time brings some tech problems with it this year
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UNDATED (AP) -- Daylight-saving time arrives a little earlier -- March eleventh -- and stays a little later -- November fourth -- this year. And it's bringing a problem along with it.
Software created before the law mandating the change passed in 2005 is set to automatically advance its timekeeping by one hour on the first Sunday in April, not the second Sunday in March.
The problem will show up not only in computers, but in things like some digital watches and clocks. And, because the world is full of computer systems that have particular methods for accounting for time of day, experts say it's hard to know how widespread the problem will be.
A common fix is just to reprogram the machines with the updated start and end dates for daylight saving time. Many technology providers have released downloadable software patches that do that.
Microsoft has just sent its daylight-saving patch to Windows P-Cs with the "automatic update" feature.
No cause for alarm but I thought everyone should be aware of this so they can... GET SOME CANNED GOODS, LOAF BREAD, A GALLON OF MILK ITS Y2K ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!
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Re: Daylight saving time brings some tech problems with it this year
I enjoy the longer days, getting off work and home before dark...but I do wish we could just keep it one way or the other and not change back and forth. Y2K all over again.. I may still have some of that bottled water.LOL
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No cause for alarm but I thought everyone should be aware of this so they can... GET SOME CANNED GOODS, LOAF BREAD, A GALLON OF MILK ITS Y2K ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!
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