Y2K7 - OU812?

For my second posting on Daylight Savings Time(DST), I will focus on the technical glitches that may result from implementation of new DST time-setback dates. This problem has been named Y2K7.

Just like with Y2K, many program software developers did not anticipate the event of DST dates being adjusted. Many software applications will need to be updated to make sure that schedules do not get messed up. No one really knows the extent to which this problem will be. I guess we'll know next week!

For example, if you own a computer running Windows XP, you will have not problems - but only if you regularly update the operating system. Windows Vista will not have a problem. The same holds tru for the Apple OS's.

Now here is an interesting angle - Palm Handheld devices MUST download and install an update, located Here. My guess is that this is where most of the problems will occur, as most people who use Palm devices also use them for scheduling and syncing with Outlook and other calendar software.

So, I'm hoping that the result is not bad press for this new DST setting. I remain hopelessly optimistic that minor adjustments like these will be at least part of our answer to global climate change in the U.S. All it takes is a little bad press, and back we go to the old days. That is, if I know my country's bureaucracy like I think I do!

By the way, don't forget to move up your 'old fashioned' clocks this weekend too!