posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 9:05 AM
by
Jonathan Hodgson
Make sure you plan for the DST changes coming soon
The Daylight Saving Time (DST) changes mean a similar planning exercise as Y2K for some companies.
In August of 2005 the United States Congress passed the Energy Policy Act, which changes the dates of both the start and end of daylight saving time (DST). When this law goes into effect in 2007, DST will start three weeks earlier (2:00 A.M. on the second Sunday in March) and will end one week later (2:00 A.M. on the first Sunday in November) than what had traditionally occurred.
IT departments need to start working with vendors to identify and patch any hardware/software as neccessary.
Microsoft has information on preparing for daylight saving time changes in 2007.