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Time change comes earlier this year
People will set their clocks ahead Sunday, March 11, instead of the first Sunday in April as has been done in the past. The change was mandated by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, in hopes of reducing needs for lighting and other energy costs. Some are comparing the earlier time change to Y2K, especially with computers using older operating systems. Individuals and small companies will have little to worry about, because they can manually reset the clocks on their computers and other electronic devices. But, large corporations which operate on a much bigger scale could see some difficulties if they are not prepared. Those who use computers with operating systems older than the new Windows Vista or the latest version of Windows XP will have to do the manual reset. The newer operating systems should update themselves. Other devices such as cell phones, fax machines, video recorders and some computer routers will also have to be reset if they do not have the code for the earlier change imbedded in them. The change in the fall, when everyone sets their clocks back one hour, has also been changed from the last Sunday in October to the first Sunday in November. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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