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    Exclamation Americans M-L Members: Don't forget to Spring Forward this Sunday !!

    It’s been compared to a “mini Y2K” — some electronic devices will be confused by the new date for daylight-saving time.

    Although it’s more of a nuisance than a catastrophe in the making, older computers, PDAs and DVRs may not automatically update their times when daylight-saving comes three weeks early this year — on March 11.

    The date change was established by the federal Energy Policy Act of 2005, which was passed to get Americans to cut energy consumption. The thinking is that less energy will be used toward the end of the day if the sun’s out later.

    For years, most of the nation has set clocks ahead on the first Sunday of April.

    Few computer experts think the new date will make a big difference.

    “It’s been the set way for a long time now. And all the computers and devices had it programmed in so they were already set for it. It knew that. It just happened and it was a very seamless change,” said Larry Glusman, a computer consultant and owner of Computer Resources in Rockford.

    Consumers can prepare for the change by using a rule of thumb: If a computer or device is a bit older, it may not correct the time automatically.

    Any Microsoft operating system older than Windows XP may not recognize the new time change come March 11, says Jeffrey Garcea, a computer consultant and owner of Garcea Computers in 2000, Windows Me, Windows 98 and Windows 95.

    For more information, customers can visit http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cp_dst.


    Daylight-saving time will end Nov. 4 instead of the usual last Sunday of October.



    great, we lose an hour of sleep starting this Sunday!!

    What a Ripoff!!


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    I really hate going to bed an hour earlier (still can't sleep until the usual time) and waking up earlier.

    So our computers usually switch themselves to the correct time on the right days. How will they know to do it early this year?
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    Quote Originally Posted by wirm View Post
    So our computers usually switch themselves to the correct time on the right days. How will they know to do it early this year?
    Depends on your computer.

    Windows Vista has this built in, since it was released after the rule was made.

    Windows XP needs some updates in order to do this properly.

    There are no updates for Windows 95/98/ME/2000, so users will have to manually change the time on their computers.

    I don't know about Macs.

    Linux has some updates available, or there is a way to reprogram Linux to do it correctly.
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    We're following the Yanks and also changing our clocks up here this Sunday as well.
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    Just got this in the mail, thought I would pass it along:

    ********************************************************************
    NEW Daylight Saving Time changes – Palm(R) device update required!
    ********************************************************************

    Daylight Saving Time (DST) begins March 11, 2007 -- three weeks earlier
    than last year. DST will also last one week longer in the fall as
    well,
    changing back to standard time on November 11, 2007.

    To help your calendar events and email reflect these new DST changes,
    please visit the link below to download the DST update for all Palm(R)
    devices. Remember, your device will NOT update automatically, so
    please
    download this update from Palm.com before March 11:

    http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/dst.html

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