Tech woes from Daylight-saving switch?

[Spirit of Me Profile]

What do you folks think?

Daylight-saving switch may cause tech woes

NEW YORK (AP) - When daylight-saving time starts earlier than usual in the United States come 2007, your VCR or DVD recorder could start recording shows an hour late.

Cell phone companies could give you an extra hour of free weekend calls, and people who depend on online calendars may find themselves late for appointments. ...

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[Tommy Boy Profile]

I say don't do it...it isn't worth it at all.

[ReXeFFeKt]

We don't do daylight savings in my state. It's cool with me...

[Mugzy Profile]

hehe.. go buy your guns water and gas powered generators.. its Y2K all over again!!

[Tommy Boy Profile]

it just seems like such a bad idea. The pros do not out-weigh the cons IMO.

[Ldsmith104 Profile]

First: Job security for the techies
Second: they should have learned from Y2K and anticipated this. The world is going to be around for quite some time and this won't be the last.
Third: I don't care I still have all my Y2K/huricane supplies because the world didn't come to an end last time.

Oh and finally and don't worry about it

[Spirit of Me Profile]

Originally posted by Ldsmith104
....Third: I don't care I still have all my Y2K/huricane supplies because the world didn't come to an end last time.

Love it.

My question is do you think it will save energy by doing this?

Pro's, Con's ?

[Evan Profile Website]

Originally posted by ReXeFFeKt
We don't do daylight savings in my state. It's cool with me...

Really? How do time conversions work in AZ then?

[ReXeFFeKt]

Originally posted by Evan
Really? How do time conversions work in AZ then?

Right now we are on PST, or west coast time. But once the rest of the country "falls back" in the Fall, we move to Mountain. And vice versa for "Spring Forward". So our clocks never need to be changed... just the world.

[cavalierlwt Profile]

It won't affect me in any way. When the DST hits, I don't even bother to adjust any of my clocks. I just let everything be wrong for half year. It's my solution to most problems: just ignore them, they will probably go away eventually.

[Destructor Profile]

how big is the move? a day, week, month? won't the "digital mayham" only last for like however long it is? and can't people just add/subtract an hour themselves for that amount of time??

[shockwave203 Profile]

Originally posted by ReXeFFeKt
We don't do daylight savings in my state. It's cool with me...

same for my province. not changing is a pain in the ass though. TV shows come on at different times, we don't gain any daylight hours, yadda yadda yadda. would just be easier if we changed with everyone else.

[Evan Profile Website]

Originally posted by ReXeFFeKt
Right now we are on PST, or west coast time. But once the rest of the country "falls back" in the Fall, we move to Mountain. And vice versa for "Spring Forward". So our clocks never need to be changed... just the world.

Interesting.

[Rand0m Profile]

Originally posted by cavalierlwt
It won't affect me in any way. When the DST hits, I don't even bother to adjust any of my clocks. I just let everything be wrong for half year. It's my solution to most problems: just ignore them, they will probably go away eventually.

sad but true. im guilty of doing this also a few times. the only clock i need is the one on my computer, which changes itself!

[Spirit of Me Profile]

Originally posted by Rand0m
:rotflmao:

sad but true. im guilty of doing this also a few times. the only clock i need is the one on my computer, which changes itself!

Yes but Microsoft will have to write a patch for it to change it'self in 2007.