Time Change Could Be Trouble
The first change to Daylight Saving Time since 1987 is looming, and it could cause havoc in your business systems.
Daylight Saving Time starts almost a month SOONER this year (2nd Sunday in March instead of 1st Sunday in April) and lasts a week longer (ending 1st Sunday in November)
Trouble might include scheduling errors and confusion from errant desktop applications; billing disputes, incorrect time stamps and other interruptions.
Small business time and attendance systems are particularly susceptible, especially the older timeclock/punchclock variety.
For users of Vista, updates have already been applied to compensate for the change. XP systems with automatic updates turned on should be OK as well but, if you’re still using Windows ME, 98 or 95 you’ll need to manually update your clock (and then manually re-adjust when the OS changes your time for you on the old date)
Photo by MSDesign.
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