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["Jerry W. Shepperd" <shepperd AT austincc.edu>]

A reminder:

This is news that bypassed me, which is not terribly 
surprising.  When I first heard about the change, I thought it was a 
hoax or joke, but, alas, it is neither.

Daylight Saving Time has been changed this year from the traditional 
date of the last weekend in March/first weekend in April, to March 
11, 2007.  Computers, cell phones, PDAs, digital cameras, DVD 
recorders - basically any electronic digital device will likely be 
pre-programmed to change the time on April 1, 2007.  This means that 
from March 11 - April 1, some of  your devices will display the wrong 
date, which will require you to manually change the date.  For those 
whose VCRs still blink 12:00, don't worry.  They won't change to 
11:00, but will continue to blink 12:00.

I know how to change the computer date, but will have to play around 
with the cell phone since I don't know enough to always dial the 
numbers correctly.  I still use a  paper pocket diary rather than an 
electronic calendar, and I see that it already has DST as March 
11.  Glad to see that Letts of London is on top of things even if the 
computer and chip manufacturers are not.

You likely have heard this story, but I'm not ashamed or embarrassed 
to tell the same story again (and again, and again).  That's one 
advantage of getting older.  The old farmer, when told that Daylight 
Saving Time would give an extra hour of daylight in the summer, said, 
"My cotton can't stand an extra hour of daylight."

BTW:
The official spelling is Daylight Saving Time, not Daylight SavingS Time.
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/b.html

Jerry Shepperd


"Let your first ethical decision of each day be to show up on time."
                        -- Barbara Jordan

"Silence is not always golden; sometimes it's yellow."