Lately, I've been inundated by articles about DST and it's implications. For those of you who have been spared this madness, DST refers to the new date on which Daylight Savings Times is to start this year in the US - this weekend! And I think liking it to Y2K is rather apropos. As we all recall there were all sorts of stories warning about the dangers to be posed by the change in the year. But, in fact, nothing really happened. Either everyone was so prepared, or there just wasn't really that much of a threat, that Y2K came and like Windows ME, it has been totally forgotten. Which should encourage everyone....
This is not to say that there is nothing you should do about DST and your computers. Most of us, in fact, are probably used to manually switching our clocks forward and backwards for most of our lives. But these days most computers get their time updates from the Internet. Provided your computer's time zone is set correctly and your time server isn't located in Antartica, you're computer will probably make the change on it's own.
There are, however, updated packages to take care of the shift for your computer. Apple and Windows Users should probably go ahead and make sure that they have installed those updates. Linux users have nothing to worry about really. If you are worried or want an explanation, write me and I'll tell you why.
So, suffice to say, I hope no one on this list is sweating it out, thinking disaster will follow and their computers will fry. Worst case scenario, your computer will be an hour off. Double click on the clock in your toolbar and set the time appropriately.
(NB. All Hoosiers! I don't what the hell you guys will have to do, since you prefer to just switch time zones than having to change your clocks.)
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