Daylight Saving Time (DST) this year comes three weeks early and lasts one week longer in the fall. If this fact is a shock to you, I apologize, but someone had to tell you.
This change is taking place because of a provision in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which was passed August 8, 2005. That's right. It was passed a year and a half ago. Why it's taken so long to deal with it is a mystery to me.
Clocks will be set ahead one hour on the second Sunday of March instead of the first Sunday of April. You need to patch on the operating system (OS) level for all servers and workstations. And, after you patch, all schedules that were made before the patches will be an hour off.
Almost all applications that use scheduling will need patching very soon. Most of us are already suffering from high levels of anxiety just thinking about it.
There are many technical articles on the Web about this change and how to apply software patches to cope with Daylight Saving Time 2007. If you need that kind of information, here's a good reference from IBM: Daylight Saving Time (DST) changes for 2007 will affect Lotus softwar
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e products.
Here are seven helpful tips about the new Daylight Saving Time situation to help get you through it:
Remember, anything scheduled before you patched the client and server OS will be off by one hour once the operating systems are patched. Patch the OS first; then get busy patching all the software that runs on the platform.
Your other devices, like your VCR and such, will have to be changed to the correct time four times a year. Better put a reminder in your Franklin Planner!
About the author: Andy Pedisich is President of Technotics, Inc. He has been working with Lotus Notes and Domino since Release 2. Technotics provides strategic consulting and training on collaborative infrastructure projects for customers throughout the world. You can contact Technotics through their Web site at www.technotics.com.
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