Watch out! Early DST incoming
Daylight savings time comes about a month early this year, so synchronize those watches and ready those automatic coffee makers. This is the first year in a couple of decades that DST will start not in the second week of April but on the second week of March. It’s happening on the 11th of this month at two o’clock in the morning.
That means that all machines with time-sensitivity programs in them are at risk of malfunctioning if not given the necessary adjustments. This would mean having to reprogram everything from the smallest handhelds and laptops to the biggest servers and mainframes.
Technicians agree that the task is not really a tough one in terms of the technical aspect. What’s hard is that the fact of the matter is that a lot of aspects in everyday life are in one way or the other related to computers and that gives them a lot to do. In essence, all there is to it is to adjust the clocks by an hour and all will be well. The only problem is getting enough manpower to do it.
An easy way to solve the woe is to write a patch program which will do everything once introduced to a machine. Wesley Watts, a school information officer has already applied the fix to the campus where he works and said “we’ve tested the patches and they seem to be working fine.” That eliminates the risk of students coming out early because of a flimsy bell ringing.
Other workplaces are aware of the situation and have had teams for some time now. Among them are airline companies and offices in financial districts of most American cities.
Computers connected to the internet are relatively easier to update, however, those which are not must have updates installed manually for compensation said John A. Vendor, president of the Computing Technology Industry Association.
Via Washington
Daylight savings time comes about a month early this year, so synchronize those watches and ready those automatic coffee makers. This is the first year in a couple of decades that DST will start not in the second week of April but on the second week of March. It’s happening on the 11th of this month at two o’clock in the morning.
That means that all machines with time-sensitivity programs in them are at risk of malfunctioning if not given the necessary adjustments. This would mean having to reprogram everything from the smallest handhelds and laptops to the biggest servers and mainframes.
Technicians agree that the task is not really a tough one in terms of the technical aspect. What’s hard is that the fact of the matter is that a lot of aspects in everyday life are in one way or the other related to computers and that gives them a lot to do. In essence, all there is to it is to adjust the clocks by an hour and all will be well. The only problem is getting enough manpower to do it.
An easy way to solve the woe is to write a patch program which will do everything once introduced to a machine. Wesley Watts, a school information officer has already applied the fix to the campus where he works and said “we’ve tested the patches and they seem to be working fine.” That eliminates the risk of students coming out early because of a flimsy bell ringing.
Other workplaces are aware of the situation and have had teams for some time now. Among them are airline companies and offices in financial districts of most American cities.
Computers connected to the internet are relatively easier to update, however, those which are not must have updates installed manually for compensation said John A. Vendor, president of the Computing Technology Industry Association.
Via Washington