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Volume 72, Issue 108,
Thursday, March 8, 2007
News Early time change could cause a few problems by DEBORAH ARANDA
Daylight-saving time begins Sunday and will last four weeks longer this year because of a federal mandate. Clocks were originally slated to be moved one hour forward April 1, but the federal Energy Policy Act of 2005 moved the change to the second Sunday of March instead of the first Sunday in April. Daylight-saving time will also end Nov. 4 one week later than usual. UH Information Technology has warned this may cause problems for electronic devices that require accurate time, such as Blackberries or PDAs. UH IT said in a release that the best solution is to manually change the time on such devices. "We are expecting problems from the old systems that haven't been updated. Students can come here and we'll fix as much as we can," pre-pharmacy junior and UH IT employee Jimmy Pham said. UH IT has updated the voicemail system and the WebCT servers to accommodate the changes. Entries that were posted on WebCT before March 2 will probably be an hour off between Sunday and April 1, but scheduled items posted after the morning of March 2 should not be affected. Most computers at UH that run Windows XP, 2000 or Vista should not be affected, Bill Stewart, user support specialist for UH IT, said. Macs should also be able to handle the time change automatically after software updates were released Feb. 16. The change in daylight-saving time is expected to reduce energy usage, and the U.S. Department of Energy will report to Congress on the effectiveness of the change. Send comments to dcnews@mail.uh.edu |
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