This message is from: Steve McIlree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well, maybe this really isn't so off-topic if you look forward to resetting your clock in the Spring so you have a little more time to play with your horses. Daylight Saving Time (DST) is being extended this year by approximately three weeks. This extension is part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and effects the United States and Canada. DST will start at 2:00 A.M. on the second Sunday in March, and will end at 2:00 A.M. on the first Sunday in November.
The one glitch in this is that since Windows 95, most of us have gotten used to having our computers take care of this change automatically. Well, unless you're planning on updating to Vista before March 11, you're out of luck. Microsoft and Apple have both issued patches to take care of the change on newer versions of their operating systems (Windows XP (SP2)+, and OS X 10.4+). You can download and run these if you want (or find some teenage nerd to do it for you). If you are running anything older, you will probably need to find that same teenage nerd to hack your registry if you're running Windows. I don't know what you do if you have an older Mac OS. If you don't want to mess with your operating system, I suppose you could reset the system time by hand when you reset all your other clocks and watches (or get that teenage nerd to do it for you). However, probably you will also need to reset it again on April 1 when your unpatched operating system resets to what it thinks is proper DST. And then of course you'll have to go through the same double correction in the Fall. Or you can just ignore the whole thing and have your computer have the wrong time during four weeks of the year. However if you do any online banking or set important appointments using any software packages this might be a risky option. Ain't it wonderful how much simpler our lives have become in the age of computers? ;-) -- Steve McIlree - Pferd, Skipper & Clust - Omaha, NE/Las Cruces, NM, USA If I be once on horse-back, I alight very unwillingly; for it is the seat I like best. --Michel Eyquem de Montaigne(1533-1592) The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
