Daylight saving time happens earlier than ever

Daylight saving time is this weekend, earlier than ever before. A couple years ago congress voted to have daylight saving time arrive three weeks early. The idea was to help the nation conserve energy. On Sunday you may take an extra glance at the clock. That old adage spring forward, fall back is popping up three weeks early -- to save energy. But computer software still thinks the change takes place next month. Programmers across the country are making sure businesses will still have reliable voice mail, phone and computer systems. Microsoft, Nuvel, all the major manufacturers and operating systems had to put out software updates and patches to make their technology work for the early switch over. Unfortunately, a lot of organizations are not ready. The key is making sure the machines we all rely on can handle the time change. In cities like Washington DC, public transportation officials are making sure there won't be any disruption. The trick is just making sure the time that you depend on for all those systems is being updated appropriately for the Monday service delivery. Still, most people aren't taking it as seriously as the worries about y2k back in 2000. Ultimately a human just needs to get involved. They need to actually review the dates of schedules and times to make sure there's accuracy for these things. Some recent studies suggest there may actually be no energy savings because even though less electricity is used at night, more will be consumed in the morning when people wake up in the dark.