Americans, expect your clocks to be screwed up

[thewayne]

Yesterday (Sunday) at around 2am would have been Daylight Savings Time, where our clocks go backwards one hour. Because of The Shrub, we had a law passed that allegedly saved energy, and expanded the dates of DST by something like one week on each end. Some electronic clock-based systems couldn't be patched, so expect a little bit of weirdness. My Palm Pilot updated itself incorrectly, so I had to reset it and shall have to do it again next Sunday, likewise I just noticed a board that I post to listed the incorrect time.

Oh, the official word of Congress and the Gov't on how much fuel was saved by making DST start earlier by a week or so: none.

Comments

[thedragonweaver.livejournal.com]

I remember one Congressman had the idiot argument that delaying the end of DST would help Halloween by providing more daylight in the evening, and my thought was, no, you idiot, anyone over the age of eight waits until DARK to trick-or-treat.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Hah! I hadn't heard that one! Cost to get elected to Congress? Millions. Stupid statements? Priceless.