Timing is everything!

Do you have a future online educational conference scheduled? You may wish to revisit that conference Web site. The hosts of the conference may have to change the day or time of the event. When our U.S. Congress changed the start of Daylight Savings Time by one month, the implications rippled worldwide throughout academia and business organizations.

According to Elliott Massie in his Learning Trends Newsletter, "When the U.S. Congress shifted the start of Daylight Savings Time by one month, little did they realize the computing implications. This puts the U.S. out of sync with much of the world on time zones, with scheduling implications for business travel and even web conferences. But, the largest impact can be seen in corporate investment to prevent a 'Mini-Y2K,' when servers, desktops and other devices need to be instantly reset for a time change that is not part of their core programming. The New York Times recently reported that U.S. companies would spend about $350 million on computer fixes for this situation."