Congress's DST Tweak may be a Mini-Y2K!

Congress's decision to tweak Daylight Savings Time for fuel efficiency has been reported here before. But today CNN is reporting that this "little tweak" may wind up being a miniature Y2K scamble for many tech companies and businesses.

An energy bill President George W. Bush was to sign Monday would start daylight time three weeks earlier and end it a week later as an energy-saving measure.
And that has technologists worried about software and gadgets that now compensate for daylight time based on a schedule unchanged since 1987.
"It is unfortunately going to add a little bit of complexity to consumers," said Reid Sullivan, vice president of the entertainment group at Panasonic Consumer Electronics Co. "In some cases, depending on the product, they may have to manually increase or decrease the time."

That's right kids. It is time for another forced upgrade cycle. Congress has suddenly made your precision timepieces and older tech obsolete by changing the law. And not much hope of a tax cut this year to offset this forced spending, either.