"The planned changes to the beginning and ending of Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the United States in March will have significant implications for organisation around the world," according to a Gartner press rlease.
My first thought was to ignore it, but Gartner has list of the kind of problems that might arise:
· Calendaring applications (including BlackBerry-style devices synching with an e-mail server) showing incorrect recurring meeting schedules · Incorrect times for arrivals and departures within the travel industry · Bank transaction errors, manifesting in late payments · Trading applications executing purchases and sales at the incorrect time · Missed deadlines for admissions and other time-sensitive enrolment programs · Auctions ending earlier, impacting late bids · Cell phone and other tariff billing applications incorrectly charging peak rates during non-peak times · Batch recovery, rollback and job scheduling processes operating off incorrect journal timestamps · Security programs improperly denying access to IT resources
It might not herald the collapse of civilisation but will obviously involve a certain amount of software patching. Will you have to do anything to deal with the change? If so, how would you have known about it?
