Today started daylight savings time for the spring, which mean everybody had to spring forward an hour this morning. We do this every year but today marked the first time starting the conservation three weeks early, which will in return causes us to fall back and hour a week later. The reason for the change is still to conserve energy, but has changed due to the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Though we are saving energy, there are a few side effects. One of the major concerns of moving up the date was the switch of electronics and computers, which were already programmed for the old daylight savings time. Many believed it would start a mini Y2K scare, but snafu software has helped older computers read the new time, while others have to be changed manually. Other concerns were false airline departure times, stocks set at certain times to trade could start late, and many business and people may be late to open or to work. Hopefully the switch will benefit the economy's consumption of energy and make up for all the side efects we may experience because of it.
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