June 29, 2005
DST and the Energy Policy Act of 2005: The Consortium issued a pair of
Advisory Notices regarding the provision in the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (House version) changing the start and end times of Daylight
Savings Time as of March 2005. The
Congressional Advisory is
intended to alert Congress as to the implications of the act with
respect to potential changes in calendaring software. The
DST Advisory Notice is an
more in-depth consideration of the issues.
The Consortium also issued a press release on its concerns about the lack of time being suggested before the extended DST change might occur. The CalConnect press release is at EDST Change Untimely