Do I need to do anything to prepare my TimePilot system for the March 14, 2010, Daylight Saving Time change?
A. In most cases, no. The TimePilot system gets its time setting from the computer on which its data folder resides. If you store your TimePilot data on your PC, the system gets the time from the PC; if you store the data on a server, it gets the time from a server. The important thing is to make sure that your computer (or server) is set to make the change. Microsoft has released a patch for those using Windows software; if you have automatic updates turned on, you probably already have the patch. For more information, visit Microsoft’s Daylight Saving Time Help and Support Center. A little background: Starting in 2007, Daylight Saving Time started three weeks earlier than usual in most of the U.S. and many provinces in Canada. In the U.S., Congress introduced a provision in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 mandating that clocks “spring forward” three weeks earlier, on the second Sunday in March, and “fall back” a week later than before, on the first Sunday in November, in an effort to s
