Today I updated our ReplayTVs for the new daylight savings times. It comprises a rather convoluted process of erasing the ZIP code on the unit and then putting the ZIP back. This got me thinking about the insanity of Daylight Savings.

Part of the 2005 energy bill in the US was to add an extra four weeks to DST. Millions of dollars have been allocated to see if it saves energy. This very kind of study has been done several times before and it has been proven that it doesn't conserve energy. Add to that when there is an hour more of sunshine, folks are more likely to head out in the car to do things in the evening, well it undermines the whole concept of energy savings. Retailers love it, because folks tend to go out shopping more during DST.

IT departments are going nuts trying to get computers ready for the weekend. Monday will probably have a fair number of companies scrambling to retro-actively set up computers, servers, mobile phones, blackberries, and so forth.

We are now at a place where Standard time takes up four months of the year and DST is eight months of the year. So what IS standard?

I personally think that time-zones should be abolished. Everybody should be on the same time. International business would run more smoothly. No more changing watches when travelling.

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