Center News
Across most of the United States, afternoon skies gradually became lighter a little longer starting the first Sunday in April, when clocks jumped ahead one hour into daylight-saving time.
This year, an act of Congress brought about an early start to daylight-saving time. The law behind the change, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, also mandates a new date for clocks to "fall back" to standard time. This year, instead of the last Sunday in October, Pacific Standard Time will begin at 2 a.m. the first Sunday in November. A few computers may erroneously perform a one-hour time change on Oct. 28.
Seasonal time changes and organizational response to those changes varies around the world.
Given the complexities of seasonal time changes and organizational responses to those changes, and the worldwide nature of Center faculty and staff relationships, the IT department reminds everyone to watch for unpredictable problems with meeting times. Pay particular attention to recurring appointments scheduled before the installation of the patches last March, and those scheduled to occur between Oct. 28 and Nov. 5.
The software patches provided by Microsoft and previously installed last March will make the time change automatically. Apple computer users may need to run "Software Update." Questions? Call the Helpdesk at 206-667-5700 or visit status.fhcrc.org, or intranet centernet.fhcrc.org/CN/depts/it/news/2007dst.
