Why would daylight-saving time mess up my computer?
Earlier this year, computer users and IT administrators in the United States and Canada braced for a mess. Some said a mini Y2K bug was going to throw networked applications into a tizzy and make “Lost” fans cry when they realized their DVR missed the show. Others said it was a simple fix for networks as long as companies were prepared, and that there was nothing to panic about. Much like the Y2K bug that was supposed to crash the world, this bug also had to do with time. You might be thinking that since the device updates itself by synching with some omniscient world clock, it’ll still get the correct time, adjusted for the correct daylight-saving date. Because, you know, it’s omniscient. In reality, that world clock is a whole bunch of “time servers” ma
