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: