{"id":416,"date":"2006-11-03T12:36:02","date_gmt":"2006-11-03T18:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=416"},"modified":"2006-11-03T12:37:04","modified_gmt":"2006-11-03T18:37:04","slug":"daylight-saving-time-and-y2k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/11\/daylight-saving-time-and-y2k\/","title":{"rendered":"Daylight Saving Time and Y2K?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most peole do not put much thought into daylight saving time, until it is time to adjust your clocks. In SHRM’s recent newsletter, they offered a short article that got me thinking that there is more to it than this. A quick Google search revealed there are over 500,000<\/em> articles that come up when you search on daylight saving time.<\/p>\n

I had forgotten that the law was actually passed back in 2005 and at the time I was amazed as to why they were not going to implement the change until 2007. For decades, candy manufacturers have lobbied for a daylight saving time extension through Halloween. What is interesting about this is last week before moving our clocks back, my teenage kids told me that this is the reason for moving the dates. Most people remember the mild debate in our nation around these changes – it is actually a result of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.<\/p>\n

One article I found provides several reasons behind the opposition to the bill<\/a>. Some of the reasons:<\/p>\n