March 11th (that’s the second Sunday in March) marks daylight savings time this year. This event, normally on the first Sunday in April, is rather important if you use any software coded before 2005. Why? Well, Congress thought it would help us save energy by increasing the process by a month.

Therefore, according to Microsoft, any and all meetings scheduled in Outlook 2003 for March and April should be double-checked and confirmed with the organizer. This is just one example, but be sure to check your software programs and any and all automatically changing clocks for similar glitches. In addition, if you work with anyone located in any other country other than the US and Canada (they had to follow suit), the time differences between zones will be an hour off during this 3-4 week period… i.e. France will be 7 hours and the UK 6 hours ahead of the US East Coast. You can view more specifics behind the legislation and Microsoft’s suggestions here and here, respectively.