[AzSteven]

There are some software issues, which generally can be fixed with patches. The real concern is so-called firmware like your computer's BIOS system or some cell-phone systems, which may have been encoded to assume a certain DST schedule. These systems can usually be reprogrammed, but it is less simple to do, and in some cases the hardware is designed to require a service visit to allow firmware upgrade.

Like anything else in computer/electronic land, it can be solved, but there is a cost associated with it.

Living in one of the few places sane enough NOT to participate in the DST scheme, I am still amused at the idea that folks think legislating the time of sunrise will make much difference in power use. If its sunny outside, or pitch black, the lights and AC systems in every office in America are on during business hours, and the number of those hours isn't going to change.

[tfecw]

Good call on the Firmware. Forgot about that one.

[MEGoody]

If its sunny outside, or pitch black, the lights and AC systems in every office in America are on during business hours, and the number of those hours isn't going to change.

I agree. The same would be true of homes as well.