March 5, 2007
6:12 p.m.
"Countdown to Confusion: Daylight Saving Time Comes Early This Year, But Will Your Computer Know When to Switch?" appeared on page D1 (front of the business section) of the Saturday, March 3 Washington Post. Prime nugget: "The newsletter of the Los Alamos National Laboratory recently reminded employees to reset clocks on coffeemakers that are programmed to start brewing while the owner is waking up, showering[,] or dressing. The nation's most vital atomic secrets, it seems, should not be entrusted to scientists running low on java. --ado