WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation will have an additional four weeks
of daylight-saving time beginning in 2007. Some people are cheering
while others worry.
The energy law signed by President Bush on Monday calls for
daylight-saving time to begin three weeks earlier, on the second
Sunday in March, and be extended by a week to the first Sunday in
November.
Sponsors of the proposal say it will save energy because people
won't have to turn their lights on as early in the evening. Sports
enthusiasts also look forward more daylight in the evening.
But not everyone is thrilled.
Some parents and school officials worry that in mid-March their
children will be waiting for school buses in the early morning
darkness. Farmers complain the time change adversely affects
livestock, especially dairy cows, disrupting milking schedules.
The electronics industry, meanwhile, is making plans to deal
with the impact of the change on computer software and an array of
electronic gadgets from the timing of VCR and DVD recorders to
adjusting digital clocks on cell phones.
The last time the daylight-saving time schedule was changed was
in 1987.
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