Daylight Saving Time Changes in 2007

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 specified that starting in 2007 daylight saving time will be extended. Beginning in March 2007, daylight saving time will start on the second Sunday in March and revert to back to standard time on the first Sunday in November (as opposed to the current first Sunday in April, last Sunday in October schedule).

This change will impact all standalone TCS controllers with 365-day clocks. We will accommodate the new daylight saving time schedule starting with version 1.5 and version 1.6 controllers (available now). For older model standalone controllers, we recommend disabling the "automatic daylight saving" feature and manually resetting the clock twice annually. Controllers connected to Ubiquity or a standalone QD2040 will automatically adjust to the new schedule; however, standalone QD2040's do require a software update. For more information, follow the links below or contat your TCS sales rep directly.

General Information -- www.tcsbasys.com/docs/daylight_saving.pdf

Technical Support Bulletin -- www.tcsbasys.com/docs/daylight_schd_change.pdf

Daylight Saving Time Info -- aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/daylight_time.html
-- webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/

TCS Contact Information -- www.tcsbasys.com/contact.html

To make matters worse, this change may only be temporary, as this "new" schedule is only in effect for a 2 year trial period. After that, the "real" schedule may revert back, stay the same, or be something completely different. Since no one can anticipate the government’s legislative whims, centralized control is a great solution. With centralized control, changing hundreds of thermostats in an enterprise is a simple automated function (a couple clicks of the mouse), as compared to a repetitive manual task which wastes hundreds of man-hours. For a personal tour of our centralized control solution, Ubiquity™, or for answers to other questions please use the contact info above.