Today is Groundhog Day, and in keeping with the arbitrary tradition of letting overgrown rodents dictate our seasons, George Bush and his Energy Policy Act of 2005 have decided to give us a large order of Spring, with four extra sides of Daylight Savings. Yes, for real.

The bill amends the Uniform Time Act of 1966 by changing the start and end dates of daylight saving time starting in 2007. Clocks will be set ahead one hour on the second Sunday of March instead of the current first Sunday of April. Clocks will be set back one hour on the first Sunday in November, rather than the last Sunday of October... The date for the end of daylight saving time has the effect of increasing evening light on Halloween (October 31).

What will this mean for your gadgets, computers, clocks, online auctions, operating systems, calendars, databases, sun dials? Some software can be patched, some will become obsolete.

I will be boycotting all such technology and building a bomb shelter large enough for the beautiful people (you know, just in case we have to start over). Naturally, I believe this initative to be rotten with conspiracy, but who’s really driving the bus? Is it our monolithic, digital overlords? Is the energy hogs or the green police? Perhaps it’s the Mooninities. Stick with LAist for updates on the impending chaos and mayhem as it unfolds.