Automatic shutdown no longer works as before

Since installing Mountain Lion the shutdown at a specific time seems to only work when the computer is awak. With Lion my computer would shutdown at 10 pm everyday and start back up at 4pm when I returned from work all ready for me. But with Mountaion Lion it never does this. Testing this reviles that it only works if the computer is awake. So I wil have to make sure my computer never goes to sleep (where's the engery savings in that?) or no longer use the automatic shut down feature and just shut it down when I'm finished like I had to do in the 90's with Windows. I'm really hoping this is not the new way for this teature to work and that it was only an oversite and wasn't found during QA (you do have a QA department doen't you?). Please return this to it's previous working order. Leaving my computer awake for hours just so it can shut down automatically makes no sense.

Hello:
I suggest you put the Mac to sleep and never shut it down (unless you are going to be away for several days). A Mac (when sleeping) consumes a minimal amount of energy. IMHO (not a scientific analysis) electronics fail sooner when repetitively turned off and on.
Barry

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