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Daylight Savings Time (US people)

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:33 am
by Richard Cranium
I hope everyone remembers to change their clocks today (March 11th 2007)

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:24 am
by DCrazy
I didn't! :P

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:35 am
by dissent
so, was windows (after patching) supposed to update the clock at 2 this morning? Mine didn't.

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:49 am
by Cuda68
I did not check mine until 7am but it updated. Might want to check date and time in control panel and see how the auto update is set also.

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:52 am
by SuperSheep
My computer updated properly. No patch.

Good to see no planes falling from the skies. :roll:

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:17 am
by catch22
Appearently the system that runs my banks online interface didn't.

Hopefully the airports figured this all out, otherwise I'll be waiting and extra hour for my brother to show up.

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:59 am
by Krom
I think I installed the patch for it months ago, PC updated just fine overnight.

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:28 pm
by dissent
LOL. I update on the windows internet time servers, and it still comes back an hour behind.


I think someone is trying to screw with me. :P

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:41 pm
by Tyranny
Don't have to, I live in Arizona :P

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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:42 pm
by DCrazy
dissent wrote:LOL. I update on the windows internet time servers, and it still comes back an hour behind.


I think someone is trying to screw with me. :P
NTP (Network Time Protocol, which is what Windows uses to sync time) doesn't care about DST, or time zones at all for that matter. Timezone information in Windows is stored in the registry; you could theoretically change the registry entry yourself to tell Windows how to deal with DST, but why bother when there's a Windows Update patch that does it for you?

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 3:12 pm
by Jeff250
Unless of course you're using an operating system that Microsoft no longer fully supports, like Windows 2000.

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:05 pm
by Duper
mine did it fine by itself. *shrug*

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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:49 pm
by Richard Cranium
Jeff250 wrote:Unless of course you're using an operating system that Microsoft no longer fully supports, like Windows 2000.
There is a reg hack to make it work on 2000. I'll see if I can't find it and post it.

RC

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:53 pm
by Cuda68
I used this site and he has a patch for windows XP and 2000 and other OS's systems.

http://dst.umn.edu

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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:39 pm
by JMEaT
Richard Cranium wrote:
Jeff250 wrote:Unless of course you're using an operating system that Microsoft no longer fully supports, like Windows 2000.
There is a reg hack to make it work on 2000. I'll see if I can't find it and post it.

RC
TZEdit, we had to use it on our few Win2K servers.

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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:40 pm
by JMEaT
Richard Cranium wrote:
Jeff250 wrote:Unless of course you're using an operating system that Microsoft no longer fully supports, like Windows 2000.
There is a reg hack to make it work on 2000. I'll see if I can't find it and post it.

RC
TZEdit, we had to use it on our few Win2K servers.

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:00 pm
by Beowulf
Heh, so Bush has had 7 years to come up with an energy saving policy and the best he can come up with is \"turn your lights off.\"

We should just get rid of daylight savings anyway.

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:30 pm
by dissent
Doh!!

The Automatically update for dst checkbox in the pc clock was unchecked.
Hey, I didn't do it ... really! :P

(seriously, I didn't do it - is it possible one of the patched did?)

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:50 pm
by TechPro
It all boils down to....

If you're running Windows XP (or newer).... and you installed the updated from Microsoft .... AND you properly set the Time Zone in you Date and Time Control Panel...

It should have worked without any problems.

ALL of mine were just file... only the Windows 2000 and older systems had to be adjusted.

The only remaining thing... If you use Microsoft Office... did you apply the related updates to that as well? If not, calendar/time items may come up one hour off.

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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:07 pm
by Ferno
Beowulf wrote:Heh, so Bush has had 7 years to come up with an energy saving policy and the best he can come up with is "turn your lights off."
Bush came up with the idea of setting the clocks forward this early?

Predictable.. yet unexpected.

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:54 pm
by Kyouryuu
Other than making me feel really drowsy and weird for a couple days, does DST even serve a purpose anymore? Seriously. Can we just pick one time and run with it? We aren't plowing the fields and milking the cows at high noon anymore.

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:07 pm
by Dakatsu
My dad had to spend an extra three hours at his job in the ABC Tampa affiliate to patch all the macs for daylight savings...

It can have Final Cut Pro installed on it, with compatibility for tape to computer programs, but it cant switch the time by an hour... shame.

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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:37 pm
by Top Wop
Kyouryuu wrote:Other than making me feel really drowsy and weird for a couple days, does DST even serve a purpose anymore? Seriously. Can we just pick one time and run with it? We aren't plowing the fields and milking the cows at high noon anymore.
I hearby call an end to the DST debacle, this isnt the 1800's anymore. Who the ★■◆● wants to get up at 7 am in the dark to go to work, then leave home in the dark at 5? It has an impact on the psyche.

Yea, thats a great idea, lets make it darker, SOONER! :roll:
t can have Final Cut Pro installed on it, with compatibility for tape to computer programs, but it cant switch the time by an hour... shame.
When you have a product that focuses more on how it looks rather than what productivity it can do, what else can you expect?

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:16 pm
by dissent

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:04 am
by Ferno
set the clocks a half hour back and be done with it!

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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:35 am
by BUBBALOU
dissent wrote:so, was windows (after patching) supposed to update the clock at 2 this morning? Mine didn't.
would help if you would have checked the box to automatically adjust for daylight savings time!! LMAO

hurry and scurry to the date and time .cpl under timezone tab to cover your tracks