Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Get Ready for DST Changes In 2007 for USA
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "NEWS" @ 01:30 PM
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/timezone/dst2007.mspx
Microsoft has published information on their operating systems and key applications on how to deal with the changes to Daylight Savings Times, which goes into effect in 2007 for the US. In 2007, the change takes affect at 2am on the second Sunday in March, 3 weeks earlier, and ends one week later than in 2006, at 2am on the first Sunday in November. Vista ships with this updated schedule. Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2003 will get updates sometime in December via Automatic Updates. At this point, Windows Mobile 2003, 2003SE and Windows Mobile 5 will get a registry patch, which can be found in the article linked to above.
We will definitely post on this again to remind users about this, and I recommend this patch be stored on a storage card or storage ROM as the application of the patch will be wiped out by a hard reset, or clearing of memory. Keep an eye on that page as more information regarding updates to Exchange 2003, Outlook, Sharepoint Services and other systems will be updated. It seems Pocket PC 2002 and older will simply cease to keep proper time a few weeks out of the year in the US. Meanwhile, I have some older Windows 2000 Server boxes to manually maintain as they will not be receiving simple automatic updates. :(
Microsoft has published information on their operating systems and key applications on how to deal with the changes to Daylight Savings Times, which goes into effect in 2007 for the US. In 2007, the change takes affect at 2am on the second Sunday in March, 3 weeks earlier, and ends one week later than in 2006, at 2am on the first Sunday in November. Vista ships with this updated schedule. Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2003 will get updates sometime in December via Automatic Updates. At this point, Windows Mobile 2003, 2003SE and Windows Mobile 5 will get a registry patch, which can be found in the article linked to above.
We will definitely post on this again to remind users about this, and I recommend this patch be stored on a storage card or storage ROM as the application of the patch will be wiped out by a hard reset, or clearing of memory. Keep an eye on that page as more information regarding updates to Exchange 2003, Outlook, Sharepoint Services and other systems will be updated. It seems Pocket PC 2002 and older will simply cease to keep proper time a few weeks out of the year in the US. Meanwhile, I have some older Windows 2000 Server boxes to manually maintain as they will not be receiving simple automatic updates. :(
