Could have a mini-Y2K situation in the IT world, many people are probably not even aware of the changes.
I wish it stayed DST all year long.
Shouldn't that be "next year"?...or are we on daylight savings years?.......
FYI, Microsoft is not making an update available for Windows 2000 Professional.
None of that folly here in Hawaii. We stay the same all year long.
DST is a scam, but the real mystery is who profits. It does nothing one way or the other at this latitude. Right now it is still dark at 10 AM and dark again at 4 PM and the time between is twilight with sometimes a slight orange or pinkish glow on the tops of the black spruce. In the summer when the schoolbus argument might work there are no schoolbuses and it isn't dark anyway.
my VCR is programmed to change in early April and late Oct. though you can do manual time changes--yes I still have one, though eventually I'll transfer the last of my tapes to DVD either through a friend who has a DVD recorder, or I'll
buy my own DVD recorder (they're getting cheaper in price)
Could be much worse --- We could change the clocks on election day. Imagine all the stupid people unable to tell what time it is.
From http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Intl/USDST/:
"Problems Affecting Java Applications"
"The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) stores rules about DST observance all around the globe. Older JREs will have outdated rules that will be superseded by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. As a result, applications running on an older JRE may report incorrect time from March 11, 2007 through April 2, 2007 and from October 29, 2007 through November 4, 2007."
From http://www.microsoft.com/windows/timezone/dst2007.mspx:
"Supporting the DST changes on Windows operating systems"
"For Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Microsoft will release a single global time zone update which will include changes for the United States DST change. This time zone update will also include changes for other related DST changes and time zone behavior and settings that will take place in 2007 or have taken place since these versions of Windows were originally released. It will include some changes that have previously been released as individual hotfixes (such as the Sri Lanka change in time zone offset) or have been individually documented in prior Knowledge Base articles. These updated time zone definitions will also ship with Windows Vista."
"Windows Vista will have these changes included in the release-to-market version of the operating system. Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 will require the update. Windows XP SP1 and older operating system versions have passed their end of support dates and will not be receiving the update. Windows 2000 has passed the end of mainstream support and will not be receiving an update without an Extended Support Hotfix Agreement. Find more information about support policies around hotfixes."
"Versions of Windows which are not currently supported can be manually updated using the tzedit.exe utility or other techniques documented in Knowledge Base article 914387 and similar articles for other countries. Find more information about support policies around hotfixes."