[RushCrush]

That is very thoughtful and helpful of you. Thank you for taking the time to put together this post!

[Revel]

Here are all the links again since they did not come out clickable:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/31/AR2007013102318.html?nav=rss_print/asection

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21253837

Get the program here:
http://www.softshape.com/cham/manual/tzedit.htm

http://www.timetemperature.com/tzus/daylight_saving_time_extended.shtml

[kinoxi]

This is news to me. MS doesn't out of the box want to synchronize it's time?

[mysterio]

Pretend time is insane. I'm sorry that governor Mitch signed us up for it.

[proxy_user]

Unfortunately, if you are running Java-based application servers on Solaris, things get a little more complicated. If you are running Oracle databases, it is even worse.

I have found that the biggest obstacle is getting the Unix group, the database administration group, and the users to agree on a time schedule for the outages, especially if you are patching dozens of servers in different datacenters around the country.

The project managers at my place are running around like mad on this.

I hope the patches are Sarbanes-Oxley compliant!

[anymouse]

Chron is a good time sync program for pre-XP Windows.

There are other programs out there that use atomic clock standard time servers to change your time and date.

Or you can use your watch. /sarc

[Minutemen]

How about my VCR?

[Arcy]

Here's how you fix it...

[sionnsar]

ping

[ThomasThomas]

Just say no!

[quidnunc]

Or, alternately, you could get a Macintosh.

All you have to do is select your time zone and tell it to access the time server automatically.

[Kirkwood]

Why all the effort when you can just change the time manually?

[kalee]

ping

[Smokin' Joe]

Thanks! I have a couple of older machines the grandkids use and it would be nice to have the correct time on them, (just for the heck of it).

[Theresawithanh]

So as long as I am running Windows XP I am OK? (I am a computer idiot, and the first to admit it.)

[PAR35]

Here's an easier solution.

Double click on the time on the bottom right on your task bar.

Adjust the clock to the proper time (use the clock on your cell phone for best results)

Click OK.

Repeat twice a year.

[sourcery]

More resources:

• 2007 time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems
• Are You Prepared for Daylight Saving Time 2007?
• Set your Java clocks for the new DST
• Updating time zone data just got easier
• Preparing Your Datacenters for DST Changes?
• Working with Time Zones

[gilor]

www.time.gov

[BunnySlippers]

Bookmark.

BTW, buy a Mac. :)

[daifu]

The TIMEZONE application may be found at
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt40/i386/