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Microsoft preps customers early in hopes of avoiding DST falloutPosted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on Sep 14, 2007 1:27 PM
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November 4 is just around the corner. Now's the time to make sure any Microsoft products that store or use time are updated before Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the...[Read the rest]

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Beware false Daylight Saving Time resets on April 1
Users who didn't already update their PCs and devices for the earlier-than-usual Daylight Saving Time (DST) change-over could encounter time glitches on April 1, the "normally scheduled" DST start date. [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Mar 30, 2007 11:56 AM
DST - Happy or headaches?
[Updated: Mar 12, 2007 @ 2.25 pm] NIST is keeping an eye on DST-related issues. Here are a few issues:SANS.org - Daylight Saving Time Change Problem With Symantec Backup Exec... [Read the rest]
Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Mar 12, 2007 3:17 AM
Cellular phones botch DST
Its Sunday morning, March 11, 2007, on the first morning of the new DST (Daylight Saving Time), and I just noticed the time on my cell phone is ahead one... [Read the rest]
Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Mar 11, 2007 7:52 AM
Are on-demand users safe from the DST debacle?
Unfortunately, on-demand users may also be affected by today's early DST change. Not all vendors can be relied on to correctly patch their servers, it seems. Even if they do,... [Read the rest]
Posted by Phil Wainewright in Software as Services on: Mar 11, 2007 5:48 AM
Ground zero weekend for DST change
At the risk of beating a dead horse, Im going to talk about DST and link to some tips and articles.Patch Microsoft Windows and Windows Servers for Daylight Savings Time... [Read the rest]
Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Mar 9, 2007 7:25 PM
The lazy person's guide to adjusting your PC for daylight saving
Here's a quick guide for all you non-geeks out there, just in case you need some last-minute help getting ready for the early switch to Daylight Saving Time and making... [Read the rest]
Posted by Phil Wainewright in Software as Services on: Mar 9, 2007 1:24 PM
Updates from the Microsoft Daylight Saving patch trenches
It's going to be a busy weekend for IT administrators still struggling to get their systems patched to handle the change to Daylight Saving Time (DST) on March 11. Here... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Mar 9, 2007 1:01 PM
TechNET guide to DST fixes for Windows
Microsoft TechNET has compiled a pretty comprehensive guide to the various patches and updates related to this weekend's Daylight Saving Time (DST) switch. Reproduced here for your convenience, but follow... [Read the rest]
Posted by Marc Orchant in Office Evolution on: Mar 9, 2007 7:00 AM
Here's your complete BlackBerry Daylight Savings Time how-to resource
In most of North America (except for Arizona and Hawaii) the clocks will move forward one hour at 2 a.m. this Sunday.The arrival of Daylight Savings Time occurs three weeks... [Read the rest]
Posted by Russell Shaw in The BlackBerry Beat on: Mar 8, 2007 1:51 PM
Your DST IT nightmare: Who's to blame? Hint: They're in DC
"Day light saving just brings a smile to everybody’s faces.” --Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., on March 8. Talk about disconnects between Washington D.C. and reality. Markey, one of the people... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Mar 8, 2007 8:50 AM
Apply Daylight Saving Time updates to all your mobile devices
On 8 August 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This Act changed the time change dates for Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. Beginning... [Read the rest]
Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Mar 8, 2007 7:05 AM
Microsoft customers melting down over Daylight Saving patches
Thousands of Microsoft customers are running into problems understanding and applying the myriad Microsoft Daylight Saving Time (DST) patches required in order to keep their Windows, Exchange Server and other... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Mar 8, 2007 6:04 AM
Daylight Saving Time: Top ten DST personal survival tips
Are you personally prepared for DST?On Sunday, technology types will be watching their applications, PCs, servers and networks to see whether change in Daylight Saving Time (DST) will affect their... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Mar 8, 2007 5:31 AM
What does Daylight Saving Time cost IT?
On Sunday, technology types will be watching their applications, PCs, servers and networks to see whether change in Daylight Saving Time will affect their infrastructure. CIOs will be looking... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Mar 7, 2007 7:42 AM
DST spells disaster for shrinkwrap software
It's hard to imagine a better demonstration of the absurdity of customer-installed and operated software than the fast-approaching catastrophe of Daylight Saving Time. [Read the rest]
Posted by Phil Wainewright in Software as Services on: Mar 5, 2007 9:17 AM
Are you ready for DST changes?
This year sees Daylight Saving Time in many jurisdictions of the United States and Canada move as a result of Energy Policy Act of 2005 from its usual slots of... [Read the rest]
Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Mar 5, 2007 5:19 AM
Microsoft releases Daylight Saving patches for Dynamics CRM 3.0
Microsoft is continuing to roll out updates needed for a number of its products as a result of the early switch to Daylight Saving Time (DST) on March 11. The... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Mar 5, 2007 4:59 AM
Microsoft to charge for Daylight Saving hotfixes for older products
If you need to patch for Daylight Saving Time (DST) changes older Microsoft products that already have moved from "Mainstream" to "Extended" support phase, Microsoft will give you a chance... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Feb 28, 2007 10:52 AM
Treo user? Get Palm updates for Vista, Office 2007, and DST
From MyTreo.net today:Palm contacted us recently and asked that we share with the community three software updates. Palm has released a fix for a daylight savings time change issue, which... [Read the rest]
Posted by Marc Orchant in Office Evolution on: Feb 27, 2007 5:58 AM
Apple releases torrent of software updates
If you're not a daily checker then there's a surprise waiting in your Software Update system preference. Apple yesterday released nine (count 'em) software updates for Mac OS X and... [Read the rest]
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 16, 2007 5:23 AM
Daylight Saving Time change: Tips for Microsoft users
It's almost exactly one month until Daylight Savings Time (DST) changes take effect in the U.S. and a growing number of other countries. The week of February 12, Microsoft will... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Feb 9, 2007 1:23 PM
U.S. Daylight Saving time shift poses a risk for IT
A change federal Energy Policy Act of 2005, which moved the start of Daylight Saving Time back from the first Sunday in April to the second Sunday in March and... [Read the rest]
Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Feb 2, 2007 1:47 PM
Is your open source project ready for the daylight savings time fix?
There are many open source operations that need to know the time in order to work properly. As open source moves into the enterprise, this number increases. And these projects... [Read the rest]
Posted by Dana Blankenhorn in Linux and Open Source on: Oct 7, 2005 9:04 AM
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