New updated page for coming Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2007 changes
As I noted here and here previously, the kick off for daylight saving time (DST) is changing this spring (2007). The start and end dates for the United States will transition to comply with the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (a US gov't web site link). In short, DST dates in the United States will start three weeks earlier (2:00 A.M. on the second Sunday in March) and will end one week later (2:00 A.M. on the first Sunday in November).
In general, computer systems should be updated to reflect the new DST rules. For most customers, this means applying software patches to select Microsoft products, including various releases of the Microsoft Windows servers and operating systems, Microsoft Office and other applications. In a few important cases, customers must take more considered action, as outlined on our newly renovated DST 2007 website. (https://www.microsoft.com/dst2007) This public page on the Microsoft.com site will be revised regularly to include new product updates, compatibility information and links to Knowledge Base articles.
At the office and at home, my machines that subscribe to Automatic Update (which is all of our Window XP machines at home) received the Windows update, and my Windows Vista machines was just updated, too.
Many Microsoft applications derive date and time information from the system clock, which "reads" the date and time information from the underlying operating system that it resides, so the changes need only be made to that underlying system. So you may not need to update many applications on your PC - check with your vendor to see if an update is required. For Microsoft products, many updates will be released through a combination of channels including Knowledge Base articles, Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), and the Microsoft Download Center.
Want to find out the accurate time in the US? Go to https://www.time.gov/ and select your time zone.
"This public service is cooperatively provided by the two time agencies of the United States: a Department of Commerce agency, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and its military counterpart, the U. S. Naval Observatory (USNO). Readings from the clocks of these agencies contribute to world time, called Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time maintained by both agencies should never differ by more than 0.000 0001 seconds from UTC (see recent comparisons)."
Tags: Microsoft, Windows Vista, Windows, Vista, Daylight Saving Time, DST.
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Anonymous
January 07, 2007
As I mentioned earlier , we have a newly renovated DST 2007 website . ( http://www.microsoft.com/dst2007Anonymous
January 13, 2007
Great to hear from an old friend in Silicon Valley who works for a certain company in Cupertino, whoAnonymous
January 13, 2007
It's the end of another work week and guess what: it's time once again to update our Daylight SavingAnonymous
January 15, 2007
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January 18, 2007
Kudos to our fearless presenter Jorge Lopez in the Support WebCast on Daylight Saving Time and WindowsAnonymous
January 19, 2007
In case you missed Jorge Lopez in the Support WebCast on Daylight Saving Time and Windows 2000 , theAnonymous
January 25, 2007
Sean on his Windows Small Business Server blog posted today that "there are no unique SBS 2003 updatesAnonymous
February 08, 2007
It's the end of another work week and guess what: it's time once again to update our Daylight SavingAnonymous
October 02, 2008
Recently, I received a question similar to one I answered last year on daylight saving time and time