Re: Daylight savings and pocket PC

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On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:53:08 -0700, Todd Allcock
<elecconnec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

At 05 Dec 2006 12:07:16 -0500 r_z_aret@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Somewhat related:
I'm wondering what will happen when the U.S. changes the dates for
Daylight Savings Time changes.

Then Microosft, a US-based company, will finally DO something about it!

You'd think they could at least issue a patch that added a "custom" time
zone that could be user defined- i.e. how many hours +/- GMT you are, and
a checkbox for "is it currently DST/Summer Time?"

Problem solved!


Yes, I know that I am following up on an old message.

Microsoft did issue a patch that was supposed to fix the calendar
entries on Outlook when the new start date for Daylight Savings Time
came along recently. I followed all of their recommended steps to
update both my desktop PC and my PocketPC. The result appeared to
work correctly on one-time events, but totally screwed up a couple of
weekly repeating events that extended before, during, and after the
two-week period of the change. One event ended up being moved forward
by an hour (an 11:00 AM event changed to a 12:00 noon event), and the
other event was moved forward by two hours (a 4:00 PM event became a
6:00 PM event). In both cases, the time-mangling occurred on all
occasions of the event, not just for the two-week period that is newly
part of Daylight Savings Time. I ended up having to delete and
re-enter the events. I would have been better off with no patch at
all. Thanks, Microsoft!

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