Re: Daylight saving glitch

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From: Mark Weinreb (mark_at_127.0.0.1)
Date: 03/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:22:36 +0100

"Steve" <Steve@paracetamolroad.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:c4a8sd$ahb$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk...
> I'm used to windows (98) automatically adjusting time for daylight saving.
> But now I've got XP and, sure enough, it didn't adjust the time on Sunday.
>
> I checked the setting under date/time, and (sure enough) the daylight
saving
> option is checked. And (sure enough) the time is smugly listed as GMT, not
> BST.
>
> So question: what date does Microsoft think the clocks go forward?
>
> Or else, what's happening?
>
Mine adjusted automatically on Sunday morning, so I don't know what to tell
you.
It does, however, show the time zone as "GMT Daylight Time". Is this what
you're seeing? Before Sunday, it showed as "GMT Standard Time".
If you clear the "Automatically adjust" option, then click apply, does the
time change by one hour? That's what happened when I tested it just now.

I also synchronise the clock with one of Freeserve's time servers
(ntp1.freeserve.com), rather than the default time.windows.com.

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