Daylight Savings Time (DST) 2007 Updates:
How Will the New Time Affect Me?
Due to the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005, United States Daylight Savings
Time
(DST) now begins three weeks earlier (on March 11, 2007) and ends one week later (on November 4, 2007). Thus, the new DST period is approximately four weeks longer than previously observed.
This change will affect ALL computer operating systems. Without the proper time setting updates, computer systems could see performance issues such as:
- Incorrect meeting times in calendaring software
- Problems with Java applications
- Problems with other time-dependent applications
- Incorrect time in system logs
- Other time-related issue
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Call the Help Desk for any questions or concerns at 809-2346
Affected Software and Devices
Operating Systems:
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Mac OS
Calendaring Software:
Outlook
OnTime
PDAs and Mobile Phones
Mainframe
Operating Systems
Windows XP
Click here for a complete walkthrough
The update for Windows XP was included as an automatic critical update on February 13. Computers running Windows XP with Automatic Updates enables should already be patched. Computers running Windows 2000 have been patched by Information Systems but will need to be restarted for the update to take effect.
Windows (select “home user” for information):
http://support.microsoft.com/dst2007
Windows 2000
Computers running Windows 2000 that are on MSUNET2K have been patched by Information Systems but will need to be restarted for the update to take effect.
http://support.microsoft.com/dst2007
Windows 2000 Professional, Windows Server,
and pre-Windows 2000 systems
There is NO PATCH for Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Professional and pre-Windows 2000 systems. Contact your Technical Coordinator for information if you are running these operating systems and applications. Instructions for manually updating these systems can be found at this link:
http://support.microsoft.com/dst2007
Mac OS
Click here for a complete walkthrough
Macs with Mac OSX 10.4.5 are already updated. Please contact your Tech Coordinator if you are unsure of what Mac operating system you have. You can also call the Help Desk at 809-2346.
Mac OSX:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305056
We anticipate that Microsoft Outlook users will experience the most trouble with the change. You should consider all calendar items within the new DST period as suspect. If you are not sure, verify the correct time with the organizer or the original source of the calendar item. If you are sharing a calendar, be sure to verify the accuracy of the calendar items on each client.
Information Systems does NOT recommend using the Outlook tool from Microsoft, as we have not found it to be very useful.
Before Sunday, we suggest that you print out your meetings for those 3 weeks and call the Help Desk at 809-2346.
Please call the Help Desk for information regarding OnTime. 809-2346
PDAs and Mobile Phones
Blackberry
Blackberry has made two patches available in response to the change in DST----one for the Blackberry Desktop Manager and the other for the actual device.
Walkthrough for updating your Blackberry
More information from Blackberry:
http://www.blackberry.com/DST2007/patch/index2.shtml
Windows Mobile Devices:
http://www.windowsmobile.com/daylightsaving
Palm:
http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/dst.html
Mainframe
Mainframe systems will be updated by Operations. All mainframe applications such as CICS, BETA42, PIN, PPS, and all CICS transactions such as GLIN will reflect the correct time.
What is Information Systems doing?
* Servers administered by Information Systems have been updated by Networking and ADSS.
* The Help Desk will be available to manually correct the DST settings if necessary. Please call 809-2346.