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Daylight Savings--A Time Whose Time Has Passed?: Daylight Savings Time was foisted off on an unsuspecting and credulous nation as a great idea back during the 1970s energy crisis. So Congress went ahead and expanded it,more of a good thing. Indiana may be a state that is united in its love of basketball...; Tags: Indiana, Daylight Saving Time, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-03-13
Reminder: US Daylight Saving Time starts this Sunday morning: Reminder: US Daylight Saving Time starts this Sunday morningFall Forward Spring Back. Check! Roger That! Over and Out.ntNeener, neenerEnjoy the all-nighter, peeps -- I get to save money by not screwing with my clocks.Sigh...Another year where we attempt to make a string longer by cutting a piece...; Tags: Sunday Morning, Reminder, Daylight Saving Time; Discussion threads 2008-03-07
Reminder: US Daylight Saving Time starts this Sunday morning: In case you didn't know, this is the weekend when US Daylight Saving Time starts - this is the switch where you get an hour less in bed. At 02:00 local time Sunday morning the clocks go forward an hour. Chances are that most of your critical...; Tags: Daylight Saving Time, Chances, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-03-07
DST arrives this weekend: Are your Microsoft systems ready?: Daylight Saving Time DST starts a couple of weeks earlier this year than usual -- on Sunday March 9 for U.S. and Canada. Microsoft users and administrators should know the drill by now: Double-check to make sure your Microsoft-based systems are ready. M3 Sweatt, the Chief of...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Daylight Saving Time, DST, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-03-07
Apple Daylight Saving Time (dmg): The Daylight Saving Time Update for Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server addresses recent changes in the way Daylight Saving Time will be observed in the U.S. and Canada beginning in March 2007 and includes the latest time zone information for the rest of the world. This version...; Tags: Apple Inc., Daylight Saving Time, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2008-01-16

TimeSentry (exe): TimeSentry is a small, multi-purpose calendar and time application designed to make finding out date and time information easy and fast. It features a customizable calendar, a date/time calculator to calculate the difference between two dates and times to the millisecond, and also an atomic time synchronizer. TimeSentry is a...; Tags: Speaker, Calendar, Info, Daylight Saving Time, TimeSentry; Software downloads 2007-11-09
FoxClocks (xpi): FoxClocks is an extension that will show multiple clocks in the browser's statusbar, toolbars or menubar for any of hundreds of cities around the globe, using a database of time zone and daylight saving information. FoxClocks' Zone Picker tree lets you browse virtually all the world's time zones by country,...; Tags: Database, Time Zone, Daylight Saving Time, Andy McDonald, FoxClocks; Software downloads 2007-11-09
Microsoft users: DST D-day is Sunday: On November 4, it's time to fall back, in terms of Daylight Saving Time DST here in the U.S. If you haven't already done so, you might want to make doubly sure that all your Microsoft (and non-Microsoft) software that revolves around dates/times is updated. Microsoft has...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Daylight Saving Time, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2007-11-02
Podcast: News to know midday: EU hits Microsoft; SCO kaput; Daylight Savings Time: On today's podcast: The EU hits Microsoft; Who's next? SCO goes kaput; files for bankruptcy. Daylight Savings Time looms for Microsoft again. by Larry Dignan; Tags: Podcast, SCO Group Inc., Microsoft Corp., European Union, Daylight Saving Time, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-09-17
Microsoft preps customers early in hopes of avoiding DST fallout: 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 U.S. ends for the year, the Softies say. Hoping to head off the confusion and problems a...; Tags: Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Daylight Saving Time, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2007-09-14
Update for Daylight Saving Time Changes in 2007 for Exchange 2003 Service Pack 1 (KB 931978) (exe): Starting in the spring of 2007, Daylight Saving Time DST start and end dates for the United States will transition to comply with the Energy Policy Act of 2005. DST dates in the United States will start three weeks earlier (2:00 A.M. on the second Sunday in March) and will...; Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Daylight Saving Time; Software downloads 2007-09-07
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Time Zone Data Updates (KB 925874) and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Update Time Zones Wizard (KB 932984) (exe): Beginning in 2007, Daylight Saving Time DST will be extended in the United States. DST will start on March 11, 2007, which is three weeks earlier than usual, and it will end on November 4, 2007, which is one week later than usual. This results in a new DST period...; Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Corp., Daylight Saving Time; Software downloads 2007-08-31
Update for daylight saving time changes in 2007 for Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 (KB 926666) (exe): Update for daylight saving time changes in 2007 for Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). Starting in the spring of 2007, daylight saving time DST start and end dates for the United States will transition to comply with the Energy Policy Act of 2005. DST dates in the United...; Tags: Service Pack 2, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Daylight Saving Time; Software downloads 2007-08-29
Beat Clock (zip): A .beat clock which has the ability to display tenths of a beat. Beats are a measurement of time where the day is divided into 1000 beats each being 86.4 seconds. No time zones need to be considered as all beat clocks reference UTC+1. Daylight saving time is also not...; Tags: Daylight Saving Time, Beat, Internet; Software downloads 2007-07-09
Daylight saving shift fails to curb energy use: Daylight saving shift fails to curb energy useOnly the US Government ...This really makes me laugh - could the US government POSSIBLY get any more egg on their faces - first there are NO weapons of mass destruction - then they force IT departments to spend a tonne of time...; Tags: DST, New DST, Daylight Saving Time; Discussion threads 2007-04-03
Beware false Daylight Saving Time resets on April 1: Beware false Daylight Saving Time resets on April 1My VCR reset...itself today. I'll bet that anything with a calendar will do it.; Tags: Daylight Saving Time; Discussion threads 2007-04-01
Beware false Daylight Saving Time resets on April 1: Users who didnt 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. As USA Today notes: "There may be more DST glitches on Sunday night. Its likely that some consumers...; Tags: Windows Mobile, Windows client, Windows CE, Office, Corporate strategy, App Compatibility; Blog posts 2007-03-30
International Clock (exe): A flexible and easy to use international clock. Has global shortcuts that you can use from any program. The user can define an unlimited number of clocks, and an unlimited number of alarms for each clock. Has daylight saving time options. Has friendly clock faces and transparency options. Version 6.1...; Tags: Clock, Daylight Saving Time; Software downloads 2007-03-14
Updates from the Microsoft Daylight Saving patch trenches: Its 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. On Friday afternoon, Microsofts DST online chat room, which was set to be staffed for 15 hours, had on average...; Tags: Office, Support, Exchange Server, App Compatibility; Blog posts 2007-03-09
TechNET guide to DST fixes for Windows: Microsoft TechNET has compiled a pretty comprehensive guide to the various patches and updates related to this weekends Daylight Saving Time DST switch. Reproduced here for your convenience, but follow the link to the original and complete listing. What time will your organizations computers think it is on Sunday? Or,...; Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Servers, Microsoft TechNet, KB932590, Microsoft Windows, Daylight Saving Time, Microsoft Corp.; Blog posts 2007-03-09