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:ZDNet: Is Your Open Source Project Ready for the Daylight Savings Time Fix?
ZDNet: Is Your Open Source Project Ready for the Daylight Savings Time Fix?
Oct 9, 2005, 05 :00 UTC (10 Talkback[s]) (7335 reads)

(Other stories by Dana Blankenhorn)

"Starting in 2007 daylight savings time will start a month earlier and end a few days later. Instead of starting on April 2, as it will next year, it will start on March 11. The idea is to save energy. It was part of a bill passed earlier this year and signed into law by the President...

"This is not a big deal for most PC users, but if you've got a large scaled system it is a very big deal. When transactions actually post is a big deal. When alarms go off is a very big deal..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
DST doesn't affect the internal time ...   just needs a timezone file fix   
wildpossum
Oct 9, 2005, 06:26:54
 
Someone please explain to this clueless  ...   Sigh   
Ian Tester
Oct 9, 2005, 11:20:05
 
As opposed to 'a PC' (running a  ...   Clueless   
Rainer Weikusat
Oct 9, 2005, 12:33:23
 
I remember the Network Time Protocol bei ...   I remember ntp broken in 2003   
Joe User
Oct 9, 2005, 17:56:00
 
"Plenty of time to release before March  ...   Already taken care of...   
Andrew Clayton
Oct 9, 2005, 20:53:42
 
No really, look at the context rather th ...   This is why I hate government so much   
Bob Robertson
Oct 9, 2005, 21:00:51
 
> Are you ready to consider researching  ...   Re: Clueless   
blackhole
Oct 10, 2005, 02:04:24
 
Bob: vote!  ...   Re: This is why I hate government so much   
Vance
Oct 10, 2005, 02:55:31
 
The act in question was signed into law  ...   was fixed upstream in August   
Paul Eggert
Oct 10, 2005, 03:31:44
 
How do we fix our older systems.  It&#39 ...   Open Source Can't fix older systems!   
Tom
Oct 28, 2005, 19:24:58
 
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