Vista And XP Users May Need Daylight-Saving Time Patch

[OhioChick]

Source: Information Week

To ensure Windows users aren't hit with a daylight time bug, Microsoft has launched an automated diagnostic and update service that installs patches on systems that need them.

By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek
March 7, 2008 11:12 AM


In an effort to avoid a repeat of computer glitches that occurred as a result of last year's earlier-than-usual switch to daylight-saving time, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is warning home and business PC users that their systems may require an update to successfully spring ahead this year.

"Unless certain updates are applied to your computer, the time zone settings for your computer's system clock may be incorrect," Microsoft said in a post that appeared Friday on its Web site.

In the United States, clocks move ahead one hour on Sunday. Many other countries around the world will be switching to their own form of daylight time in the coming weeks. Problems can occur if computers' internal clocks are at odds with the time in the real world.

Thousands of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 users found that out the hard way last week when the software got flummoxed by the Feb. 29 leap day.



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[Thepricebreaker]

1. OMG THE END OF THE WORLD - its a patch - go patch...

[ChromeFoundry]

5. No, just the end of the day, but at the wrong time... n/t

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

2. Allright microsoft...enough with the games

So I'll give the fault of daylight time bug to Bush,

BUT
"Thousands of Micro$oft Exchange Server 2007 users found that out the hard way last week when the software got flummoxed by the Feb. 29 leap day."

I mean, really, Leap year has been around, and Micro$oft still can't get this right??

[onehandle]

3. Meanwhile, Mac user marketshare has nearly doubled. nt

[dhill926]

8. for good reason....n/t

[Gman]

4. Ubuntu should handle the system clock OK

until I boot into Windows and Windows puts it back.

[L0oniX]

6. For lamers who don't know how to set the clock time...

...and I expect the patch is just another snoop trojan to check for warez. BTW ...you can also hit the delete key when booting up and set the time in your cmos setup.

[AmyDeLune]

7. zOMG!1!!1!

You mean I might actually *choke* have to go to the Date/Time setting and *gasp* punch it in manually?!?
*faints*

[Harry Monroe]

9. Are people really getting this stupid??

Change it manually for Christ's sakes!!! I don't even think I got the patch last time. BTW, I am a Merchant Mariner and work on ships. I usually keep my laptop's time to UTC (GMT), since we are advancing clocks about every other night going east across the Atlantic and conversely retarding clocks every other night going west across the pond. Never have to change the time that way. I just set it to local time zone when I get home.