[BC] ANY word from FCC abt DST change?

[Glen Kippel]

On 10/29/07, Gary Glaenzer <glaenzer at verizon.net> wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glen Kippel" <glen.kippel at gmail.com>
> >
> > ----------------
> >
> > Yes, what I meant to say was that with TZEDIT you can choose whatever
> days
> > of the year you want to make the change.  They even allow you to make it
> > change on Wednesday or any other day of the week, if that's how they do
> > things in that country.  I set up all of our computers last spring with
> > TZEDIT.  There is a catch to make it work -- your settings won't "stick"
> if
> > you just enter them and click "OK."
>
>
> Ok, I'll bite
>
> What IS the magic formula to make them 'stick' ??
>
>
>  *OK -- here is the procedure:  *
>
> * *
>
> * *In the "Edit Time Zone" window:
>
> Make sure that *Automatically Set Daylight Saving Time* is checked.
>
> Change the *Start Day* to *Second* *Sunday*, *March*, *02:00:00*
>
> Change the *Last Day* to *First* *Sunday*, *November*, *02:00:00*
>
> Don't change anything else. Click *OK* and *Close* to finish.
>



 *Do not skip these remaining steps, or your new changes will not take* *
> effect!*
>
> Click *Start **-->** Settings **-->** Control Panel **-->** Date/Time **
> -->** Time Zone *(tab)
>
> Select *some other time zone* besides yours. Click *Apply**.*
>
> Now select *your time zone* again. Click *OK*.
>
 That last part *MUST *be done, or it won't save your changes.  You can test
> it by setting the clock to 11/03 at 01:59 and observing that after 01:59:59
> that it goes to 01:00:00.
>
>  If you are running XP SP2, you can check to see that update KB931836 is
> installed.  If not, you can download it from Microsoft support and install
> it instead of using TZEDIT.  You should still check the system to see that
> it changes the time appropriately.
>
> * *
>