[Eug-lug] Daylight Savings as of 2007

[Michael Miller]

It can cause some issues for mal-patched machines or hard coded time
functions in applications that don't rely on the OS to track time
correctly.  If you have a GPS receiver you may want to check to make
sure it is patched.

Miller

On 12/19/06, Brian Gallagher <baggab at pacinfo.com> wrote:
> Could this be a Y2K sleeper?  Half-kidding, but I bet it will cause some
> issues.
>
> Matthew Jarvis wrote:
> > I got a letter from IBM talking generally about the new DST changes
> > that are going into effect March 2007.
> >
> > They say "In 2007, US Daylight Saving Time is changing and will begin
> > on the 2nd Sunday in March and end the first Sunday in November".
> >
> > This is more just FYI for folks, but I'm curious what preparations
> > people are doing for this. My servers ping a time server - do those
> > time servers have DST under control I wonder?
> >
> >
>
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