Daylight saving time problem
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Quote from Lawrence Chan:
The sarcastic thing is - US government is going to study if this change of DST will be benefitial.
It would be very funny if they simply dump this new DST schedule by next year.[/B]
I pray this is true - I want to rip out the tounge of the person who came up with this 'great' idea
May I ask why US government wishes to make such a DST change?
Would it be better if the whole concept of DST is abandoned completely? No DST forever - what do you think?
Would it be better if the whole concept of DST is abandoned completely? No DST forever - what do you think?
DST has been in use across the whole world.
The issue is that one country's DST schedule is never the same as another country. For US, it is even more interesting because some states actually elected to have their own time zone rules.
e.g. Germany has a completely different DST schedule comparing to US, no matter before or after 2007.
e.g. some countries elect their DST dates every year and sometimes you get no DST at all if the government at the time choose to do so
Sticking to a DST schedule for 30 years, US has been a pretty consistent country in terms of considering the inconvenience of their citizens
The issue is that one country's DST schedule is never the same as another country. For US, it is even more interesting because some states actually elected to have their own time zone rules.
e.g. Germany has a completely different DST schedule comparing to US, no matter before or after 2007.
e.g. some countries elect their DST dates every year and sometimes you get no DST at all if the government at the time choose to do so
Sticking to a DST schedule for 30 years, US has been a pretty consistent country in terms of considering the inconvenience of their citizens
Java applications do not use the operating system time zone info. Recent Java releases already incorporate the changes but older releases may have to be updated. Details here:
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Intl/USDST/
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Intl/USDST/
i think someone already mentioned it, but i'll reitterate. on one of my xp pro boxes, after the update, it deselected the 'automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes' setting. double click the clock, select the time zone tab, and check that box at the bottom. after that the time was ok. i went through the same thing this morning uninstalling and reinstalling updates and all until i noticed that.
Everything you ever wanted to know about DST, sans the current problem:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time
Pretty interesting actually.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time
Pretty interesting actually.