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In August of 2005 the United States Congress
passed the Energy Policy Act, which changes the
dates of both the start and end of Daylight
Saving Time (DST). When this law goes into
effect in 2007, DST will start three weeks
earlier (2:00 A.M. on the second Sunday in
March) and will end one week later (2:00 A.M. on
the first Sunday in November) than what had
traditionally occurred.
With the new law, DST will start on the second
Sunday of March (03/11/07); previously DST
started on the first Sunday of April (04/01/07).
DST now will end on the first
Sunday of November (11/04/07);
previously DST ended on the last Sunday of
October (10/28/07).
The DST change will impact all Windows servers
and desktops, OS/2 servers, Java Virtual
Machines, and Networking devices. All third
party and Microsoft applications depending on
system time are affected as well. The change in
DST applies to the U.S. and to Canada; however,
the change also affects people and organizations
outside North America. Organizations that have
operations, customers, partners, or vendors that
are based in North America will be affected.
Additionally, customers and systems that
interact or integrate with systems that are
based in North America or with systems that rely
on date and time calculations will be affected.
Windows
Servers and Workstations
Microsoft Exchange Servers
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Updates are available for Windows
workstations and servers directly from
Microsoft. If you are using WSUS, the
updates can be applied using this tool
to all stations. You may visit
Microsoft's Daylight Savings time Help
and Support Center or give us a call
to have us deploy the updates to your
system.
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Instagate
Firewalls |
The daylight savings time update
will be deployed on Monday March 5,
2007. Please make sure you apply your
updates after this date for this system
to be updated.
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Digital
Video Recorders |
If you are using a Digital Video
Recorder, your time and date on your
images will be wrong for about three
weeks, Depending on your model, we may
need to apply an update or you may have
to set time manually.
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ATMs |
Depending on your model of ATM,
updates are available for most, there
are a few that will need to updated
manually. Please consult with us for a
complete of updates.
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Microsoft
Outlook Appointments |
If you are using Microsoft Outlook
for your appointment calendar, it is
possible that all of your appointments
may be one hour off. Please make sure
that you address this issue with this
patch from Microsoft.
The Following tool is available for you
to move your appointments.
Click here to download.
For more information visit the article
on the isssue
Prepare Outlook calendar items for
daylight saving time changes in 2007
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If you have not already had your DST issues
addressed on your system, please give us a call
as soon as possible to have your system
addressed before March 11,2007.
Click here
for phone numbers and contact information.
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