Differences in changing the clocks

[dbraverman88]

I noticed that the time as reported on the front page was incorrect by 1 hour; it was 1 hour behind. I checked to make sure that my time zone was correct in my profile. Check. I thought about it and realized that the difference stems from when countries move their clocks. Europe moves their clocks on the last Sunday (Saturday Night) in October while the United States moves theirs on the first Sunday (Saturday Night) in November. For one week we will be out of sync.

David

 

[equill]

As I recall it, it is left to us to compensate for summer/daylight-saving time manually, or twice a year, in our Profiles above. In Eastern Australia, we've been 11hr ahead of GMT since Sunday last.

de

 

[~tl]

As equill said, phpBB does not automatically account for DST, so you have to adjust it manually. So really, you should have had the time zone setting on GMT-4 for the summer.

 

[madmax_2069]

yea a few days ago (Saturday or sunday) our computers at work went back a hour. so we had to manually set the correct time on it. i was getting ready to shut them down when i seen they was a hour behind the wall clocks in the store. we called our local time and temp to make sure what time it was, and sure enough the computers set themselves back a hour

i was wondering what happened, wasn't there a daylight savings patch released ( i remember something about it) the older unsupported OSes didn't get the patch. like windows 2000 and lower and i don't remember what version of OsX didn't get it

 

[MacMan]

In many places with meteorological, oceanic or air traffic control systems in the UK, the time is always given in GMT, regardless of the time of year. Personally I find BST a bit of a pain so I tend to use GMT whenever I'm logging anything by time to keep some consistancy.

 

[equill]

... wasn't there a daylight savings patch released ( i remember something about it) the older unsupported OSes didn't get the patch. like windows 2000 and lower and i don't remember what version of OsX didn't get it

You may be referring to DSTUpdatePan-001.pkg, released as a standalone for 10.3.x in February of this year, and probably bundled anonymously into a 10.4.x SecUpd at some time. Its principal features were given as accommodation of changes in starting/ending times for daylight saving time in various countries. The lack of a specific update for 10.2.x is not altogether startling.

OS 8.1 and lower Macs have always had the advantage of the CP Network Time, given that they can access one of Apple's servers, and auto. time check has been built into OS 8.5 and up, again given a time server. But a server is always a requisite part of the deal, natch.

de

 

[funkytoad]

The morning news at my school has a timer that turns on and off the incoming cable at 7:52 so we can air the news at 8:00. The machines set themselves back an hour. So we couldn't air until "8:00" which was really "9:00".

 

[~tl]

In many places with meteorological, oceanic or air traffic control systems in the UK, the time is always given in GMT, regardless of the time of year. Personally I find BST a bit of a pain so I tend to use GMT whenever I'm logging anything by time to keep some consistancy.

Almost all servers (worldwide) have their clocks set to GMT for consistency too...

 

[dbraverman88]

... wasn't there a daylight savings patch released ( i remember something about it) the older unsupported OSes didn't get the patch. like windows 2000 and lower and i don't remember what version of OsX didn't get it

You may be referring to DSTUpdatePan-001.pkg, released as a standalone for 10.3.x in February of this year, and probably bundled anonymously into a 10.4.x SecUpd at some time. Its principal features were given as accommodation of changes in starting/ending times for daylight saving time in various countries. The lack of a specific update for 10.2.x is not altogether startling.

OS 8.1 and lower Macs have always had the advantage of the CP Network Time, given that they can access one of Apple's servers, and auto. time check has been built into OS 8.5 and up, again given a time server. But a server is always a requisite part of the deal, natch.

de

I think madmax_2069 is referring to MS Wndows patches. Yes, Microsoft has released patches for the various server OS's. Check the Microsoft website. I seem to recall that Microsoft is giving it free for newer OSs but selling it for 2000 server.

David

 

[equill]

... and i don't remember what version of OsX didn't get it

I think madmax_2069 is referring to MS Wndows patches ...

Certainly—but not wholly—and thence my answer to his post.

de