Why not get the computer to poll a NTP client that way the time is right a
sort of computer atomic  clock 

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve
Sent: 18 February 2007 20:11
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Daylight Savings change

Depends on your operating system.  If you have XP, the update to correct the
DST 
issue was in your February 16 update as I think 931836.

Older systems, you need to do it manually.

And, that article continues to perpetrate a damn stupid myth in my opinion.
How 
is it that if people switch to daylight savings time they get an extra hour
of 
sunlight?  The reference in that article to Arizona not switching because it
is 
hot enough already is just purely insane!

Having once lived in Spokane, on the eastern edge of the Pacific time zone,
and 
living in Michigan on the western edge now, I can see the benefits and
drawbacks 
of daylight time.

I don't know how people in Eastern Washington lived without it, it would
have 
gotten daylight before 5 A.M. without daylight time in the summer.
Steve, K8SP
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "matt V" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: Daylight Savings change


so i see a possibility of having to change manually on the computer since
isn't daylight time already written in windows/linux hardcoded in
otherwords, for a certain day?I heard this was just to give
trick-or-treators another hour of light..come on, i mean how long has it
been the now old way

just my 1 cent

matt


On Sun, 18 Feb 2007, mike wrote:

> Wow you Guys in the states how ever do you coordinate your time when
> travailing across the country.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Howard Kaufman
> Sent: 18 February 2007 18:05
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Fwd: re: Daylight Savings change
>
>> This came out of a cw qso we have every Sunday morning on 3.552.
>
> Thought it was interesting article.
>
>
>> http://www.infoplease.com/spot/daylight1.html
>>
>> At 2 a.m. on March 11, groggy Americans will=20
>> turn their clocks forward one hour, marking the=20
>> beginning of Daylight Saving Time (DST).
>>
>> The federal law that established "daylight time"=20
>> in this country does not require any area to=20
>> observe daylight saving time. But if a state=20
>> chooses to observe DST, it must follow the=20
>> starting and ending dates set by the law. From=20
>> 1986 to 2006 this has been the first Sunday in=20
>> April to the last Sunday in October, but=20
>> starting in 2007, it will be observed from the=20
>> second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in=20
>> November, adding about a month to daylight saving time. (See: New
Federal=
> Law.)
>> No More Sunlight in Arizona and Hawaii
>>
>> Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo=20
>> Nation) and Hawaii and the territories of Puerto=20
>> Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa=20
>> are the only places in the U.S. that do not=20
>> observe DST but instead stay on "standard time"=20
>> all year long. And if you've spent any time in=20
>> the sweltering summer sun in those regions you=20
>> can understand why residents don't need another hour of sunlight.
>> The Dawning of DST in Indiana
>>
>> Until April 2005, when Indiana passed a law=20
>> agreeing to observe daylight saving time, the=20
>> Hoosier state had its own unique and complex=20
>> time system. Not only is the state split between=20
>> two time zones, but until recently, only some=20
>> parts of the state observed daylight saving time while the majority did=
> not.
>>
>> Under the old system, 77 of the state's 92=20
>> counties were in the Eastern Time Zone but did=20
>> not change to daylight time in April. Instead=20
>> they remained on standard time all year. That=20
>> is, except for two counties near Cincinnati,=20
>> Ohio, and Louisville, Ky., which did use daylight time.
>>
>> But the counties in the northwest corner of the=20
>> state (near Chicago) and the southwestern tip=20
>> (near Evansville), which are in the Central Time=20
>> Zone, used both standard and daylight time.
>>
>> The battle between the old system and DST was=20
>> contentious and hard-won=97bills proposing DST had=20
>> failed more than two dozen times until finally=20
>> squeaking through the state legislature in April=20
>> 2005. As of April 2, 2006, the entire state of=20
>> Indiana joined 48 other states in observing=20
>> Daylight Saving Time. But it wasn't quite as=20
>> simple and straightforward as all that=97telling=20
>> time in Indiana remains something of a=20
>> bewildering experience: eighteen counties now=20
>> observed Central Daylight Time and the remaining=20
>> 74 counties of Indiana observe Eastern Daylight Time.
>> New Federal Law=97Springing Forward in March, Back in November
>>
>> Months after Indiana passed the law that got it=20
>> in step with the rest of the country, the=20
>> federal government announced a major change in=20
>> Daylight Saving Time. In Aug. 2005, Congress=20
>> passed an energy bill that included extending=20
>> Daylight Saving Time by about a month. Beginning=20
>> in 2007, DST will start the second Sunday of=20
>> March and end on the first Sunday of November.
>> Comparisons Around the World
>>
>> More than one billion people in about 70=20
>> countries around the world observe DST in some=20
>> form. Here are interesting facts about some of these countries:
>>
>>     * Most of Canada uses Daylight Saving Time.=20
>> Some exceptions include the majority of=20
>> Saskatchewan and parts of northeastern British=20
>> Columbia. In the fall of 2005, Manitoba and=20
>> Ontario announced that like the United States,=20
>> they would extend daylight time starting in=20
>> 2007. The attorney general of Ontario commented=20
>> that "it is important to maintain Ontario's=20
>> competitive advantage by coordinating time=20
>> changes with our major trading partner, and=20
>> harmonizing our financial, industrial,=20
>> transportation, and communications links."=20
>> Other provinces have indicated that they may also follow suit.
>>     * It wasn't until 1996 that our NAFTA=20
>> neighbors in Mexico adopted DST. Now all three=20
>> Mexican time zones are on the same schedule as the United States.
>>     * Also in 1996, members of the European=20
>> Union agreed to observe a "summer-time period"=20
>> from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.
>>     * Most countries near the equator don't deviate from standard time.
>>     * In the Southern Hemisphere, where summer=20
>> arrives in what we in the Northern Hemisphere=20
>> consider the winter months, DST is observed from late October to late=
> March.
>>     * Three large regions in Australia do not=20
>> participate in DST. Western Australia, the=20
>> Northern Territory, and Queensland stay on=20
>> standard time all year. The remaining=20
>> south-central and southeastern sections of the=20
>> continent (which is where Sydney and Melbourne=20
>> are found) make the switch. This results in=20
>> both vertical and horizontal time zones Down Under during the summer=
> months.
>>     * China, which spans five time zones, is=20
>> always eight hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and it does not observe=
> DST.
>>     * In Japan, DST was implemented after World=20
>> War II by the U.S. occupation. In 1952 it was=20
>> abandoned because of strong opposition by Japanese farmers.
>>
>>
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