daylight saving

Is timezone set correctly? Otherwise, the data file o when daylight saving starts in that zone is probably incorrect. Performed an update recently?

GMT+10:00 Canberra,Melbourne Sydney.

One of my three Windows XP computers got it right! I can't see any difference between the time zone settings on that computer and the other two. Of course, my Linux server was fine.

on optus has?

ticked.

I am in Darwin right now, iPhone users in total confusion when Telstra shortened their night by an hour. Almost a civil war up here. I'll be flying back to Tulla today, and will pass through 3 time zones via Darwin, Adelaide, and Melbourne. Left the netbook XP on Melbourne settings, and it looks fine.

NT is now .5H out with SA, and 1.5H out with the eastern states. Bloody pollies!!! No wonder we can't get anything else right, if we can't agree on a simple thing like a time standard.

Cheers Don...

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A windows update last week updated DLS settings for Australia...................

on optus has?

saving ticked.

shortened their night by an hour.

through 3 time zones via Darwin, Adelaide,

pollies!!!

like a time standard.

We actually DO have a time standard, but pollies fscked it up by introducing daylight saving in the first place.

As already suggested, the time zone details in the registry are wrong. Only one of your computers has the latest updates obviously.

MrT.

phone on optus has?

saving ticked.

shortened their night by an hour.

through 3 time zones via Darwin, Adelaide,

pollies!!!

thing like a time standard.

No probs with DST here in the far north, we aint got none. bugger all difference between day and night times all the year round

I noted the post but was skeptical because my "main" computer which is always on got it wrong. Anyway, I downloaded the latest updates but both of them were hardware. I rebooted and even asked for an update from a time server but, as you can see, it is still wrong.

Last week?! It was more than two years ago! However (if you're not in WA and don't liaise with anyone there) if you count the ending of the WA DST trial, (which was last year sometime), then at worst, you would be a year behind updates, not a week.

And if you don't want to apply normal windows updates just for DST (or not in a position to do that) there are third-party utilities that'll do it for you.

Of course, this only applies to XP and 2003 server, Win7 has the corrections (after the olympics DST fiasco where they changed the DST rules three times in as many years) in place. If you're still using 2000, there are patches there too (and utilities).

Bloody hell. If I were King President of the world, I'd outright ban DST and be done with it. The confusion it causes isn't work the stress. And I'm not talking about the twice a year minor inconvenience either, it's getting time zones right when organising conference calls with idiots who get it wrong, and complain when they're an hour late. Or early...

Then again, if I were *actually* the King President, DST would be the least of your worries.

As I said last week 24th to be exact...............See link

htc

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I'm guessing the "updates" you installed had nothing to do with Australian Time zone changes. The problem stems from the Mainland states increasing their daylight saving periods. The time zone data is in the registry and can be edited manually if you know what you are doing. Otherwise check out the Microsoft web site for necessary fixes. Or a quick "fix" is to simply set your time zone for Tasmania.

MrT.

(slaps forehead) Fine, I'm going to have to spell it out for you.

That last update (Sep 2010) only affects Middle East, Namibia, and US Eastern. Which, the last time I checked, have nothing to do with AUSTRALIAN dst times which was what we where talking about.

This *IS* a cumulative update however, and also includes the previous update (May 2010) for Bangladesh, Fiji, Kamchatka, Morocco, Pacific SA, Paraguay, and Syria. None of which contain Australia (note the lack of "australia" in the words above".

The one before that, (Dec 2009) for Argentina, Central Brazilian, E. South America, Egypt, Georgian, Greenland, Jerusalem, Morocco, N. Central Asia, North Asia East, Pakistan, Paraguay, Ulaanbaatar, and, f*ck me sideways I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it myself, Western Australia.

Holy f*ck, what have I been trying to tell you? That last *AUSTRALIAN* update was nearly a year old, more than that as far as WA was affected though, not a problem if you updated then though.

So, if you're as anal as I think you are about updates (you DID note Sep 2010) you would have been aware that particular update didn't contain australian updates, nor the one before that. The one that actually DID, was nearly a year old, which was exactly the one I told you about in my quote above (which you conveniently removed).

Next time you want to play the smart arse, try actually READING the Microsoft Knowledge Base articles first. You might learn something.

Thanks for that info. It was helpful. I think though that you should address one of your ' conference calls ' to that of 'Stress Management. You sound that you need counselling quit soon.

FWIW tpg is on brisbane time too.

which time locale did you pick?