My Microsoft doesn't know what time it is!!
If it is Microsoft, and uses a calendar, it might have a bug. DST stands for daylight savings time
To quote Microsoft support
All people who use Microsoft products that are affected by the time change should give extra attention to meetings and appointments that are scheduled between the extended DST periods for a given time zone.
So, you might want to wear a watch. Visiting Microsoft's site leads to a long-winded and pseudo-technical diatribe which leads you to believe it will just work. Don't count on it. Supposedly, Windows Update will load the new rules for DST, but that depends on the Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy, which opens up another compendium of pseudo-technical jargon which may still lead you to believe that your software is covered. But don't count on it.
In theory, having the clock set using Internet Time, and checking the box next to "Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server" will solve the problem. Don't count on it.
My best suggestion is to click on the clock to bring up Date and Time Properties, then click the tab for Time Zone, then uncheck the box next to "Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes", then click OK.
This turns the whole thing off, and you can just change your clock manually along with all of the other clocks, and it won't "automatically" change it again later.
It could have been worse, though. Used to be, Microsoft couldn't even tell that there was a year 2000. Microsoft thought we should just start over again at 1900, which lead to the whole Y2K debacle.
My sincere apologies if being an hour late has caused your business to fail or the nationwide electrical grid to catastrophically collapse, along with all of the banks and grocery stores. If that happens, please uncheck the box next to "Automatically adjust clock for daylight savings time". And please stop using Microsoft for anything related to clocks or calendars. They just aren't very reliable.
To quote Microsoft support
All people who use Microsoft products that are affected by the time change should give extra attention to meetings and appointments that are scheduled between the extended DST periods for a given time zone.
So, you might want to wear a watch. Visiting Microsoft's site leads to a long-winded and pseudo-technical diatribe which leads you to believe it will just work. Don't count on it. Supposedly, Windows Update will load the new rules for DST, but that depends on the Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy, which opens up another compendium of pseudo-technical jargon which may still lead you to believe that your software is covered. But don't count on it.
In theory, having the clock set using Internet Time, and checking the box next to "Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server" will solve the problem. Don't count on it.
My best suggestion is to click on the clock to bring up Date and Time Properties, then click the tab for Time Zone, then uncheck the box next to "Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes", then click OK.
This turns the whole thing off, and you can just change your clock manually along with all of the other clocks, and it won't "automatically" change it again later.
It could have been worse, though. Used to be, Microsoft couldn't even tell that there was a year 2000. Microsoft thought we should just start over again at 1900, which lead to the whole Y2K debacle.
My sincere apologies if being an hour late has caused your business to fail or the nationwide electrical grid to catastrophically collapse, along with all of the banks and grocery stores. If that happens, please uncheck the box next to "Automatically adjust clock for daylight savings time". And please stop using Microsoft for anything related to clocks or calendars. They just aren't very reliable.
posted by nobody at 8:29 AM
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