Daylight Savings Time changes in 2007 - Is your PC ready?

Dec 28, 2006

Is your system ready for the daylight savings change in 2007?

Thanks to the Energy Policy act of 2005, the Federal Government has decided to change even time once again. Here are the settings for the new daylight savings time that begins in calendar year 2007:

Current (2006 and before) daylight savings:

Daylight savings starts at 2:00 A.M. on 04/02/06 (first Sunday in April) Daylight savings ends at 2:00 A.M. on 10/29/06 (last Sunday in October)

2007 Daylight savings:

Daylight savings starts at 2:00 A.M. on 03/11/07 (second Sunday in March) Daylight Savings ends at 2:00 A.M. on 11/04/07 (first Sunday in November)

Microsoft released an update for the change in Daylight Saving Time (DST) that goes into affect next spring in the United States due to the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The update also addresses some changes in other time zones. The update will be included on Microsoft Update, Automatic Update and WSUS starting December 12, 2006 for Windows 2003 and Windows XP. Windows Vista will already include the newer time zone data.

http://www.5starsupport.com/tutorial/time-zone-settings.htm

Here is the link to update for Windows XP and Windows server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928388

Here is the link for users of other versions of Windows.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914387