Daylight Savings Time 2008 changes in NSW
Changing start and end of summertime dates
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Microsoft help for computer users and system administrators
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Australian Eastern State’s in Harmony
In June 2007 the
Premier, Hon. Morris IEMMA, MP. announced New South Wales (NSW) would
alter the usual dates for the start and end of Daylight Savings Time
(also known as summertime). The legislation was passed by New South
Wales Parliament in October 2007.
The decision was made to
synchronise the beginning and
finishing of daylight savings for Australia’s south eastern states and
the ACT.
How to check your computer clock and calendar settings - Pixel ITT helping you
Short notice to implement the changed schedule
This is a relative
short timeframe for a change that affects not only clocks on railway
stations, town halls and in motor vehicles.
In this the twenty first century 21st century every home and
office computer needs to follow the plan and have it’s daylight savings
time changed, synchronized, with the other computers, servers and
network devices.
For this information sheet I'm ignoring TV’s HDTV Set top boxes,
microwave ovens, clock radios.. .. .
Microsoft info available, for users and administrators
Message to Microsoft business users, “End of daylight savings date changes in April mean many Microsoft products will need your attention soon.” Are your Windows systems ready? Home user / small office environment. How to update!
Customers and technically minded folk using Windows operating systems may consult the information articles at Microsoft’s knowledge base of known and potential problems. Customers who use Windows automatic updates would most likely have had their computers operating system updated with the latest updates.
(If you’re using Windows XP SP2, then kb 942763 refers) (recently updated TechNet resource)
System Administrator info from TechNet. Links Guides Patches Apps affected
Changes to the end of summertime – daylight savings time
Customers’ who do not
have windows automatic updates active or who have not selected to
automatically update clock for daylight savings changes are likely to
have their computer’s clock adjusted by the old daylight savings planned
change date on the last Sunday in March, or not changed at all.
Some possible issues may include the need to adjust the clock to the
correct time on both the last Sunday in March and again on the first
Sunday in April.
Oh, and the starting dates change too.
Changes to the beginning or start of summertime – daylight savings time from 2008 will start from the first week in October from 2008.
From the official New South Wales Community Relations information.
Official start and end dates and times.
Quote “Daylight saving for future summers begins at 2 am, Eastern Standard Time, on the first Sunday in October and ends at 3 am summer time on the first Sunday in April. This means that residents in New South Wales have an additional three weeks of daylight saving at the beginning and one week at the end.” End quote.
Links
visit Attorney General's Department
Australian Government Time timezone info - Australia
December 2007 cumulative time zone update
check time and date on your windows computer
Last updated 25/9/2008
