[Ham-Mac] Daylight Saving Time change Hosed

[Jack Brindle]

No, well, actually it was to allow folks who do not have a net  
connection to be able to set their date and time for the system.
It also applies to those inside a network that does not have a time  
server nor allows access to the outside world.

Think of how we used to set system time about ten or so years ago...

My worry about the change is the millions of non-pc embedded systems  
that use a time chip which is hard-coded to what we have been used to  
for the last three decades. Traffic lights, VCRs and thousands of  
similar devices come to mind. For these devices we will go through  
more problems in about three weeks. I just hope traffic commutes in  
the morning go well...

On Mar 11, 2007, at 7:32 PM, Rick Prather wrote:

>
> On Mar 11, 2007, at 4:29 PM, Robert C. Smithwick wrote:
>
>> As I understand it the reason 10.4.8 offers the option for  
>> controlling the time/date manually is precisely for times like  
>> this week-end when it was decided to implement daylight saving  
>> time two weeks ahead of the normal practice. If the change had  
>> followed normal procedure of past years, your system would have  
>> switched to DST automatically - - - it you had checked that option.
>>
>> You "done" exactly what was expected at such times, Dick. (I think)
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>> I have a G4 AGP (1GHz) running OSX 10.4.8 that did not get the  
>>> word on the
>>> change to Daylight Savings time.  It was one hour behind all of  
>>> the house
>>> clocks, including the atomic clock that reset itself.  I don't  
>>> know if the
>>> problem is with Mac OSX or the Apple Americas/U.S.  
>>> (time.apple.co) network
>>> clock.  If I check the "Set date & time automatically" option in  
>>> the Date &
>>> Time System Prefs the time goes back one hour.  The only way I  
>>> can get the
>>> correct time to display is to uncheck the option.
>>>
>>> Anyone else having problems?
>>>
>>> Dick
>>>
>>>
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>>
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-Jack Brindle, W6FB
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