[plug] daylight savings

Adrian Chadd adrian at creative.net.au
Wed Oct 25 17:42:05 WST 2006


On Wed, Oct 25, 2006, Patrick Coleman wrote:
> On 10/25/06, Adrian Chadd <adrian at creative.net.au> wrote:
> >Hiya,
> >
> >So are you all ready for the fun that is quick daylight savings
> >alterations?
> >
> >Crazy scripts with the wrong time, servers with the wrong
> >timezone information, Outlook calendaring a bit wonky.. :)
> 
> I like how they're going to trial it - meaning it'll be a nightmare
> twice; once when they change it with *a months notice* and again when
> (if :E) they change it back, just as you finally fix that last broken
> script.

Even more fun is how this went over in Tasmania, if what I read
on this mornings plane flight is correct. Three year trial - first year lots of complaints,
second year some complaints, third year no complaints. THen it passed.



Adrian

> 
> Fun.
> 
> --Patrick
> 
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