Tag: DAYLIGHTSAVING

Microsoft has issued yet another Daylight Saving Time update for Windows Mobile devices. This patch should fix a problem with the patch released last week. So let's review. First, Microsoft posted instructions for manufacturers to develop their own DST fixes. Then some enterprising power users decided to make their own updates rather than wait for their PDA manufacturers to do so. Next, Microsoft ...

Okay, seriously, I promise this is (one of) the last time(s) we'll be talking about the upcoming Daylight Saving Time change. A quick refresher, Congress passed a law moving up Daylight Saving Time starting this year, so it begins on March 11th, meaning you have to change your clocks much earlier this year than you're used to. While your computer will probably automatically adjust itself, if ...

Back in December, Microsoft issued instructions for updating Windows Mobile clocks to support a change in daylight saving time which comes several weeks earlier this year than in the past. But those instructions were really meant for hardware makers, and we expected PDA manufacturers to issue updates on their own. That never really happened. Last month, an enterprising individual put together an ...