March 11, 2007: Everything You Thought You Knew Will Be Wrong…
Posted by: dgoldring on Jan 17 2007
As everyone knows, Daylight Savings Time begins on April 2, and runs through October 29. At least that is the way it has always worked until now. Beginning in 2007, the Energy Policy Act, which was signed into law on August 8, 2005, will extend Daylight Savings Time by four weeks. No big deal there. Except, when was the last time you changed the clock on your Pocket PC to account for Daylight Savings Time? Probably never. One of the nice features of the Windows Mobile Operating System is that it takes care of these minor details for you.
Of course, your Pocket PC has not been told about the Energy Policy Act, and probably does not know that Daylight Savings Time will now be extended. Which means that on March 11, 2007, when the rest of the country is springing forward, you will be stuck flat footed, making you perpetually late for appointments until you catch up to the rest of the country in four weeks.
So, how do you tell your Pocket PC to begin Daylight Savings Time on March 11, 2007, as planned? Well, Microsoft has the answer. This article from Microsoft explains everything you need to know to update your registry to account for this change. Of course, this still does not account for people like me, who think editing the registry is akin to brain surgery. Well, there is an answer for you (and me) as well. The good folks at Edgeblog have kindly compiled all of these registry edits into an easy to use cab file. Just download and run the file and try not to oversleep when your alarm goes off on March 11.
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Great find Doug. I don’t like editing the registry either, though I’ve done it before. But this cab file is a wonderful solution. Count me in.
Thanks for linking to us. Great site! I have an earlier article with links to other major vendor patches here: http://www.edgeblog.net/2007/daylight-saving-time-the-year-2007-problem/
Keep up the great work.
-Bill (edgeblog)
Thanks for that extra link, Bill. I meant to include that one as well, but I was racing against a dying laptop battery.
Doug
Thanks for the cab of regs!
One of my readers determined that after you apply the patch, you must manually change your timezone to something else, and then change it back. This forces the phone to re-read the registry. I confirmed this and tested it successfully. If you have used my patch, please change your timezone.
Thanks,
-Bill