Change in Daylight Saving time in USA

Note that this is for US and Canada only, other countries should check their local changes.

**When we change our clocks **

Beginning in 2007, most of the United States begins Daylight Saving Time at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March and reverts to standard time on the first Sunday in November. In the U.S., each time zone switches at a different time.

Date change in 2007

On August 8, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This Act changed the time change dates for Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. Beginning in 2007, DST will begin on the second Sunday in March and end the first Sunday in November. The Secretary of Energy will report the impact of this change to Congress. Congress retains the right to resume the 2005 Daylight Saving Time schedule once the Department of Energy study is complete.

Some U.S. areas

For the U.S. and its territories, Daylight Saving Time is NOT observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Arizona. The Navajo Nation participates in the Daylight Saving Time policy, even in Arizona, due to its large size and location in three states.

Please make a note of these changes as it would affect computer systems and other electronic items.

Re: Change in Daylight Saving time in USA

For those managing corporate Blackberry Email servers or those using Goodlink to get emails to your Treo or Windows Mobile devices.

If any of you is using Goodlink there will be some major changes made on the GoodLink system and your handhelds in order for the system to be compliant with the Daylight Savings Time change. The changes that you will be most concerned with will be those that need to take place on your handheld. There is an update, which will not be available until February 28th, that you will need to apply to your handheld before March 11th. This update may cause you to have to wipe and/or re-activate your handheld on the GoodLink server.

Re: Change in Daylight Saving time in USA

Here’s the MS KB article outlining modifications that need to be done to make the environment compliant with the new change:

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/dst_topissues

Like the BlackBerry, check with your individual vendors for compliance issues.

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