02.27.07
Y2K7 pt. 3
Since the last episode of daylight savings time fun I’ve learned a couple things.
First, Microsoft’s Time Zone Data Update Tool is really crappy, and the server version is even worse. They are supposed to be releasing a new server version soon, but I’m not holding out any hope that it will be a magic fix. The tool is supposed to fix calendar entries that are incorrect during the 4 week extended DST period, but it behaves unpredictably. It moves some correct entries, moves some incorrect entries (as it should), ignores some incorrect entries, and ignores some correct entries (as it should). In short, it has the potential to create a much larger mess than it proposes to fix.
On the smart phone front there are now patches available! I’ve tested the Windows Mobile patch and it installed OK (haven’t done much testing beyond that yet). I haven’t tested the other patches but I haven’t heard about any problems. Here are links to the smart phone patches: