We sprung forward and the world didn’t end

March 11, 2007 by paul
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We made it into the new DST and the world didn’t explode, mostly thanks to my preparations, I’m sure

Let’s review the status of stuff, in the order that I notice things:

Linux server: OK – even tasks normally scheduled for 2am were run (as happens every time we move to summer time)
cable box (digital TV converter + PVR): both OK
blog software: needed manual adjustment – I think it’s poor design that WordPress asks how many hours difference to UTC rather than asking for our timezone [Needed to do this for each of our blogs]
home phones: needed manual adjustment
PDA: OK
Windows 2000 PC: still on Standard Time despite the patches applied yesterday – maybe that was because I hibernated it overnight rather than shutting down, or maybe the patch simply didn’t work. Tried logging out and then logging back in, but that just caused it to reboot! Even after that, it’s still on EST. Re-run TZedit.exe – looks like it’s got the wrong dates for the change over. Re-enter the right info; re-select the TZ in Control Panel; now we’re in EDT, where we should be.
Outlook: at first glance, it looks OK; I’ll check the appointments in detail on Monday, when I can compare it to the printed copy I made on Friday.
digital camera: OK – I don’t understand how it can be (I’m sure I’ve had to manually adjust it for DST/EST changes in the past) so maybe it’s been in DST all through winter?
Xbox: still on EST when first turned on – the Internet Time Sync* hadn’t had a chance to do its thing – give it a few minutes … no change. I manually moved it forward an hour and it was OK, but when I turned Time Sync on again it, it jumped back to EST! Guess I’ll have to leave auto-sync off for now. [REMINDER]
[*In XBMC, you can enable it via Settings->Profiles->Appearance->Region and giving it the IP address of a Time Server Host; I'm using chime.utoronto.ca @ 128.100.102.201]
Windows XP laptop (work = patched): OK
Windows XP laptop (home = unpatched): OK too
coffee machine (yes, really!): it’s been on summer time all winter
cellphone: still on EST; auto-sync is turned on and I thought calling it or making a call from it might get it to sync, but that didn’t work, so I ended up resetting the time manually.