Energy Policy Act of 2005

The government has changed the date of daylight savings time (Energy Policy Act of 2005), starting this year. Is there going to be a software update to correct the date/time settings with the OS, iCal, etc.?
Thanks,
MARK

You can always check. I don't have a Mac in front of me now, but I'm aware how to do it in a standard UNIX system.
1. Open a terminal window.
2. type 'zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007'
3. check that the dates are the second Sunday in March and first Sunday in November
... if not, you need to update the zoneinfo files (/usr/share/zoneinfo) from any of the various sources on the Internet or copy them from a machine that has it correct.
I know that all of the current Linux distributions provide correct zoneinfo files right now.

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Any patches required for "U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005" daylight savings?

Hi:
I'm hoping that JES properly relies on the OS for all things time related, but I thought I'd ask if we're going to need to patch JES for this...
We're at 6.2x now...
Thanks!

Yep, Messaging Server relies on what it gets from the OS for daylight savings. No patches are needed.

Energy Act of 2005 and Daylight Savings Time

We currently use Sun Studio compilers. We use the embedded tools.h RogueWave libraries. The Energy Act of 2005 changes the dates for Daylight Savings Time starting in 2007. Will there be any patches from Sun to handle this? We currently use RWZoneSimple which is extensible, but we were hoping for an update from Sun.
Thanks in advance. Sorry if this has been covered, I just couldn't find anything.
Further Reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Policy_Act_of_2005

The RW Tools.h++ library that comes with Sun Studio has been updated with the new DST rules. I don't think the patches have been released yet.
If you have a service contract with Sun, you can get a pre-release version of the patch via your support channel.
Otherwise, check the Sun Studio patch page from time to time
http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio/downloads/patches/index.jsp
Look for a C++ compiler patch that includes a fix for bug 6456479.
RW Tools.h++ does its own DST calculations. Other libraries rely on the Solaris functions in libc. Patches for Solaris are available now as follows:
S10 - 118833-24(sparc), 118855-19(x86)
(The fix is included in S10u2.)
S 9 - 112874-34(sparc), 114432-24(x86)
S 8 - 108993-62(sparc), 108994-62(x86)

Group policy acts unexpectedly

Hello,
I am trying to solve a problem in my domain environment. I am out of ideas. Company decided to
force specific sceensaver and custom Power management.
I set it as showed in attached file, but there is problem. Random computers starts their sceensaver
sooner, than they shoul and on other random computers taskbar in Win 7 Pro just dissapers - not hide, really dissapears. Only the Start button remains in place.
May i ask you for help? Thanks
Hello,
I am trying to solve a problem in my domain environment. I am out of ideas. Company decided to
force specific sceensaver and custom Power management.
I set it as showed in attached file, but there is problem. Random computers starts their sceensaver
sooner, than they shoul and on other random computers taskbar in Win 7 Pro just dissapers - not hide, really dissapears. Only the Start button remains in place.
May i ask you for help? Thanks
User Configuration (Enabled)
Policies
Administrative Templates
Policy definitions (ADMX files) retrieved from the local machine.
Control Panel/Personalization
Policy
Setting
Comment
Enable screen saver
Enabled
Force specific screen saver
Enabled
Screen saver executable name
\\...\SURAO.scr
Policy
Setting
Comment
Prevent changing screen saver
Enabled
Screen saver timeout
Enabled
Number of seconds to wait to enable the screen saver
Seconds:
600
Preferences
Control Panel Settings
Power Options
Power Plan (Windows Vista) (Name: SURAO)
Power Plan (Windows Vista and later) (Order: 1)
Properties
Action
Update
Make this the active Power Plan:
Enabled
Name
SURAO
When computer is:
Plugged in
Running on batteries
Require a password on wakeup:
Yes
Yes
Turn off hard disk after:
Never
Never
Sleep after:
After 60 minutes
After 10 minutes
Allow hybrid sleep:
On
On
Hibernate after:
Never
Never
Lid close action:
Sleep
Sleep
Power button action:
Shutdown
Shutdown
Start menu power button:
Hibernate
Hibernate
Link State Power Management:
Moderate power savings
Maximum power savings
Minimum processor state:
After 5 minutes
After 5 minutes
Maximum processor state:
After 100 minutes
After 100 minutes
Turn off display after:
After 15 minutes
After 7 minutes
Adaptive display:
On
On
Critical battery action:
Do nothing
Hibernate
Low battery level:
After 10 minutes
After 10 minutes
Critical battery level:
After 5 minutes
After 5 minutes
Low battery notification:
Off
Off
Low battery action:
Do nothing
Do nothing

hi,
could you run a gpresult /r on one or two of the computers that are not getting the policy correctly, or where it isn;t doing as you would expect - we can then see what settings are being applied from what.
it's possible you have some overriding policies, or the computers are getting the policies you have created. You should also check that the problem computers and users are in the correct OU and security filtering for the policy.
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10.4.6 update boogers primarily affecting Entourage

I updated to 10.4.6 yesterday with mixed results. Most things are fine, and after some research on these boards my Airport connectivity issues (using Belkin router) seem to be resolved.
Here's my observations, please CHIME IN if you have an idea on whats up:
-- After update, I am having issues with connectivity to my company's exchange server. Normally I connect over VPN Tracker, but now I am having flaky issues (Error 170) in ENTOURAGE where it is failing. I haven't diagnosed where the issue lies, but I am confident it is between VPN tracker and Entourage as I have ruled out passwords, server addys, etc...
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Entourage worked under 10.3.9. None of the settings for the Entourage user account have been changed. I can ping the Exchange server successfully. If you have any ideas I would appreciate any help.

Solaris 10 - patch for new DST 2007 changes

I am trying to track down the one patch I need for the new standard for daylight savings time date changes that took effect in 2007. Each time I get one patch and read the readme file, it tells me I need another patch for the U.S. Energy Policy Act for 2005. I am just about to install Solaris 10 patch 119689-07. I don't need any other patch updates, just the bare minimum new DST patch. Thanks for your help.

119689-07 is obsoleted by 118836. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-119689-07-1
118836-36 is latest rev of this patch -- the kernel patch, whic has latest timezone data for the OS
You'll need to make sure java has latest tz data, too:
http://java.sun.com/javase/timezones/
As far as I know, these are the bare minimums for a system to function properly re: latest DST schedule

Daylight Savings for Arizona

Has Apple compensated the new Daylight Savings for Arizona, USA? We do not change our clocks, rather, we "switch" between Pacific and Mountain time zones.
Thanks and of course points will be applied.

Madok,
You asked: So, like in the past, has Apple taken into account our unique situation with their latest updates?
According to About the Mac OS X 10.4.6 Update (delta): Makes Mac OS X aware of United States Daylight Savings Time (DST) changes enacted by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
;~)

Daylight Saving Time Changes for 2007

Hello Friends
Sun's J2SE 1.4.2_11 has taekn care of the new Daylight Saving Time changes in accordance with The Energy Policy Act of 2005. Does anyone know if bea has incorporated same changes to their Jrockit, if so then starting which version.
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Intl/USDST/
Thanks for the answers in advance.
Regards
Rajeev Bhogal

Hello All
We currently compile and run our application with Jrockit 1.4.2_04 (build 1.4.2_04-b05), if we change to minor version 11 for 1.4.2 should we recompile the application. I would think that DST related binaries would only be called at run time not compile time, however I am far from being a compiler expert. Can any learned friend shed some light.
Henrik what do you think.
Regards and Thanks
Rajeev Bhogal

Oracle Fix for U.S. Daylight Saving Time Changes in 2007

Hi --
Does any one know that if Oracle 10g Application Server (9.0.4) or Oracle 10g Application Server (10.1.2) as a fix for this issue.
Summary of the Issue: Information about the impact of the US Energy Policy Act of 2005, which changes the effective dates of US Daylight Saving Time (DST) in 2007 for the US. The passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 alters the Daylight Saving Time (DST) start and stop dates by four weeks. Extended Daylight Saving Time will begin in March of 2007.
The details for the issue can found at this location:
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Intl/USDST/
Thanks

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Thanks for posting.
Metalink Note:403311.1 for DST E-Business Suite (EBS))Patches.
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JDK DST Time Change for 2007

I just got an e-mail from Sun about the DST issue for 2007.
Is Adobe going to come up with a fix for this or should we download
the JDK directly from Sun? We are currently running JDK 1.4.2_04.
Some sort of communication about this issue would be appreciated.
U.S. Daylight Saving Time Changes in 2007
The United States has planned a change to its DST observance
beginning in 2007. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 mandates that DST
will start on the second Sunday in March and end on the first
Sunday in November. In 2007, the start and stop dates will be March
11 and November 4, respectively. These dates are different from
previous DST start and stop dates. In 2006, the dates were the
first Sunday in April (April 2, 2006) and the last Sunday in
October (October 29, 2006).
If you are concerned about application failures that may
result from these DST changes, you should update your Java Runtime
Environment. The following Java platform versions have correct time
rules to handle the DST changes that will affect U.S. time zones in
2007. You can download any of the following Java platform versions
to resolve this DST issue:
JDK 6 Project (beta)
J2SE 5.0 Update 6 or later
J2SE 1.4.2_11 or later

Ok, I have figured out what the issue is here. I'm posting
this in the hopes
that Adobe will modify their document, "How to upgrade the
JVM that ships with
ColdFusion" at
http://www.adobe.com/go/2d547983.
There are several steps that
are omited or vague, so here is some additional information
that will help you
in the upgrade process.
JVM 1.5.x is NOT supported for ColdFusion. The link
specified for the upgrade
process points to the Java SE page which currently displays
1.5.x as the
current version. Instead go directly to the 1.4.2x page at
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html
to get the correct version of the
JVM.
It should also be noted that the default installation for
the JVM points to
C:\Program Files\Java\JDK<version>, this default
directory must be changed
because the java.config file does NOT allow for white space
in the java.home
argument. When installing the JVM you should choose the
?Custom? install and
install to C:\Java or a directory structure that does not
contain spaces. It
may be helpful to rename the JRE directory under Jrun4 and
install to that
directory directly if you don?t want the java files outside
of the Jrun
directory. This is important because if there is white space
in the directory
structure, ColdFusion will not start up and return a ?Service
fails to start
with Service-Specific Error 2? message when starting the
service.
Once you have installed the JVM it is necessary to create a
directory in the
JVM folder called ?Server?. There is already a directory in
the folder called
?Client?. Once you create the Server directory, copy the
contents of the Client
directory into the new directory called Server; this is
completely omitted from
the document and is important to the process for upgrading
the JVM.
Using the above information combined with the document
provided by Adobe, I
was able to install the JVM 1.4.2_11 and ColdFusion started
up using it.
Hopefully these suggestions will help others in the future
when they need to
upgrade the JVM.
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Premature Daylight Savings

Anyone else using 10.5.2 had their system clock move forward an hour today (02/09/2008) thinking US Daylight Savings Time has begun?

I blame congress and the administration for playing around with the timeline
We end DST on a new date this year, too, November 2.
It gets worse because next year it changes again to March 8 ad November 1.
November 1? Yes, that's not a typo.
But it really goes into the Twilight Zone or the Dark Side as follows:
2008: March 9 - Nov. 2
2009: March 8 - Nov. 1
2010: March 14 - Nov. 7
2011: March 13 - Nov. 6
"On August 8, 2005, President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which included the changes in Daylight Saving Time described above, effective in 2007. Prior to 2007, DST began at 2:00 a.m. (local time) on the first Sunday in April, and ended at 2:00 a.m. (local time) on the last Sunday in October. The new rules for DST beginning in 2007 mean an extra four or five weeks of DST each year. There will now be a total of 238 days of DST, compared to a total of 210 days of DST in 2006 under the previous rules, and the U. S. will remain on DST for about 65% of the year."
http://tf.nist.gov/general/history.htm
And if this does not work (which we already know it doesn't) they will revert back to the old sysem in 2012 unless the Mayan calendar is right, in which case the world ends or something like that
Here is the Mac page about DST updates to our software:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305056
Back to the future?
BTW, it's correctly called Daylight Saving Time, not "Savings <sic>"
Leave off the last "S" for Saving.
I better quit whilst I am ahead, with one last thought:
We no longer Spring Ahead since the clock goes ahead in the Winter, so even that old saw is dead.
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Find UTC offset for pacific timezone

I have two file names,
GST564_14Mar10_01-50-35.RAW
GST564_14Mar10_03-06-42.RAW
The file name contains the date the file was created on the server. The server time is Pacific Time, either PST or PDT. In this example, the first is in PST and the second is in PDT.
I need a vi to convert the time to UTC according to the timezone rules for Pacific Time, and then display the time using the local time of the computer (regarless of its timezone). You can see in the vi how I do this manually in the attached vi. Is there a way to use the various date/time functions to figure out whether the offset should be 7 or 8 based on the name/time?
Thanks.
-Dan
Attachments:
time.vi ‏15 KB

Dan,
OK, I was misunderstanding your request.
Do the file go back before the last change in Daylight Savings Time dates (2007)?
If not, here's the limits:
Effective in the US in 2007 as a result of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the
local time changes from PST to PDT at 02:00 LST to 03:00 LDT are on the
second Sunday in March and the time returns at 02:00 LDT to 01:00 LST on
the first Sunday in November.
There is not a simple way to make this automated and flexible to the PC's local time.
However, you can determine the initial time zone with fairly simple, but not quick to write, code. 1) Find the year of the fileand create complete timestamp
2) Find the date for the Sundays and create timestamps
3) Compare timestamps to determine if PST or PDT
4) Adjust file timestamp to UTC (subtract 7 or 8 hours)
5) Convert back to PCs local time
However, if you have any control over the file naming, save as UTC in filename.
Then all this effort is unnecessary and the code in LabVIEW is simple.
I attached an example that shows how simple this would be with UTC in the filename.
In addition, I placed an extra TimeZones control that might be handy as a reference.
Good Luck,
James
Attachments:
time UTC.vi ‏13 KB

COREid and Daylight Savings Time for 2007

Do COREid or any of its components require any special fix in order to comply or function properly with the new Daylight Savings Time for 2007?
Background:
In August of 2005 the United States Congress passed the Energy Policy Act,
which changes the dates of both the start and end of daylight saving time
(DST). When this law goes into effect in 2007, DST will start three weeks
earlier (2:00 A.M. on the second Sunday in March) and will end one week later
(2:00 A.M. on the first Sunday in November) than what had traditionally
occurred.
Thanks,
Craig
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We have experienced many problems with DST and COREid in the past; most of them resulting in hung Access server and unavailability. I don't know if it's because we have components distributed across multiple time zones or what. Our plan is to have someone available at the time change to cycle the services (and maybe the server as a whole) and do a health check after the fact. I hope this helps.
--Aaron

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I had deployed a adf faces application.
I think adf framework build images, and javascritps at cache....
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the erros at log of SunApplicationServer of this issue is this:
http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/3169/imagem1lm.jpg
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server.policy
// Copyright 2004-2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
// Use is subject to license terms.
/* Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.     */
/* SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms. */
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grant {
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grant {
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grant {
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Day light Savings new rules affect SAP installs?

How is the new Daylight Savings rule going to affect / effect SAP?
"In 2007, U.S. Daylight Saving Time (DST) will begin on the second Sunday in March and end on the first Sunday in November. This change in the schedule -- the first in 20 years -- will make U.S. Daylight Saving Time four weeks longer. The U.S. Energy Act of 2005 drove this change, which is intended to reduce energy consumption. While the business risk associated with having our systems reflect the wrong time by one hour for four weeks in 2007 is not as great as Y2K, the extent of the IT impact is not trivial and may impact clients in the U.S, as well as in non-U.S. geographies. "
Thanks,
Bhaskar

Hi Bhaskar,
Daylight Savings Time dates are different all over the world and a change in dates in one country does not directly affect SAP. There are steps that need to be taken regardless of the exact date that the change falls on each year. Please see SAP Notes 7417, 950114, 438660, 102088, 398374, 673556, 643844 and others (just search Notes with keywords "Daylight Savings Time").
Best Regards,
Matt

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