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DST patch fun
Posted: 11:10 pm
February 12th, 2007
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Microsoft, System Admin

Susan talks about the DST issues on her latest podcast.

DST of course is the Daylight Savings Time and is observed by a number of countries in order to reduce energy utilization by messing with the clock and when people wake up. Basically, politicians controlling the clock. And since we’re lately bombing everything without cause having increased energy costs the US government decided to extend the DST period by 4 weeks, creating a major havoc in the way DST is calculated. Combine that with Microsoft’s patch quality assurance as of late and you have a making of a spectacular mess that we as system administrators now get to clean up.

So go listen to Susan and prep your workforce. The Exchange MVP circles have had a blast discussing the DST, among them the following hilarious comments.. So, how are the brightest Exchange experts dealing with the DST KB article #926666?

I am planning to drink heavily until April 1st.

Ok, as I drill into this here, I really think that the easiest answer is to just outlaw meetings from 3/11-4/1. 

No meetings allowed from march 11 to april 1. 

I’m going to resign on 3/10 and then get a new job on Apr 2.

I don’t care who you are, that right there is funny  Hope the humor helps you through the patch.

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When will Microsoft add the DST updates to Microsoft Updates? - Error |

[...] Re: When will Microsoft add the DST updates to Microsoft Updates? I don’t know where you got that order from, but if you had followed the wizard that I previously recommended to you in http:Q_22389820.html, Daylight Saving Time Help and Support Center then the page that would result from following the wizard would have started off with: General order of updating for DST changes: * Apply and verify updates to server operating systems (KBs 931836 and 914387) * If you are running Outlook Web Access, Exchange Lotus Notes connecter, or BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Microsoft Exchange , install the Exchange Patch CDO.DLL (KB 926666) * Update your Windows client operating systems if they already have not been updated using Windows Update or Windows Server Update Services (KBs 931836 and 914387) * Correct individual e-mail application calendars using the Outlook Time Zone Update Tool (KB 931667) (notice it says, "General" not "Critical") I would still recommend that you use that tool. The Outlook tool should be run after the patches but the tool doesn’t run automatically, only the installation of the tool happens automatically. What the tool does is shift all of the appointments that are between March 11 - April 1. The reason they say to do it immediately is to avoid having users create appointments during this period with the patch applied… because then those would be at the RIGHT time, and would be modified into the WRONG time by the tool. This has been a confusing issue, and as I noted to you previously it is probably going to cause more problems than the Y2K bug. But just relax a bit with it, and tell your clients to do the same… Microsoft is doing their best to keep up with various questions and concerns which is demonstrated by the amount of times the KB931667 article has been rewritten: Version Date Change 1.0 19-Jan-2007 Original version 1.1 21-Jan-2007 Corrected broken link 1.2 22-Jan-2007 MSINTERNAL section updates 2.0 28-Jan-2007 Complete article rewrite 3.0 02-Feb-2007 Complete article rewrite 4.0 05-Feb-2007 Complete article rewrite 5.0 09-Feb-2007 Complete article rewrite 5.1 13-Feb-2007 Corrected name of download from Tzremove to TZMove 6.0 14-Feb-2007 Article rewrite 7.0 19-Feb-2007 Added information to "Known issues and limitations" section 8.0 21-Feb-2007 Added cross-reference to 931836 8.1 24-Feb-2007 Added table to indicate article revisions There have also been some amusing posts by IT Pros about what they plan to do about DST: Vlad Mazek - Vladville Blog » Blog Archive » DST patch fun [...]



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