Amos Shapira wrote:
On 9/28/05, Uri Bruck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Uri Even-Chen wrote:
depend on some assholes at Microass to come up with a solution.
They did.
Solution 1:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/WUToys/W95KernelToy/Default.asp
Time Zone editor.
Solution 2:
http://lingnu.com/support.html
Specific registry data for each year up to 2010
I wouldn't call these "a solution",
Fine. Then it's a workaround.
Most people reading this list would accept such workarounds if this
wasn't an MS system.
it doesn't solve the basic problem, these
are just tools to let the users overcome the problem when they arrise every
year - they don't scale well, they aren't automatic, they don't solve issues of
historic data or future dates.
The two workarounds are different. The time zone editor accepts rules,
such as the "The first friday of April" - these are the kind of rules
that the US and most of Western Europe uses (it's not fixed dates, it's
rules). I think the begining of summer clock was set to be such a rule.
The end was set by the Jewish calendar, so if you don't mind being off
by an hour for a few days once in a while, it might be "good enough"
the registry data is specific for each year. Historic data remains
untouched. This works for the case of "The appointment looked fine when
I wrote it a year ago. I want it to keep looking the same"
As for future dates - that greatly depends on what you mean by future
dates, and what your needs are.
It is certainly not the case that "we all have to 'go' to Athens" (I'm
told it's nicer than Bagdad) or have the wrong time zone.
As an analogy - imagine a car which keeps heating up too often, forcing the
driver to stop - the maker puts up a thermometer to tell the driver when he
should stop and let the car cool down - would you call it a solution?
I wouldn't.
Only if the maker made the car take care of its over-heating automatically
and without bothering the driver (and keeping the car running) I would consider
this problem as solved, and I think so will most other people.
Timezone editor and registry entries are like this thermometer.
Cheers,
--Amos
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Thanks,
Uri
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