Daylight Savings Time (ST) will be Changing
The United States and parts of Canada are extending the period of Daylight Savings Time (DST) beginning in 2007. DST will commence on the second Sunday in March (three weeks earlier than previously) and end on the first Sunday in November (a one week extension).This change required us to deploy numerous patches and run some corrective tools to address inconsistencies caused by the DST extension. At this time we have received and deployed all the appropriate patches and run any corrective tools.What users should look out forWithin Microsoft Outlook CalendarWe recommend that you give extra attention to meetings and appointments scheduled between March 11, 2007 to April 1, 2007 and October 28, 2007 to November 4, 2007, confirm the timing of any appointments that fall into these date ranges. All inconsistencies should have been corrected by the patches and tools we installed.Technical Background information from the NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF CYBER SECURITY:Bulletin:The Energy Policy Act of 2005 amends the Uniform Time Act of 1966 by changing the start and end dates of daylight savings time in the year 2007. Originally the clocks would be set ahead one hour on the first Sunday of April and reversed on the last Sunday of October. The new amendment changes this such that the time is set ahead one hour on the second Sunday of March and reversed on the first Sunday of November.This change could lead to complications of time stamped data services such as databases, mail servers, NTP servers, firewalls, switches, backup and storage systems, printers, pbx systems, fax machines, voice mail systems, interactive voice response (IVR) systems, automated call distributor (ACD) systems, copiers, cell phones and PDA devices. Additionally, it should be noted that there are possible issues that may arise for client/server computer systems such as authentication services as well as other technology services that rely on time stamped information.