New Zealand 2007 Daylight Saving Changes : Annoucements

Daylight Saving is coming

nzdst — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:01:30 GMT

Hi All,

In April 2007 the New Zealand Government announced an update to the Time Act of 1974. This update changed the dates of both the start and end of daylight saving time (DST). When this law went into effect in 2007, daylight savings time started one week earlier (2:00 A.M. on the 30th September 2007) and ended two weeks later (3:00 A.M. on 6th April 2008) than past years. Click here for more information from the New Zealand Government.
A number of Microsoft products required updates for the new daylight saving changes, as well as rebasing (moving) calendar events in Exchange – If you went through this process last year, then there is no further action required for New Zealand time zone updates. The only consideration you may want to check is that the updated timezone records have been applied to your Windows Mobile devices.

· Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard and Professional - KB941898

· Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone, Pocket PC Phone Edition an Pocket PC - KB941898

If you have any questions about DST, you can contact Microsoft on one of the following:

New Zealand customers: call 0800 800 004 or refer to support.microsoft.com

Australian customers: call 13 20 58 or refer to support.microsoft.com

Nick.

New Zealand Daylight Savings ending on the 6th of April.

nzdst — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:09:00 GMT

Hi All,

A reminder that this year, daylight savings ends two weeks later than previous years due the law changes introduced in April last year. This year, daylight savings ends at 3am on 6^th of April 2008. For more information on products affected, patches that needed to be applied prior to daylight savings starting, guidance and other resources, please refer to the New Zealand Daylight Savings Website.

Nick

Australia Eastern & Central 2008 Daylight Saving Changes

nzdst — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:36:00 GMT

Hi All,

Australia Eastern (New South Wales, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania) and Central (South Australia) time zones will extend daylight saving and also harmonise start and end times commencing April 2008. From April 2008, daylight saving will end on the first Sunday in April and recommence on the first Sunday in October in all states. See the Australian Government Time web site for more information.

Windows Time Zone	Location(s)	End 3 am daylight time		Start 2 am standard time
		Current	New	Current	New
(GMT+09:30) Adelaide	South Australia	Last Sunday March	First Sunday April	Last Sunday October	First Sunday October
(GMT+10:00) Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney	New South Wales; Australian Capital Territory; Victoria
(GMT+10:00) Hobart	Tasmania			First Sunday October

This change affects Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office Outlook and other Microsoft, third party and custom applications:

All Microsoft Windows PC, server and mobile devices in the affected time zones will need to be updated.
Microsoft Office Outlook calendars may need to be adjusted. Client and Server-based tools to automate this process are available (see 'Adjusting Office Outlook Calendars' below).
Microsoft, third party and custom applications which schedule events at future dates should be reviewed to ensure they will operate correctly during the extended daylight saving period. Previously scheduled events may also need to be adjusted.
Microsoft recommends that all PC and server systems are updated regardless of location to ensure consistency of operation.

A complete list of affected Microsoft products appears below. This page is updated regularly as information about products and updates becomes available.

For information on other recent daylight saving in Australia and New Zealand, click here. Refer to the Daylight Saving Time Help and Support Centre for further information on daylight saving, including the 2007 changes in North America. If you have any other questions about the daylight saving changes or require further assistance, contact Microsoft Help and Support.

The Australia 2008 Daylight Saving Planning Guide is now available for download. This document is aimed at medium to large organisations and provides detailed guidance on preparing your Microsoft solutions for the changes in daylight saving. Click on the links below to download the document in your preferred format:

Australia Daylight Saving Planning Guide (Word)
Australia Daylight Saving Planning Guide (XPS)
Australia Daylight Saving Planning Guide (PDF)

For more information, please refer here - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/bb887637.aspx

Nick.

New Zealand time zone differs between Windows Vista and down-level Windows OSes - 1st of January is approaching!

nzdst — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:24:00 GMT

Hi All,

We sent this information out in September during the mad rush of customers preparing for the Daylight Savings change, however this may have fallen off the radar for customers running Vista and Outlook. Customers running Windows Vista and Outlook will need to rebase their calendars again after the 1st of January (and as close to the 1st of January as possible).

Please refer to this post for more information
- http://blogs.msdn.com/nzdst/archive/2007/09/20/new-zealand-time-zone-differs-between-windows-vista-and-down-level-windows-oses.aspx

Nick.

December 2007 cumulative time zone update for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems

nzdst — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:53:00 GMT

Hi All,

This update supersedes and replaces update 933360, which was released in August 2007. This update also includes additional time zone changes that were signed in to law after update 933360 was created. If you have already deployed update 933360, read the descriptions of the specific time zone changes that are addressed in this Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article to determine whether you must deploy this update immediately. If systems are not directly affected, you can schedule deployment at the next available opportunity. We recommend that you deploy the most current Windows cumulative time zone update to guarantee the consistency of the time zone database on all systems.

Important Before you apply the update that is described in this article, be aware of potential issues that may affect Microsoft Office Outlook. For more information about these issues, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

931667 How to address the daylight saving time changes in 2007 by using the Time Zone Data Update Tool for Microsoft Office Outlook

Important

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If you are running Microsoft Exchange Server in an Information Technology (IT) environment, you must take additional measures to guarantee the correct operation of Exchange Server. For more information about the Exchange daylight saving time (DST) update, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

941018 How to address daylight saving time by using the Exchange Calendar Update Tool

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Cumulative time zone updates contain only data that has changed for a specific region or that has been added to maintain parity with other operating system versions. Therefore, if a time zone key has been deleted, some original values may not be restored after you apply the cumulative zone update. We do not recommend that you delete any registry keys that are related to time zones. On a computer that has incomplete time zone keys, first restore the time zone keys from a known good backup. Then, apply the update.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/942763

The above packages will be pushed out via Windows Update 11 of December (US Pacific Time) and when Custom Support Agreement packages will be available via connect.

Nick.

NZ DST Changes this weekend!

nzdst — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:54:00 GMT

Hi All,

The New Zealand Daylight Savings changes Guidance Document can be found here (XPS and PDF versions are available).

The New Zealand daylight savings blog is constantly being updated with information as it comes to hand. Please ensure you are keeping your eyes on it.

If things don’t go as expected over the weekend, Please visit here to understand your support options with Microsoft. Customers who have managed support agreements with Premier Support, Please follow your normal processes to log support calls directly with Microsoft.

Many thanks,

Nick.

New Zealand 2007 Daylight Saving Changes

nzdst — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:28:00 GMT

In April 2007 the New Zealand Government announced an update to the Time Act of 1974. This update changes the dates of both the start and end of daylight saving time (DST). When this law goes into effect in 2007, daylight savings time will start one week earlier (2:00 A.M. on the 30th September 2007) and will end two weeks later (3:00 A.M. on 6th April 2008) than past years. Click here for more information from the New Zealand Government.

A number of Microsoft® products require updates for the new daylight saving changes. Information on these product updates appears below. This web site and blog are updated regularly as updates become available.

What information best suits you:

If you have any questions about the updates you can contact Microsoft as follows:

New Zealand customers: call 0800 800 004 or refer to support.microsoft.com

Australian customers: call 13 20 58 or refer to support.microsoft.com

The New Zealand Daylight Savings Changes Guidance Document is available now:

Click here to download this document (850KB - PDF)