Comments on: The summer time blues http://www.geekrant.org/2006/03/27/summer-time-commonwealth-games/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:44:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mark http://www.geekrant.org/2006/03/27/summer-time-commonwealth-games/comment-page-1/#comment-5712 Mark Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:09:54 +0000 http://www.geekrant.org/?p=570#comment-5712 Gotta love Unix/Linux. They've been getting it right for years. Amazing what you can do with a simple database... Gotta love Unix/Linux. They’ve been getting it right for years. Amazing what you can do with a simple database…

]]> By: Martin http://www.geekrant.org/2006/03/27/summer-time-commonwealth-games/comment-page-1/#comment-5710 Martin Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:22:42 +0000 http://www.geekrant.org/?p=570#comment-5710 Well I think a manual switch is he best option. Just a right click option on the clock to turn daylight saving on/off would not only save microfsoft a lot of research time looking after very country around the world, but would be (lots) easier for most users when they do need to adjust things and not much trouble otherwise. In fact surely just an option to modify the daylight savings start and end dates for a particular year would be easier than trying to find and then install a patch. Still think just manually turning it on/off is still the simplest. I really think this is a case of some developers trying to be too clever. Well I think a manual switch is he best option. Just a right click option on the clock to turn daylight saving on/off would not only save microfsoft a lot of research time looking after very country around the world, but would be (lots) easier for most users when they do need to adjust things and not much trouble otherwise.

In fact surely just an option to modify the daylight savings start and end dates for a particular year would be easier than trying to find and then install a patch. Still think just manually turning it on/off is still the simplest. I really think this is a case of some developers trying to be too clever.

]]> By: Philip http://www.geekrant.org/2006/03/27/summer-time-commonwealth-games/comment-page-1/#comment-5706 Philip Mon, 27 Mar 2006 02:55:51 +0000 http://www.geekrant.org/?p=570#comment-5706 The TV stations appear to have gone back to EST now. Our set-top-box put its clock back an hour overnight on Saturday-Sunday and is still showing the wrong time. I assume I can't program any recordings for the next 5 days or so, because they'll be an hour off. This suggests that the time signal in the transmission is set in Sydney. What happens if I live in Perth? Is it always two hours out? The TV stations appear to have gone back to EST now. Our set-top-box put its clock back an hour overnight on Saturday-Sunday and is still showing the wrong time. I assume I can’t program any recordings for the next 5 days or so, because they’ll be an hour off.

This suggests that the time signal in the transmission is set in Sydney. What happens if I live in Perth? Is it always two hours out?

]]> By: glen http://www.geekrant.org/2006/03/27/summer-time-commonwealth-games/comment-page-1/#comment-5704 glen Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:46:49 +0000 http://www.geekrant.org/?p=570#comment-5704 I called FexEx today at 08:30 and was told that their call center was closed. I was then told that opening hours were 08:00 to 17:30. I called FexEx today at 08:30 and was told that their call center was closed. I was then told that opening hours were 08:00 to 17:30.

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