Changes to Daylight Saving Time

Mike,

My office is planning to wait until the 15th for any official Panther DST updater from Apple. By the 16th, we'll start rolling out the two Panther patches that Ian released, so we'll have enough time to get all Macs patched comfortably. Plus install the MS Office 11.3.3 update.

One thing I noticed about Ian's Java updater, that I did not mention earlier, is that it updates v1.4.2 only.

Cheers.


PowerBook G4 (Double-Layer SD) 15 inch Mac OS X (10.4.8) 1GB RAM

Hi, Lorraine. After downloading a new copy of the patch (I had uninstalled and discarded my first copy), repairing permissions, installing the patch, restarting and repairing permissions again, it now works properly for me too. I dunno whether IWC fixed it in the meantime or whether there really was a related permissions issue on my Powerbook, but I wasn't the only person who observed the patch working backwards — others have reported the same thing. Anyhow, now that it's doing what it should, I'll go ahead and apply the Java patch too. Thanks for prodding me to test again.

I take it that Mac OS 9 and below users will have to make adjustments manually.
True?

Hadn't thought about it, but I guess those of us with dual-boot G4s will have to set time in both systems.

I take it that Mac OS 9 and below users will have to
make adjustments manually.
True?

Dual-boot G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9) PB 1400, PM 7600, PLW NTR, LW 360

Here's an alternative that I'd like to run by you all.

I'm running 10.3.9.

What if I do NOTHING about this DST time problem and just leave the computer alone? In this case, I'll have my clock off by 1 hour for about a 3-week period, then it'll revert to the correct time.

By next year I'll probably be using Tiger or Panther, so this problem will be gone at that time.

Does this sound OK?

thanks,

Adam

Power Mac G5 (Dual 2.0) Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Adam,

That would depend on how you use your Mac. If you do nothing at all, your Mac will have the wrong time for three weeks in March and for one week in late October/early November.

For example, if you authenticate to a network, you may be prevented from doing so if your time is an hour off from the server attempting to authenticate you. And if you use a calendar program to keep track of appointments, you may not be on time for them, as the alarms may go off at the wrong time.

If you don't want to install any 'unofficial' patches to Panther, then why not just set your time zone one hour to the east on March 11, and then set it back to your normal time zone on April 1?

Then in the fall if you're still running Panther, you could set your time zone one hour to the east again on October 28, and back to normal on November 4.

Very quick and simple to do, and should have no repercussions.

Lorraine,

Thanks for the info. I don't authenticate over a network, and I don't use iCal appointments.

So, I'll do what you say and set the time zone as you explain.

thanks,

Adam

Power Mac G5 (dual 2.0) Mac OS X (10.3.9)

It's here!

Apple has released the DST Updates for Panther and Tiger, check your Software Update in System Preferences. No links yet on Apple's software update site.

Mike

Here's the KB entry:

Panther/Tiger
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305056>

Java for Panther
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304585>

Be advised for you sites tied to a specific Java version on Panther, this updates it to 1.4.2_12.

Mike

Thanks, Mike -- I just noticed it myself, and I was checking Apple's site all day. We're prepared to start rolling out Ian Ward Comfort's updates in the morning, but now I think we'll have to regroup.

Better to have official patches from Apple.

Hi Lorraine;

I've installed the Daylight Saving Time Update and Apple Java 2 SE 5.0R5 for 10.3.9 on one eMac and it appears to be working well with our Java dependent applications. Running the following in Terminal:

zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007

Checks out OK with the dates for Mar 11 and Nov 4 set correctly.

Wahoo! Thanks Apple!

Mike

Thank goodness Apple released the Panther DST update! My G4 is a dual-boot, so while this update will cover me when I boot into 10.3.9, I'll need to make manual adjustments for booting directly into 9.2.2 (not Classic of X), right?

Hi Lorraine;

I've installed the Daylight Saving Time Update and
Apple Java 2 SE 5.0R5 for 10.3.9 on one eMac and it
appears to be working well with our Java dependent
applications. Running the following in Terminal:

zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007

Checks out OK with the dates for Mar 11 and Nov 4 set
correctly.

Wahoo! Thanks Apple!

Mike

I'll need to make manual adjustments for booting
directly into 9.2.2 (not Classic of X), right?

Yes, that's right. According to Apple:

Mac OS 9.2 or earlier

Still using Mac OS 9.2? Use the Date and Time control panel to deselect the option to observe Daylight Saving Time changes automatically, then enable Daylight Saving Time manually. Applications that run in the Classic environment of Mac OS X will honor the Daylight Saving Time setting in Mac OS X.

I'll need to make manual adjustments for booting
directly into 9.2.2 (not Classic of X), right?

Yes, that's right. According to Apple: (snip!)

Thanks! I have a PB1400 running 8.6, so I'll be able to manually fix that as well.

Dual-boot G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9) PB 1400, PM 7600, PLW NTR, LW 360

OK, now that there are patches for OS X 10.3 and 10.4 how about 10.2? Will there be a patch for Jaguar? My imac has a small hard drive and 10.2 is all it will handle.
Thanks.
Linda

iMac G3, 350 MHz, OS X 10.2, iBook G4, 933MHz, OS X 10.3 Mac OS X (10.3)