Well Here We Go Again....

Well just after we deal with the changes in Daylight Saving Time (DST) earlier this year now it looks like we will be dealing with it again. If you are running Windows servers/desktops and Microsoft Outlook you had to deal with several patches as well as running an update tool to modify meeting times in the user's calendar before DST took affect earlier this year.

Now due to additional changes in the law since the first set of patches were released we now have another set of patches to reapply. While it would nice to be able to blame Microsoft for all of this work, you can't. Rather blame the government for the additional law changes. The additional countries that made law changes include Australia, New Zealand, Egypt and Venezuela. But if you are thinking that you are a US only based entity don't think you are immune to the need to apply patches. There unfortunately are 5 counties in Indiana, USA that didn't make the DST changes earlier in the year as the rest of the country did so now you may to check to see if you have any users or servers in these areas and apply the updates appropriate. What a mess...

Here are some links to more information.

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cp_dst

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/dst_hottopics

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/dst_prodlist