Re: DST change and home auto...

[Art Todesco <actodesco@xxxxxxxxx>]

E. Lee Dickinson wrote:
> "Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "AZ Woody" <reply@here> wrote in message
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>>> I've not seen this addressed here, and I just wonder if anyone has info
>>> on how the change in the start of DST this year will effect various HA
>>> systems.
>>>
>>> In general, will folks in the nutty 48 states that still do DST be
>>> screwed for a few weeks or are fixes available?
>>>
>>> I live in one of the states that doesn't "do" DST.....
>> I wish I did.  This morning I've awakened one hour early to find the
>> master
>> alarm (the ultra-smart and otherwise nice but time signal deaf, Emerson)
>> had
>> jumped ahead one hour along with the Samsung DVDR and a few other
>> "DST"-smart items.  I also noticed a few web sites like Zap2It were
>> listing
>> the wrong time as well.  Thank you, Congress!!!
>
> I wonder... This morning one of my PDAs gave me a "Updated for Daylight
> Savings" notification. It had previously refused to let me set the proper
> time. Now it's right.
Well, this morning, my old JVC VCR
continued to work ok and set the correct
time from the Network Time Code as it
had been doing since the start of daylight
savings time several weeks ago.
However, my newer DVR, which was
working ok after the switch to CDT, this
morning switched to 1 hour later than
the actual time.  On the actual start
day of DST, the DVR time messed up,
however, I believe that the local PBS
station stopped sending time code for a
day or 2.  I was able to get it working
until today.  Unfortunately now the only
way I've found to fix it is to set it for
manual set time.  I hope the internal
clock keeps time.  I know that many of these
units have very poor internal clocks
.... that's why they started using the
network
time code to set and keep the clock
accurate.  BTW, I sent an email to
Panasonic
(the DVR mfg.) and asked "what they were
doing about it" when the problems 1st
happened and before it magically fixed
itself (or PBS fixed it).    After a
week, they
answered saying they were backlogged and
would reply in the future.  So far
no reply.  They could provide a flash
file for  the internal firmware, but I
don't think
they really care!

BTW, the same goes for my Smarthome
1132CU controller.  They said they were
"looking at it!"  I "fixed" it by
setting a phony timezone for a city in
the western part
of Texas .... I am located in the
central timezone (near Joliet, IL).   In
the fall, it will
need to be switched back.  Welcome back
to the 1980s.