Re: DST change and home auto...

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

jr9@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>While not directly discussing HA systems, there is a site that talks about
>DST patching and fixes in general that may help explain options,
>especially if no DST patch is available from the vendor:
>
>http://www.reganfamily.ca/dst
>
>At the very least it will help you make sure your computer is up to date.

Unfortunately, it is glaringly wrong on one major point, saying that
changing your PC time manually will not work. Windows has an option for
automatic DST so changing the time manually and disabling automatic DST will
work.

The simplest fix for pre-XT PCs is to disable automatic DST and use D4
(Dimension 4) to automatically update the time (using Internet timeservers)
every few hours. With D4 you just need to make sure you set the max change
high enough.

Any µC based hardware that has automatic DST should be upgradeable if there
are ways to update the firmware. It's a very simple calculation.

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