Re: DST and My Computers

["EdwardATeller" <sorry_no_email@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 11, 12:58 pm, Art Todesco <actode...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Robert Green wrote:
> > "EdwardATeller" <sorry_no_em...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >news:1173624555.702764.262350@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Sorry if this has been covered already, but I am looking for a way to
> >> deal with this DST issue.  I thought I'd be able to simply synchronize
> >> my computer clock with the NIST time servers after the switch over and
> >> all would be well.  Today I found out that won't work.  Only one of my
> >> 5 computers has an OS that can be patched, so I am left with 4 Windows
> >> OS's that will need manual adjustments unless I can figure something
> >> out.
>
> > I was surprised to find out that I had to manually change my time zone one
> > to the right to get Dimension4 to report the correct local time on a Win98
> > system.  Out of *all* the devices in my house that keep time, only my
> > LaCrosse LED projection clock with a built-in radio to detect time signals
> > correctly reports the local time.   My two other automagically setting
> > clocks (one Emerson, another WalMart something or other) didn't make the
> > jump but they have never been able to receive the time signal correctly
> > although the LaCrosse clearly does.
>
> > The autosets on my VCR's and DVD recorders didn't change although the cable
> > system seems to know the correct time.  Now comes the joy of resetting
> > watches, cameras, voice recorders, PCs, car clocks, house clocks, medical
> > equipment, etc.  I've begun a database of devices so I can use it as a
> > checklist and also store some of the more unusual setting methods ("tap 3
> > times then hold then press mode and set together with reset while adjusting
> > display and whistling Dixie" sort of nonsense) in one place.  It's a
> > nuisance, to be sure, but it's probably a good idea to devote the time to
> > resynching clocks, inspecting and replacing batteries, etc.
>
> >  I read somewhere that over $2 billion has been spent on patching to
> > accommodate the new DST start and end dates.  I wonder how much energy it
> > will save?
>
> >> Syncing to GMT on the internet, and then running a variable offset
> >> that is triggered by the calendar would work nicely.  I suppose I
> >> could write a perl script that does this, and then use task scheduler
> >> to run it once a day. Maybe I could sync to the patched computer on my
> >> network and not have to worry about the extra offset and calendar
> >> logic.  Is there a way to remotely sense an XP SP2 computer's system
> >> time?
>
> >http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4/
>
> > Should do what you want to do.  I've been running it for a least 5 years on
> > Win98 and it's been invisibly efficient.  Says it works under XP but I can't
> > vouch for that.  Also acts as network time server to synch other clocks
> > (haven't got that to work for me, though, but I expect it's a firewall and
> > protocol issue I am unwillingly to run to ground).
>
> > --
> > Bobby G.
>
> I heard from someone this morning that
> he heard a report of a "study" where it
> was determined that savings would not be
> anywhere near the original estimates.
> They sited, extra driving during the
> early evening and more lighting required
> in the mornings.  I know for a fact that
> this morning, with the clock set at 6:55AM,
> I needed lights in the house, where last
> Sunday I did not.

Maybe no savings, but I am going to enjoy the extra sunshine in the
evening, plus my boys will probably sleep later in the morning.  That
means I get to sleep later.