[windows2000] Re: Download Pick of the Week: Unofficial Daylight Savings Time fix.
- From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:50:10 +0100
Mike Semon <> wrote on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 9:05 PM:
My initial query apparantely stirred the proverbial can of worms. Daylight
savings time is obviously a tender toe across the pond. 8.)
> There is a new book out the debates the effectiveness of daylight saving
> time called Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Savings Time.
> Looks interesting!
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Toby Bierly
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 2:20 PM
> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [windows2000] Re: Download Pick of the Week: Unofficial Daylight
> Savings Time fix.
>
> I know this isn't a political group, but I thought I might shed a little
> light on the decision that has created a hassle for us IT guys in the US.
>
> Just for the record, Bush did NOT propose a change in Daylight Saving Time.
> It was not in the National Energy Policy that Dick Cheney headed up in 2001,
> and as far as I know has never been endorsed by President Bush other than
> the fact that it was part of the 2005 Energy Bill that he signed. It was
> added to that Bill by 2 House Representatives (a Republican and a Democrat)
> from NorthEastern states. You can bet that there were special interest
> groups that lobbied to have it added in, with some kind of real or perceived
> financial benefit. The history of DST is political, and has been enacted,
> repealed, re-enacted, and modifed several times since it was first enacted
> in the early 20th century. Back in the 1970's energy crunch, there was a
> Department of Energy study that found that DST could save 1% of electricity.
> The overall energy effect today is not clear. For instance it is possible
> that it saves electricity, but causes more automobile use at night, thus
> raising gas usage. Or the rise in use of air conditioners at night during
> the summer could potentially make electricity use go up because of it. It
> is just one of those things that has so many variables that it is near
> impossible to know for sure whether it is doing any good, and as such, I
> wish it had just been left alone.
>
> ***Excerpt from Wikipedia
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_time_in_the_United_States)***
> Starting March 11, 2007, DST was be extended another four to five weeks,
> from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November. The change
> was introduced by Representatives Fred Upton (R-MI) and Edward Markey (D-MA)
> and added to the Energy Policy Act of 2005; the House had originally
> approved a motion that would have extended DST even further from the first
> Sunday in March to the last Sunday in November, but Senators Jeff Bingaman
> (D-NM) and Pete Domenici (R-NM) agreed to scale back the proposal in
> conference committee due to complaints from farmers and the airline
> industry. Proponents claimed that the extension would save "the equivalent
> of" 10,000 barrels of oil per day, but this figure was based on U.S.
> Department of Energy information from the 1970s, the accuracy and relevance
> of which the DoE no longer stands by. More recent studies by the Department
> of Energy and California Energy Commission have predicted much smaller
> energy benefits.[4]There is very little recent research on what the actual
> positive effects, if any, might be.[5]
> ***End Excerpt***
>
> Hope that helps,
> Toby
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daryl Ehrenheim" <d.ehrenheim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 5:14 PM
> Subject: [windows2000] Re: Download Pick of the Week: Unofficial Daylight
> Savings Time fix.
>
>
>> The reason behind the change was to save energy. Good old President Bush
> and Advisors came up with the idea that if it stayed lighter longer, sooner
> that we would save million$ in energy costs. Hence the change. Hope their
> calculations were right.
>>
>> Daryl S. Ehrenheim
>> Bargreen Ellingson - IT Support
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 6:15 AM
>> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [windows2000] Re: Download Pick of the Week:
>> Unofficial Daylight Savings Time fix.
>>
>> Sullivan, Glenn <> wrote on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 12:46 PM:
>>
>> So why change it then? As a european I don't know much about this... 8-]
>>
>>
>>> We have, but on a different schedule. The Gov't changed the schedule
>>> a few years ago, with a implementation date of last week.
>>>
>>>
>>> Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
>>> David Clark Company Inc.
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu
>>> Posted At: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 3:51 AM Posted To: Windows 2000
>>> Conversation: [windows2000] Re: Download Pick of the Week: Unofficial
>>> Daylight Savings Time fix. Subject: [windows2000] Re: Download Pick of
>>> the Week: Unofficial Daylight Savings Time fix.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jim Kenzig ThinHelp.com <> wrote on Monday, March 19, 2007 10:40 PM:
>>>
>>> I've seen a lot of messages on other lists re the new US time change,
>>> and am a bit confused... Hasn't the US of A used daylight savings time
>>> before, until now?
>>>
>>>
>>>> The DST time change had come and gone but some Windows 2000
>>>> workstations on your network may be still experiencing time problems.
>>>
>>>> Here is a nifty utiltity that makes it so you don't have to jump
>>>> through hoops to get the right patch applied. It works on
>>> NT/2000/XP/2003 (note they also offer a
>>>> 98/ME version)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> http://www.intelliadmin.com/DaylightSavingNotice.asp?File=DaylightSavi ng
>>> Fix.ex
>>> e
>>>>
>>>> The utility can be run silently from a command line therefore has the
>>>> ability to be pushed out as a scipt. Simply type:
>>>>
>>>> DaylightSavingFix.exe /qinstall
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> See this blog article for more info:
>>>>
>>> http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2007/01/unofficial-windows-2000-dayli gh
>>> t.html
>>>>
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>>>> http://www.intelliadmin.com/Downloads.htm
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