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Impact of Daylight Savings Time Changes?

Posted by Zonk on from the lots-of-work dept.

jason718 writes "With the pending changes to U.S. Daylight Savings Time, what impact will those changes have to existing systems and their applications? Are some operating systems more open than others with regard to the configuration of Daylight Savings Time start and end dates, or will we need yet another update or patch to modify the internal calendar?"

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  1. Impact of DST changes by Joey+Patterson · · Score: 3, Funny

    The sleep patterns of Slashdotters will be messed up... Oh, wait a minute...

    1. Re:Impact of DST changes by maxwell+demon · · Score: 3, Funny

      SLEEP(1) User Commands SLEEP(1)

      NAME
      sleep - delay for a specified amount of time

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  2. I expect it to... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cause more dupes.

  3. No daylight savings time here by TWX · · Score: 4, Funny

    I live in Arizona, you insensitive clod!

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    1. Re:No daylight savings time here by xs650 · · Score: 4, Funny
      Arizona's position on Daylight Saving Time is enlightened, and we should all follow their shining example.

      Enlightened isn't the word. Arizona avoids going on Daylight savings time to thumb it's nose at the Federal Government.

      At the same time, the Navajo Nation in Arizona thumbs it's nose at the Arizona State Government by going on daylight savings time

    2. Re:No daylight savings time here by xs650 · · Score: 4, Funny

      What about married people?

  4. I'm feeling this already by fixer007 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did someone turn the clock back to the discussion we already had on this issue?

  5. Re:Who cares? by sgant · · Score: 5, Funny

    But banks and financial institutions have all had their software built for daylight savings time ending sooner! Now everything will be out of whack as the banks and computers and the electronic grid system will think it's an hour later than it is!

    Planes will fall out of the sky! The banks will collapse! LIFE AS WE KNOW IT WILL CEASE! We need to panic people! PANIC! Start hiring floors and floors of programmers to change all the code out there.

    Ok, maybe not...

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  6. FRIST PSOT!!!!!!11!!! by EEBaum · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unfortunately, due to inconsistent implementation of Daylight Savings, an erroneous timestamp will cause the system to place this post significantly further down the list. Rest assured, though, that this post was made an hour before the timestamp shows, and was, therefore, first.

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  7. Yup. by keesh · · Score: 4, Funny

    You'll need an update to /usr/share/zoneinfo/ . Expect the next Debian release in late 2012 to support this.

  8. Re:More trouble by Seumas · · Score: 3, Funny

    It will destroy civilization. The foretold second coming of your lord and savior will be imminent. Mankind is doomed. Invest in underground bunkers and stockpile cans of food and MREs!

  9. My apologies... by game+kid · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...but don't worry. Daylight Savings Pwnage is a common occurrence, within and without Slashdot.

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  10. Re:More trouble by Mr+Z · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's not nice. Us four-digit ID folks shouldn't pick on the six digit guys like that. They're gullible, I tell you. Gullible!

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