Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Unofficial Win2K Daylight Saving Time Fix

Posted by kdawson on from the it's-about-time dept.

Saturn2003a writes "Microsoft has stated that they will not be offering a patch for the new US Daylight Saving Time for Windows 2000 and earlier. Only customers with an extended support agreement can get a Hotfix from Microsoft. To get around this, IntelliAdmin has created an unofficial patch (source code provided) that will fix Daylight Saving Time on Windows 2000 and Windows NT machines."

19 of 299 comments (clear)

  1. My fix? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I use Zulu time.

    I haven't had an issue yet.

    1. Re:My fix? by dsanfte · · Score: 5, Funny

      I used to do that too, but I found all the spears and animal skins cluttered up the server room.

      --
      occultae nullus est respectus musicae - originally a Greek proverb
  2. Yeah, right by zr-rifle · · Score: 4, Funny

    but what about us DOS users?

    --
    Hack your mind out of its sandbox.
    1. Re:Yeah, right by 0racle · · Score: 3, Funny

      vas is dos?

      --
      "I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."
    2. Re:Yeah, right by Aqua_boy17 · · Score: 5, Funny
      vas is dos?
      I think it's from that german movie "DOS Boot".
      --
      What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about?
    3. Re:Yeah, right by SeaFox · · Score: 2, Funny
      I think it's from that german movie "DOS Boot".

      Wasn't that film about Slashdot effect? I remember how all the hardware gets torpedoed and stops functioning for awhile.
  3. and it's.... by celardore · · Score: 4, Funny

    About time too!

    (Sorry...couldn't resist)

  4. It's my date in a box by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Step 1: Kick users off your box
    Step 2: Change the time on your box
    Step 3: Make her open the box.

    It's my date in a box. Date in a box bay-beh.

    1. Re:It's my date in a box by multisync · · Score: 1, Funny

      I wasn't going to even watch that SNL because I wasn't too excited about JT as host and musical guest. Glad I did, it was one of the funniest shows I've seen in a while, and Dick in a box was hilarious!

      --
      I don't care why you're posting AC
  5. Re:GMT by eln · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have all my clocks set to Metric Time.

    Remember this moment, people: 80 past 2 on April 47th, the moment Microsoft finally kicked Windows 2000 to the curb.

  6. So, the Y2K problem finally shows up by SpaceLifeForm · · Score: 4, Funny

    I knew it was just a matter of time.

    --
    You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.
  7. There IS an official fix by slughead · · Score: 4, Funny

    Direct from M$:

    Move to Arizona, Hawaii, or anywhere outside the US.

    --
    Latewire
  8. Re:It's not like there are no other options by Atzanteol · · Score: 4, Funny

    Grammar tip: "Effect" is a verb. "Affect" is a noun.

    Slashdot has enough trouble with grammar without you confusing things. :-P

    They can each be both, but the typical cases are "affect" as a verb, and "effect" as a noun. Linky.

    --
    "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"

    - Charles Darwin
  9. who cares? by cashman73 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I live in Arizona, you insensitive clod!

  10. Re:Hm... by LordSkippy · · Score: 4, Funny

    The US switching to metric? If I had mod points, I'd mod you funny for that line.

    --
    My karma is in a nose dive
  11. Oh dear. by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 5, Funny

    I used Windows to control all my time-related issues once. But after one BSOD all of a sudden it was 1955, my parents accidentally never met, and my future mom started hitting on me. Ugh...

    --
    Slashdot Burying Stories About Slashdot Media Owned
  12. Re:It's not like there are no other options by Atzanteol · · Score: 2, Funny
    Eh? From the first link in the google search I linked to:

    "Affect" is usually a verb meaning "to influence".

    ...

    "Effect" is usually a noun meaning "result".

    There is a noun meaning for "affect" and a verb meaning for "effect", but they're uncommon. So you go ahead and come up with your clever term, and I'll come up with one for when one uses it inappropriately.

    --
    "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"

    - Charles Darwin
  13. 1 question by manno · · Score: 3, Funny

    Where's your Honda dealer?

  14. Re:GMT by Kvasio · · Score: 3, Funny

    If someone has problems with your metric "80 past 2 on April 47th", I provide English date format
    "3 piglets, 1/16 of stone and a horn after Matins, on 3 Sunday after Xmas"