Time change due

Posted by Stormin Mormon on October 11, 2009, 7:45 pm

They might just good and crawl back into their Y2K bunkers,
if they found out. That, and the other news.

--
Christopher A. Young
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.

I was installing daughter cards made by MR. Bios or changing
out the bios chips on a lot of business machines back then.
I think there may still may be a few people hiding out in
their
Y2K bunkers and when they come crawling out, will be stunned
at what we have for a President. Who'd a thunk it back then?

TDD

Posted by Gary H on October 12, 2009, 3:39 pm

On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:34:44 GMT, Wayne Boatwright

>On Sun 11 Oct 2009 12:46:32p, The Daring Dufas told us...

>> Dimitrios Paskoudniakis wrote:

>>>
>>>> Q: When does the time change back in October 2009?
>>>> A: November 1st 2009.
>>>> Confuse me once.
>>>
>>> Since about 2-3 years ago, it is now the first Sunday in November rather
>>> than the last Sunday in October previously since DST was introduced by
>>> the Nixon administration.
>>>
>>> The Spring forward date is also changed as of a few years ago to several
>>> weeks earlier in March rather than first Sunday in April.
>>>
>>> One effect is the kiddies now have to wait another hour to start their
>>> candy assault on Halloween, as it still stays light until 7:00 PM. In
>>> the old convention with end of DST in October, kiddies could start their
>>> assault at 6:00 PM.

>>
>> I have a Daylight Savings Time patch for Windows 2000 that
>> I use on all Win 2K installs. It's bad when the computer
>> has no idea what time it is.
>>
>> TDD
>>

>Actually, that became a huge issue during Y2K remediation, especially for
>large companies with hundreds of PCs.

The year 2038 problem has the potential to be far worse than Y2K ever
was.

Posted by Wayne Boatwright on October 12, 2009, 8:24 pm

On Mon 12 Oct 2009 12:39:48p, Gary H told us...

> On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:34:44 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>

>>On Sun 11 Oct 2009 12:46:32p, The Daring Dufas told us...

>>> Dimitrios Paskoudniakis wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Q: When does the time change back in October 2009?
>>>>> A: November 1st 2009.
>>>>> Confuse me once.
>>>>
>>>> Since about 2-3 years ago, it is now the first Sunday in November
>>>> rather than the last Sunday in October previously since DST was
>>>> introduced by the Nixon administration.
>>>>
>>>> The Spring forward date is also changed as of a few years ago to
>>>> several weeks earlier in March rather than first Sunday in April.
>>>>
>>>> One effect is the kiddies now have to wait another hour to start
>>>> their candy assault on Halloween, as it still stays light until 7:00
>>>> PM. In the old convention with end of DST in October, kiddies could
>>>> start their assault at 6:00 PM.
>>>
>>> I have a Daylight Savings Time patch for Windows 2000 that
>>> I use on all Win 2K installs. It's bad when the computer
>>> has no idea what time it is.
>>>
>>> TDD
>>>

>>Actually, that became a huge issue during Y2K remediation, especially
>>for large companies with hundreds of PCs.

>
> The year 2038 problem has the potential to be far worse than Y2K ever
> was.

As a systems analyst and engineer, I understand the problem. However, if I
live until 2038 I will be 93 years old, and I doubt that I'll care. I also
doubt that I'll live that long. :-)

I spent 3 years prior to Y2K managing a Y2K remediation team for one of the
largest metropolitan counties in the US. We addressed virtually any type
of device that could be affected, which ranged far beyond computers, per
se. It was very interesting work.

--

~~ If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. ~~

~~ A mind is a terrible thing to lose. ~~

**********************************************************

Wayne Boatwright

Posted by The Daring Dufas on October 12, 2009, 8:51 pm

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Mon 12 Oct 2009 12:39:48p, Gary H told us...
>

>> On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:34:44 GMT, Wayne Boatwright

>>> On Sun 11 Oct 2009 12:46:32p, The Daring Dufas told us...
>>>> Dimitrios Paskoudniakis wrote:
>>>>>> Q: When does the time change back in October 2009?
>>>>>> A: November 1st 2009.
>>>>>> Confuse me once.
>>>>> Since about 2-3 years ago, it is now the first Sunday in November
>>>>> rather than the last Sunday in October previously since DST was
>>>>> introduced by the Nixon administration.
>>>>> The Spring forward date is also changed as of a few years ago to
>>>>> several weeks earlier in March rather than first Sunday in April.
>>>>> One effect is the kiddies now have to wait another hour to start
>>>>> their candy assault on Halloween, as it still stays light until 7:00
>>>>> PM. In the old convention with end of DST in October, kiddies could
>>>>> start their assault at 6:00 PM.
>>>> I have a Daylight Savings Time patch for Windows 2000 that
>>>> I use on all Win 2K installs. It's bad when the computer
>>>> has no idea what time it is.
>>>> TDD
>>> Actually, that became a huge issue during Y2K remediation, especially
>>> for large companies with hundreds of PCs.

>> The year 2038 problem has the potential to be far worse than Y2K ever
>> was.

>
> As a systems analyst and engineer, I understand the problem. However, if I
> live until 2038 I will be 93 years old, and I doubt that I'll care. I also
> doubt that I'll live that long. :-)
>
> I spent 3 years prior to Y2K managing a Y2K remediation team for one of the
> largest metropolitan counties in the US. We addressed virtually any type
> of device that could be affected, which ranged far beyond computers, per
> se. It was very interesting work.
>

A funny story I heard back then was Russian designed computers
had no Y2K issues. Something about them being hand cranked.

TDD

Posted by Wayne Boatwright on October 12, 2009, 10:26 pm

On Mon 12 Oct 2009 05:51:37p, The Daring Dufas told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:

>> On Mon 12 Oct 2009 12:39:48p, Gary H told us...
>>

>>> On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:34:44 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>>> On Sun 11 Oct 2009 12:46:32p, The Daring Dufas told us...
>>>>> Dimitrios Paskoudniakis wrote:
>>>>>>> Q: When does the time change back in October 2009?
>>>>>>> A: November 1st 2009.
>>>>>>> Confuse me once.
>>>>>> Since about 2-3 years ago, it is now the first Sunday in November
>>>>>> rather than the last Sunday in October previously since DST was
>>>>>> introduced by the Nixon administration.
>>>>>> The Spring forward date is also changed as of a few years ago to
>>>>>> several weeks earlier in March rather than first Sunday in April.
>>>>>> One effect is the kiddies now have to wait another hour to start
>>>>>> their candy assault on Halloween, as it still stays light until
>>>>>> 7:00 PM. In the old convention with end of DST in October, kiddies
>>>>>> could start their assault at 6:00 PM.
>>>>> I have a Daylight Savings Time patch for Windows 2000 that
>>>>> I use on all Win 2K installs. It's bad when the computer
>>>>> has no idea what time it is.
>>>>> TDD
>>>> Actually, that became a huge issue during Y2K remediation, especially
>>>> for large companies with hundreds of PCs.
>>> The year 2038 problem has the potential to be far worse than Y2K ever
>>> was.

>>
>> As a systems analyst and engineer, I understand the problem. However,
>> if I live until 2038 I will be 93 years old, and I doubt that I'll
>> care. I also doubt that I'll live that long. :-)
>>
>> I spent 3 years prior to Y2K managing a Y2K remediation team for one of
>> the largest metropolitan counties in the US. We addressed virtually
>> any type of device that could be affected, which ranged far beyond
>> computers, per se. It was very interesting work.
>>

>
> A funny story I heard back then was Russian designed computers
> had no Y2K issues. Something about them being hand cranked.
>
> TDD
>

LOL!

--

~~ If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. ~~

~~ A mind is a terrible thing to lose. ~~

**********************************************************

Wayne Boatwright

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