[ros-dev] Fwd: Important Daylight Savings Time Update for Developers

[David Johnson]

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>   From: "Microsoft US Developer Team"
> <developer(a)response.microsoft.com>
>  Date: February 22, 2007 11:54:45 AM CST
>  To: <davidjohnson.johnson(a)gmail.com>
>  Subject: Important Daylight Savings Time Update for Developers
>  Reply-To: "Microsoft US Developer Team"  
>  <developer(a)response.microsoft.com>
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>  Dear Valued Microsoft Customer,
>
>  In 2005, the United States government passed the Energy Policy Act  
>  of 2005. This act changes the start and end dates for Daylight  
>  Saving Time (DST) as of spring 2007. These changes may impact the  
>  way applications run. Microsoft is releasing an update for Windows  
>  through Microsoft Update that reflects these changes.
>
>  Developers who use the .NET Framework may find their applications  
>  affected if the application uses the time zone information for  
>  historical purposes or if they have derived custom classes from  
>  System.TimeZone to provide custom time zone information. The  
>  standard System.TimeZone class provides a managed wrapper for the  
>  underlying Windows Operating System time zone functions.
>
>  In addition, developers who use Visual C++ may find their  
>  applications affected if they use the CRT time functions, or the TZ  
>  environment variable. Microsoft is currently working on a fix for  
>  this issue and will post information about its availability on the  
>  Visual Studio Support page.
>
>  Most applications that use these affected classes will not need to  
>  be modified as this update will ensure that the correct data is  
>  provided seamlessly to the application. However, applications that  
>  use these classes or the underlying Windows API to perform  
>  historical time look-ups will need to be modified.
>
>  In most cases, developers who have extended the .NET Framework’s  
>  time zone support by creating custom time zone classes derived from  
>  System.TimeZone, or by direct access to the Win32 API, will not  
>  have to update their applications as long as the available updates  
>  to the operating system are applied. However, solutions that rely  
>  on private time zone data, or that retrieve system time zone  
>  information by accessing the registry directly, may need to be  
>  updated. Applications that deal with historical time zone data may  
>  also need to be updated.
>
>  Microsoft advises all developers who make use of time zone data to  
>  test their applications against this update to ensure that their  
>  applications function correctly.
>
>  For more detailed information and the latest updates please visit  
>  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/bb264729.aspx,  Preparing  
>  for daylight saving time changes in 2007, and KB928388: 2007 time  
>  zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems.
>
>  Further Assistance
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>  Microsoft values your business.  For more information visit http:// 
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