Hi John, As you suggested may be the case, unfortunately this is a limitation of the Operating system. Therefore, it is impossible to automate the adjustment for daylight saving. It's a good suggestion though, I'm definitely not taking anything away from that.
Regards, Dean Jackson Customer/Technical Analyst Pulse Data International Ltd. DDI: +64 3 373 6184 Fax: +64-3-384 4933 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: www.pulsedata.com __________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Gunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 3:43 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] setting time and date > Hello Dean: > > I do have a question regarding the time zone setting. When you choose > daylight savings and of course depending on the time of year realizing the > time difference I thought after daylight saving goes back I noticed you have > to say and then the unit's time would go back or ahead an hour depending but > I'd like to suggest if this could be automated like a PC's clock but maybe > because of windows CE this might not be possible but just a suggestion. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dean Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 8:06 PM > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] setting time and date > > > > > > Hi Laura and list: > > > > Laura, time zones are used for a lot of things. The example that comes to > > mind at the moment though is date and time stamping on files. > > > > Even though you're using your local time zone, all files are stamped using > > UTC or GMT time. This means for example, that if your friend in Thailand > > wanted to check the time when you last modified a file you had emailed to > > him, he would see the time that you last modified the file as his time, > not > > yours! this is because his PC would also be reading the UTC/GMT time and > > recalculating it for his time zone. > > > > Obviously, if your time zone is not set correctly, the wrong number of > hours > > would be either subtracted or added to the GMT time. > > > > Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Dean Jackson > > Customer/Technical Analyst > > Pulse Data International Ltd. > > > > DDI: +64 3 373 6184 > > Fax: +64-3-384 4933 > > Email: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Internet: > > www.pulsedata.com > > __________________________ > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Laura Wolk" <"[EMAIL PROTECTED]"@smtp.enter.net> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 2:30 PM > > Subject: [Braillenote] setting time and date > > > > > > > Hi Dean, > > > > > > I got another copy of the file and replaced the old one, and was able to > > set my time. I'm still curious as to why the bn asks for this query > anyway. > > Thanks for your help, Laura > > > > > > > > > "The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my > case." > > (George W. Bush, --Pella, Iowa, San Antonio Express News, Jan. 30, 2000) > > > > > > > > > > > > ___ > > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > > > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > > > > > ___ > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >
