"vCharley Lee" <cs***@russell.com> wrote in message
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> Is this going to be patched?  I ran this code and it fails to report the
> correct state of Daylight Savings Time in Pacific Time zone.  March 12,
2007
> should be DST.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charley
>
> ' Example of the TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( DateTime ),
> ' TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( DateTime, DaylightTime ), and
> ' TimeZone.ToUniversalTime( DateTime ) methods.
> Imports System
> Imports System.Globalization
> Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
>
> Module DaylightTimeDemo
>
>     Sub Main()
>
>         Const headFmt As String = "{0,-22}{1,-10}{2,-10}{3,-10}{4}"
>
>         ' Get the local time zone and a base local time.
>         Dim localZone As TimeZone = TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone
>         Dim localTime As DateTime = New DateTime(2007, 3, 12)
>
>         Console.WriteLine("This example of " & vbCrLf & _
>             "   TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( DateTime ), " & _
>             vbCrLf & "   TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( " & _
>             "DateTime, DaylightTime ), and " & vbCrLf & _
>             "   TimeZone.ToUniversalTime( DateTime )" & vbCrLf & _
>             "generates the following output, which varies " & _
>             "depending on the " & vbCrLf & "time zone in which " & _
>             "it is run." & vbCrLf)
>         Console.WriteLine("The example creates " & _
>             "several local times and the corresponding " & vbCrLf & _
>             "Coordinated Universal Times (UTC) and shows if " & _
>             "they occur in " & vbCrLf & "daylight saving time " & _
>             "(DST), both for specified years and for " & vbCrLf & _
>             "any year." & vbCrLf)
>         Console.WriteLine("Local time: {0}" & vbCrLf, _
>             localZone.StandardName)
>
>         Console.WriteLine(headFmt, "Local Date and Time", _
>             "2001 DST?", "2002 DST?", "Any DST?", "Corresponding UTC")
>         Console.WriteLine(headFmt, "-------------------", _
>             "---------", "---------", "--------", "-----------------")
>
>         ' Create DaylightTime objects for specific years.
>         Dim daylight2001 As DaylightTime = _
>             localZone.GetDaylightChanges(2001)
>         Dim daylight2002 As DaylightTime = _
>             localZone.GetDaylightChanges(2002)
>
>         ' Generate several local times.
>         Dim loopX As Integer
>         For loopX = 0 To 10
>
>             ' Calculate the corresponding UTC.
>             Dim utcTime As DateTime = _
>                 localZone.ToUniversalTime(localTime)
>
>             ' Show if dates and times occur in daylight saving
>             ' time, for specified years and for any year.
>             Console.WriteLine("{0,-22:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm}" & _
>                 "{1,-10}{2,-10}{3,-10}{4:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm}", _
>                 localTime, _
>                 TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( _
>                     localTime, daylight2001), _
>                 TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( _
>                     localTime, daylight2002), _
>                 localZone.IsDaylightSavingTime(localTime), _
>                 utcTime)
>
>             ' Advance to another local time.
>             localTime = localTime.AddDays(109.1)
>         Next loopX
>         Threading.Thread.Sleep(60000)
>     End Sub
> End Module
>
> ' This example of
> '    TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( DateTime ),
> '    TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( DateTime, DaylightTime ), and
> '    TimeZone.ToUniversalTime( DateTime )
> ' generates the following output, which varies depending on the
> ' time zone in which it is run.
> '
> ' The example creates several local times and the corresponding
> ' Coordinated Universal Times (UTC) and shows if they occur in
> ' daylight saving time (DST), both for specified years and for
> ' any year.
> '
> ' Local time: Pacific Standard Time
> '
> ' Local Date and Time   2001 DST? 2002 DST? Any DST?  Corresponding UTC
> ' -------------------   --------- --------- --------  -----------------
> ' 2001-01-01 00:00      False     False     False     2001-01-01 08:00
> ' 2001-04-20 02:24      True      False     True      2001-04-20 09:24
> ' 2001-08-07 04:48      True      False     True      2001-08-07 11:48
> ' 2001-11-24 07:12      False     False     False     2001-11-24 15:12
> ' 2002-03-13 09:36      False     False     False     2002-03-13 17:36
> ' 2002-06-30 12:00      False     True      True      2002-06-30 19:00
> ' 2002-10-17 14:24      False     True      True      2002-10-17 21:24
> ' 2003-02-03 16:48      False     False     False     2003-02-04 00:48
> ' 2003-05-23 19:12      False     False     True      2003-05-24 02:12
> ' 2003-09-09 21:36      False     False     True      2003-09-10 04:36
> ' 2003-12-28 00:00      False     False     False     2003-12-28 08:00
>
>
>

"Michael D. Ober" <ober***@.alum.mit.edu.nospam> wrote in message
news:CIWZf.1600$BS2.999@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> This is a change to the US DST laws.  MS (and just about every other OS
> and
> tool vendor) will need to issue several patches for this one.
>
> Mike Ober.
>
> "vCharley Lee" <cs***@russell.com> wrote in message
> news:%23N%23gw1cWGHA.4324@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Is this going to be patched?  I ran this code and it fails to report the
>> correct state of Daylight Savings Time in Pacific Time zone.  March 12,
> 2007
>> should be DST.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Charley
>>
>> ' Example of the TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( DateTime ),
>> ' TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( DateTime, DaylightTime ), and
>> ' TimeZone.ToUniversalTime( DateTime ) methods.
>> Imports System
>> Imports System.Globalization
>> Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
>>
>> Module DaylightTimeDemo
>>
>>     Sub Main()
>>
>>         Const headFmt As String = "{0,-22}{1,-10}{2,-10}{3,-10}{4}"
>>
>>         ' Get the local time zone and a base local time.
>>         Dim localZone As TimeZone = TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone
>>         Dim localTime As DateTime = New DateTime(2007, 3, 12)
>>
>>         Console.WriteLine("This example of " & vbCrLf & _
>>             "   TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( DateTime ), " & _
>>             vbCrLf & "   TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( " & _
>>             "DateTime, DaylightTime ), and " & vbCrLf & _
>>             "   TimeZone.ToUniversalTime( DateTime )" & vbCrLf & _
>>             "generates the following output, which varies " & _
>>             "depending on the " & vbCrLf & "time zone in which " & _
>>             "it is run." & vbCrLf)
>>         Console.WriteLine("The example creates " & _
>>             "several local times and the corresponding " & vbCrLf & _
>>             "Coordinated Universal Times (UTC) and shows if " & _
>>             "they occur in " & vbCrLf & "daylight saving time " & _
>>             "(DST), both for specified years and for " & vbCrLf & _
>>             "any year." & vbCrLf)
>>         Console.WriteLine("Local time: {0}" & vbCrLf, _
>>             localZone.StandardName)
>>
>>         Console.WriteLine(headFmt, "Local Date and Time", _
>>             "2001 DST?", "2002 DST?", "Any DST?", "Corresponding UTC")
>>         Console.WriteLine(headFmt, "-------------------", _
>>             "---------", "---------", "--------", "-----------------")
>>
>>         ' Create DaylightTime objects for specific years.
>>         Dim daylight2001 As DaylightTime = _
>>             localZone.GetDaylightChanges(2001)
>>         Dim daylight2002 As DaylightTime = _
>>             localZone.GetDaylightChanges(2002)
>>
>>         ' Generate several local times.
>>         Dim loopX As Integer
>>         For loopX = 0 To 10
>>
>>             ' Calculate the corresponding UTC.
>>             Dim utcTime As DateTime = _
>>                 localZone.ToUniversalTime(localTime)
>>
>>             ' Show if dates and times occur in daylight saving
>>             ' time, for specified years and for any year.
>>             Console.WriteLine("{0,-22:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm}" & _
>>                 "{1,-10}{2,-10}{3,-10}{4:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm}", _
>>                 localTime, _
>>                 TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( _
>>                     localTime, daylight2001), _
>>                 TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( _
>>                     localTime, daylight2002), _
>>                 localZone.IsDaylightSavingTime(localTime), _
>>                 utcTime)
>>
>>             ' Advance to another local time.
>>             localTime = localTime.AddDays(109.1)
>>         Next loopX
>>         Threading.Thread.Sleep(60000)
>>     End Sub
>> End Module
>>
>> ' This example of
>> '    TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( DateTime ),
>> '    TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( DateTime, DaylightTime ), and
>> '    TimeZone.ToUniversalTime( DateTime )
>> ' generates the following output, which varies depending on the
>> ' time zone in which it is run.
>> '
>> ' The example creates several local times and the corresponding
>> ' Coordinated Universal Times (UTC) and shows if they occur in
>> ' daylight saving time (DST), both for specified years and for
>> ' any year.
>> '
>> ' Local time: Pacific Standard Time
>> '
>> ' Local Date and Time   2001 DST? 2002 DST? Any DST?  Corresponding UTC
>> ' -------------------   --------- --------- --------  -----------------
>> ' 2001-01-01 00:00      False     False     False     2001-01-01 08:00
>> ' 2001-04-20 02:24      True      False     True      2001-04-20 09:24
>> ' 2001-08-07 04:48      True      False     True      2001-08-07 11:48
>> ' 2001-11-24 07:12      False     False     False     2001-11-24 15:12
>> ' 2002-03-13 09:36      False     False     False     2002-03-13 17:36
>> ' 2002-06-30 12:00      False     True      True      2002-06-30 19:00
>> ' 2002-10-17 14:24      False     True      True      2002-10-17 21:24
>> ' 2003-02-03 16:48      False     False     False     2003-02-04 00:48
>> ' 2003-05-23 19:12      False     False     True      2003-05-24 02:12
>> ' 2003-09-09 21:36      False     False     True      2003-09-10 04:36
>> ' 2003-12-28 00:00      False     False     False     2003-12-28 08:00
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

"vCharley Lee" <cs***@russell.com> wrote in message
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>
> So does anyone know how this will be distributed?  Simply a hotfix/patch
or
> in a service pack?  Is there an official response from MS?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charley Lee
> Russell Investment Group
> Senior Software Developer
>
> "Michael D. Ober" <ober***@.alum.mit.edu.nospam> wrote in message
> news:CIWZf.1600$BS2.999@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> > This is a change to the US DST laws.  MS (and just about every other OS
> > and
> > tool vendor) will need to issue several patches for this one.
> >
> > Mike Ober.
> >
> > "vCharley Lee" <cs***@russell.com> wrote in message
> > news:%23N%23gw1cWGHA.4324@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >> Is this going to be patched?  I ran this code and it fails to report
the
> >> correct state of Daylight Savings Time in Pacific Time zone.  March 12,
> > 2007
> >> should be DST.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Charley
> >>
> >> ' Example of the TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( DateTime ),
> >> ' TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( DateTime, DaylightTime ), and
> >> ' TimeZone.ToUniversalTime( DateTime ) methods.
> >> Imports System
> >> Imports System.Globalization
> >> Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
> >>
> >> Module DaylightTimeDemo
> >>
> >>     Sub Main()
> >>
> >>         Const headFmt As String = "{0,-22}{1,-10}{2,-10}{3,-10}{4}"
> >>
> >>         ' Get the local time zone and a base local time.
> >>         Dim localZone As TimeZone = TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone
> >>         Dim localTime As DateTime = New DateTime(2007, 3, 12)
> >>
> >>         Console.WriteLine("This example of " & vbCrLf & _
> >>             "   TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( DateTime ), " & _
> >>             vbCrLf & "   TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( " & _
> >>             "DateTime, DaylightTime ), and " & vbCrLf & _
> >>             "   TimeZone.ToUniversalTime( DateTime )" & vbCrLf & _
> >>             "generates the following output, which varies " & _
> >>             "depending on the " & vbCrLf & "time zone in which " & _
> >>             "it is run." & vbCrLf)
> >>         Console.WriteLine("The example creates " & _
> >>             "several local times and the corresponding " & vbCrLf & _
> >>             "Coordinated Universal Times (UTC) and shows if " & _
> >>             "they occur in " & vbCrLf & "daylight saving time " & _
> >>             "(DST), both for specified years and for " & vbCrLf & _
> >>             "any year." & vbCrLf)
> >>         Console.WriteLine("Local time: {0}" & vbCrLf, _
> >>             localZone.StandardName)
> >>
> >>         Console.WriteLine(headFmt, "Local Date and Time", _
> >>             "2001 DST?", "2002 DST?", "Any DST?", "Corresponding UTC")
> >>         Console.WriteLine(headFmt, "-------------------", _
> >>             "---------", "---------", "--------", "-----------------")
> >>
> >>         ' Create DaylightTime objects for specific years.
> >>         Dim daylight2001 As DaylightTime = _
> >>             localZone.GetDaylightChanges(2001)
> >>         Dim daylight2002 As DaylightTime = _
> >>             localZone.GetDaylightChanges(2002)
> >>
> >>         ' Generate several local times.
> >>         Dim loopX As Integer
> >>         For loopX = 0 To 10
> >>
> >>             ' Calculate the corresponding UTC.
> >>             Dim utcTime As DateTime = _
> >>                 localZone.ToUniversalTime(localTime)
> >>
> >>             ' Show if dates and times occur in daylight saving
> >>             ' time, for specified years and for any year.
> >>             Console.WriteLine("{0,-22:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm}" & _
> >>                 "{1,-10}{2,-10}{3,-10}{4:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm}", _
> >>                 localTime, _
> >>                 TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( _
> >>                     localTime, daylight2001), _
> >>                 TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( _
> >>                     localTime, daylight2002), _
> >>                 localZone.IsDaylightSavingTime(localTime), _
> >>                 utcTime)
> >>
> >>             ' Advance to another local time.
> >>             localTime = localTime.AddDays(109.1)
> >>         Next loopX
> >>         Threading.Thread.Sleep(60000)
> >>     End Sub
> >> End Module
> >>
> >> ' This example of
> >> '    TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( DateTime ),
> >> '    TimeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime( DateTime, DaylightTime ), and
> >> '    TimeZone.ToUniversalTime( DateTime )
> >> ' generates the following output, which varies depending on the
> >> ' time zone in which it is run.
> >> '
> >> ' The example creates several local times and the corresponding
> >> ' Coordinated Universal Times (UTC) and shows if they occur in
> >> ' daylight saving time (DST), both for specified years and for
> >> ' any year.
> >> '
> >> ' Local time: Pacific Standard Time
> >> '
> >> ' Local Date and Time   2001 DST? 2002 DST? Any DST?  Corresponding UTC
> >> ' -------------------   --------- --------- --------  -----------------
> >> ' 2001-01-01 00:00      False     False     False     2001-01-01 08:00
> >> ' 2001-04-20 02:24      True      False     True      2001-04-20 09:24
> >> ' 2001-08-07 04:48      True      False     True      2001-08-07 11:48
> >> ' 2001-11-24 07:12      False     False     False     2001-11-24 15:12
> >> ' 2002-03-13 09:36      False     False     False     2002-03-13 17:36
> >> ' 2002-06-30 12:00      False     True      True      2002-06-30 19:00
> >> ' 2002-10-17 14:24      False     True      True      2002-10-17 21:24
> >> ' 2003-02-03 16:48      False     False     False     2003-02-04 00:48
> >> ' 2003-05-23 19:12      False     False     True      2003-05-24 02:12
> >> ' 2003-09-09 21:36      False     False     True      2003-09-10 04:36
> >> ' 2003-12-28 00:00      False     False     False     2003-12-28 08:00
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>