This is a subject I’m not familiar with at all – we may have stupid political "leaders" here in Ireland but they haven’t tried to pull the DST scam. Microsoft has sent out information that applies to people in these countries:
Some countries with DST & TZ Changes Implemented Last Year (2007):
- Australia
- U.S.
- Canada
Some countries with New DST & TZ Changes this year (2008) with H2 Impacts:
- Egypt
- Mauritius
- Pakistan
- Morocco
- Brazil
- Chile
- Iran
- Argentina
- All other companies who have organizations with operations, customers or vendors based in these locales may be affected. In addition, companies who interact or integrate with systems that are based in these locales or rely on date/time calculations may be impacted.
According to Microsoft:
"In general, computer systems should be updated to reflect the new DST rules. For most companies, this means applying software updates to select Microsoft products, including various releases of the Microsoft Windows servers and operating systems, Microsoft Office, and other applications. In a few important cases, companies must take more considered action.
Please go to the Microsoft Products Affected site for a list of affected Microsoft products: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/dst_prodlist"