Subj : Re: February
To   : McDoob
From : Warpslide
Date : Tue Jan 25 2022 16:40:59

On 25 Jan 2022, McDoob said the following...
 
 Mc> The day in which DST takes place is as arbitrary as DST itself. In
 Mc> Canada, the change day is more dependent on the actual calendar day, and
 Mc> less so on the day of the week, though it is generally kept to the
 Mc> weekend. And I know for fact that it has happened on 'Sunday night' in
 Mc> the recent past.

 Mc> Worst. Monday. Ever.

I work in IT and the Monday after a time change is always interesting.  Most things change themselves now-a-days (that wasn't always the case) but there are certain pieces of technology that aren't updated/supported anymore.

One of them was the old phone system at a previous job of mine.  It always sprang forward or fell back when it was supposed to, then the US decided to switch the dates we sprang forward or fell back.  I think that was what, 2007 or 2008-ish?  The phone system wasn't able to be updated, but we were able to turn off daylight saving time, which meant we just manually had to update the time twice a year.

Another system that seem to give us issues are the door entry system (sometimes it updates itself, others it doesn't).  If I see several employees standing outside looking frustrated in the morning (or the door propped open) I know that system didn't update itself.


Jay

.... A bachelor never makes the same mistake once.

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