Posted on Sunday 14 January 2007
Daylight Saving Time in the US is being extended by four weeks starting in 2007 to help curb energy consumption. That's great!
However, the .NET Mobile Framework isn't fully aware of this yet. You can ask the TimeZone class when DST will begin and end, which is really helpful for keep appointments on time. Right now, though, it's telling me that DST won't start until two weeks after it really will due to the change.
Are Daylight Saving Time start and end dates changing for anyone else around the world? This is important for getting iCalendar recurrence schedules to go from the Mobile device to Google Calendar.
*Update* Thank you for all of the comments with new regulations on Daylight Saving Time, links to KB articles and links to patches for Mobile devices! Microsoft has released a patch for Windows and .NET that you can get through Windows Update. There is a knowledge base article describing how to patch Mobile devices manually. The people at EdgeBlog created a Windows Mobile patch for Daylight Saving Time.