With Daylight Savings time being moved up to start on the second Sunday in March (March 11th this year), I have a question about VCRs. I know that older ones that are manually set will have to be reset to allow for the changes. But will VCRs that use time signals from TV stations to set the time be correct after the change? Will the stations that carry the time signals be correct, or will we start having to manually set even the ones that are supposed to set automatically? Thanks!
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Daylight Savings Time / VCR question
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I'm leaving the 'AUTO' switch off of my DVD recorder. No worries for me!
hootmon said:
Something that came into being before DVD's and DVD recorders. As a matter of fact, VCR's come with DVD players on them now.
On a serious note, how will the computers handle this since the computers will think that March 11th will be a normal day and that older computers like Windows 98/2000 on up will not realize this will be Daylight Savings Time this year and will think that it will be April 1st for DST?
I handled it by moving to Arizona - no DST here.
On my secondary TV, I have a VCR that I bought in 1994. It has no DST override, so every Spring, on the 1st Sunday in April, the clock would automatically jump ahead an hour, and I'd have to change it back. On the last Sunday in October, it would jump back an hour, and I'd have to set it ahead again.
I had the same problem last fall with Radio-Info. I wonder if they have that fixed now?
As for your computer, you might check to see if Microsoft and Apple issued OS patches to correct the DST change. Otherwise you'll have to reset your time manually this Sunday, then set it again on April 1st. You'll have the problem again in the fall, since DST now runs through the 1st Sunday in November instead of the last Sunday in October. If there is no patch, you may consider turning off the DST setting and taking care of the time change manually.
For recording devices that are set via signal from the TV stations, I doubt you'd have a problem, but if you're recording anything on Sunday, I'd double-check the time before you record.
On my secondary TV, I have a VCR that I bought in 1994. It has no DST override, so every Spring, on the 1st Sunday in April, the clock would automatically jump ahead an hour, and I'd have to change it back. On the last Sunday in October, it would jump back an hour, and I'd have to set it ahead again.
I had the same problem last fall with Radio-Info. I wonder if they have that fixed now?
As for your computer, you might check to see if Microsoft and Apple issued OS patches to correct the DST change. Otherwise you'll have to reset your time manually this Sunday, then set it again on April 1st. You'll have the problem again in the fall, since DST now runs through the 1st Sunday in November instead of the last Sunday in October. If there is no patch, you may consider turning off the DST setting and taking care of the time change manually.
For recording devices that are set via signal from the TV stations, I doubt you'd have a problem, but if you're recording anything on Sunday, I'd double-check the time before you record.
I already disabled my Daylight Savings option and set it an hour later anyways.
Also I was wondering about older TV's and VCR's and we have to disable the DST option on the TV and VCR and set it manually since most of these will think that March 11th will be a normal day and April 1st will be DST. The same will happen when we fall back thinking that October 28th will be DST while November 4th will be a normal day when this will be the new day for DST on that day.
Also I was wondering about older TV's and VCR's and we have to disable the DST option on the TV and VCR and set it manually since most of these will think that March 11th will be a normal day and April 1st will be DST. The same will happen when we fall back thinking that October 28th will be DST while November 4th will be a normal day when this will be the new day for DST on that day.
While Y2K was all about nothing after all, this time it will be a little bit different because many people like me have older TV's and VCR's(one TV was bought in 2000, the other in 2003, while the VCR and DVD player was bought in 2005) don't have the new DST settings to go on because when March 11th comes around it will be a normal day and it will be April 1st before the DST kicks in on the TV, and the same goes when we fall back on November 4th because the TV and VCR will think that October 28th will be DST when actually it will be a normal day.
Why couldn't they have left the time alone?
Why couldn't they have left the time alone?
My 3 VCRs and DVD recorder (Yes I have one! ;D) all have auto time set and I'm going to risk seeing if they change correctly this weekend. If they don't work I'll reset them manually.
Microsoft has a patch for Windows 2000 and XP that fixes the problem. My computer at home and the ones where I work had the patch downloaded during the automatic updates. If you don't have automatic updates you should be able to find it on Microsoft's website. I'd assume Vista is ready.
Microsoft has a patch for Windows 2000 and XP that fixes the problem. My computer at home and the ones where I work had the patch downloaded during the automatic updates. If you don't have automatic updates you should be able to find it on Microsoft's website. I'd assume Vista is ready.
dhett said:
Of course, because there is no DST in Arizona, it means that programming on cable networks originating outside of the state (which would be most networks - FSN AZ being one of the few exceptions*) will start airing one hour earlier once DST goes into effect. Same goes for any live programming on broadcast stations. This is a pain for anyone who has to deal with TV listings/schedules.
This is generally a good thing, since so many cable networks schedule their best programming for 10pm ET/PT...right now, assuming your cable company takes that network's West feed (if it exists), 10pm AZ/PT = 11pm AZ...but it will mean 10pm AZ after DST goes into effect.
* - Of course, anyone outside the state watching FSN Arizona will see that network's programs one hour LATER. For example, most Phoenix Suns games start at 7pm Arizona time. Right now, that means 9pm in New York...once DST goes into effect, that becomes 10pm...
True, but schedule adjustment is a different issue altogether. That's the downside of no DST. Of course, having only OTA TV takes care of most of that too (but not all).
Usually, the switch to Daylight Saving Time means that the snowbirds will be going home soon - kinda like our version of Punxsatawney Phil - does this mean they'll go home 3 weeks sooner? (I wish, I wish, I wish!)
Hold the phone there, Braves...Y2K was NOT all about nothing. The warnings were justified; the reason Y2K seemed inconsequential was because people actually heeded the warnings and spent time and money preparing before the disaster hit. Just like with natural disasters, it's the unprepared who suffer the worst losses.
As for why couldn't we leave time alone, Ben Franklin gets part of the blame for that. Bunch of early-rising do-gooders!
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and likely to get his own breakfast.
Usually, the switch to Daylight Saving Time means that the snowbirds will be going home soon - kinda like our version of Punxsatawney Phil - does this mean they'll go home 3 weeks sooner? (I wish, I wish, I wish!)
Braves2005 said:
Hold the phone there, Braves...Y2K was NOT all about nothing. The warnings were justified; the reason Y2K seemed inconsequential was because people actually heeded the warnings and spent time and money preparing before the disaster hit. Just like with natural disasters, it's the unprepared who suffer the worst losses.
As for why couldn't we leave time alone, Ben Franklin gets part of the blame for that. Bunch of early-rising do-gooders!
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and likely to get his own breakfast.
I really wish DST would be year round and nationwide or not at all. At least Indiana Stupid Time has been fixed. :
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Morgan Wick
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Since my computer will change later anyway, I plan on just remembering that it's DST already. No need to make a change I'll have to undo in a few weeks. That's assuming it's not already fixed, which I have no way for knowing for certain. (I had to disconnect my main computer from the Internet last month.)
I ended up deciding to see if my VCRs and DVD recorder would reset by the time signal, but none of them did. Even when I tried to reset them from the time signal myself, none of them changed. I'm assuming that the local station didn't have their time signal set to change. So I ended up manually resetting all of them. But did anyone's VCRs reset automatically from their area's time signal?
I have Windows XP, and I had the patch put on my computer to solve the DST problem. But Windows 2000 for some reason did not have the patch available. The place I work at has Windows 2000, and none of the computers switched over. I checked the update site, and found no update to fix the DST for North America. The only updates it found were for root certificates, and various security updates, but not one to fix DST. As for other items in my home, my current TV set doesn't even have a clock on it, whereas my old TV had a clock, and gave the option to have DST turned on or off. My clock/radio however has DST that can't be turned off, and hasn't changed over yet. I plan to get rid of the clock/radio for another one, and won't get another clock that has the DST feature, or if it has the feature, as long as it has a switch, I'll turn it off.
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