DST Patches for MS products - KB931836 vs. KB933360

[gotsquat]

as per

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933360/en-us

Important This update supersedes and replaces update KB931836, released in January 2007. This update also includes additional time zone changes that were signed in to law after update KB931836 was created. Customers who have already deployed update KB931836 should evaluate whether any of the five specific time zone changes that are addressed in the update described by this Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article merit deploying this update immediately. If systems are not directly affected, you can schedule deployment at the next available opportunity. We recommend that all customers standardize on the most current Windows cumulative time zone update to guarantee the consistency of the time zone database on all systems.

In other words, we only need to apply kb933360 if we are located in one of the 5 regions mentionned in this article.

thanks in advance for this clarification.

 

[linney]

Is this a question or a statement?

If it is question then perhaps Microsoft can help you?

What happens if you are not in any relevant Time Zone but you communicate with machines that are in those zones?

Perhaps we should all get up when it gets light, and go to bed when it gets dark, and forget about Time? It might be easier than deciphering

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933360/en-us

I just let this update download via Windows Update and will wait to see what happens next week. In the meanwhile I'll keep my eye on the Sun in case it disappears.