In April 2007 the New Zealand Government announced an update to the Time Act of 1974. This update changed the dates of both the start and end of daylight saving time (DST). When this law went into effect in 2007, daylight savings time started one week earlier (2:00 A.M. on the 30th September 2007) and ended two weeks later (3:00 A.M. on 6th April 2008) than past years. Click here for more information from the New Zealand Government.
A number of Microsoft products required updates for the new daylight saving changes, as well as rebasing (moving) calendar events in Exchange – If you went through this process last year, then there is no further action required for New Zealand time zone updates.  The only consideration you may want to check is that the updated timezone records have been applied to your Windows Mobile devices.

· Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard and Professional  - KB941898

· Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone, Pocket PC Phone Edition an Pocket PC - KB941898

If you have any questions about DST, you can contact Microsoft on one of the following:

Nick.

When Entourage 2004 & 2008 users organize meetings by inviting other users who are using Microsoft Outlook or OWA (Outlook Web Access) against their Exchange mailboxes (version of Exchange Server does not matter here), then those meeting attendees may see the incoming meeting invite being an hour off. This issue is not seen if all meeting attendees are Entourage users.

Cause
This happens as Entourage 2004 & 2008 use DST information from related 'Timezones' files for users in ANZ time zones, which are not up to date with current information.

Resolution
Microsoft is working to release a fix for this issue in an update for both versions of Entourage but a final release date is not available yet. When that update is available, users can safely install it and it will replace the files which they will put on their systems as a result of applying the workaround provided below.

Workaround
Below are the steps to follow for both versions of Entourage. Only Entourage users will need to apply this workaround on their machines, no action is required by other users who are using Microsoft Outlook or OWA.

Entourage 2004

1. Quit Entourage (Entourage should not be running when you apply this workaround)
2. Back up the current 'Timezones' file in folder: Mac Hard Drive : Applications : Microsoft Office 2004 : Office (just copy it to a backup folder on your hard drive)
3. Download the updated 'Timezones' file for Entourage 2004 from here (extract its content before proceeding to next step)
4. Copy the downloaded 'Timezones' file to the same location as above in Step 2, replacing the existing 'Timezones' file
5. That's it, you are done, launch Entourage and every meeting you create now will not display the issue described above

Entourage 2008

1. Quit Entourage (Entourage should not be running when you apply this workaround)
2. Back up the current 'Timezones.ics' file, go to folder: Mac Hard Drive : Applications : Microsoft Office 2008 : Office, locate a file by the name of 'EntourageCore.framework', now Control-Click on it and choose 'Show Package Contents' in the resulting menu, a new window will appear, in that window go to folder: Versions : 12 : Resources : en.lproj (you will find the 'Timezones.ics' file here, just copy it to a backup folder on your hard drive)
3. Download the updated 'Timezones.ics' file for Entourage 2008 from here (extract its content before proceeding to next step)
4. Copy the downloaded 'Timezones.ics' file to the same location as above in Step 2, replacing the existing 'Timezones.ics' file
5. That's it, you are done, launch Entourage and every meeting you create now will not display the issue described above.

Nick. 

Hi All,

A reminder that this year, daylight savings ends two weeks later than previous years due the law changes introduced in April last year. This year, daylight savings ends at 3am on 6^th of April 2008. For more information on products affected, patches that needed to be applied prior to daylight savings starting, guidance and other resources, please refer to the New Zealand Daylight Savings Website.

Nick

Australia Eastern (New South Wales, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania) and Central (South Australia) time zones will extend daylight saving and also harmonise start and end times commencing April 2008. From April 2008, daylight saving will end on the first Sunday in April and recommence on the first Sunday in October in all states. See the Australian Government Time web site for more information.

This change affects Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office Outlook and other Microsoft, third party and custom applications:

•        All Microsoft Windows PC, server and mobile devices in the affected time zones will need to be updated.
•        Microsoft Office Outlook calendars may need to be adjusted. Client and Server-based tools to automate this process are available (see 'Adjusting Office Outlook Calendars' below).
•        Microsoft, third party and custom applications which schedule events at future dates should be reviewed to ensure they will operate correctly during the extended daylight saving period. Previously scheduled events may also need to be adjusted.
•        Microsoft recommends that all PC and server systems are updated regardless of location to ensure consistency of operation.

A complete list of affected Microsoft products appears below. This page is updated regularly as information about products and updates becomes available.

For information on other recent daylight saving in Australia and New Zealand, click here. Refer to the Daylight Saving Time Help and Support Centre for further information on daylight saving, including the 2007 changes in North America. If you have any other questions about the daylight saving changes or require further assistance, contact Microsoft Help and Support.

The Australia 2008 Daylight Saving Planning Guide is now available for download.  This document is aimed at medium to large organisations and provides detailed guidance on preparing your Microsoft solutions for the changes in daylight saving.  Click on the links below to download the document in your preferred format:

•        Australia Daylight Saving Planning Guide (Word)
•        Australia Daylight Saving Planning Guide (XPS)
•        Australia Daylight Saving Planning Guide (PDF)

For more information, please refer here - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/bb887637.aspx

Nick.

We sent this information out in September during the mad rush of customers preparing for the Daylight Savings change, however this may have fallen off the radar for customers running Vista and Outlook. Customers running Windows Vista and Outlook will need to rebase their calendars again after the 1st of January (and as close to the 1st of January as possible).

Please refer to this post for more information
- http://blogs.msdn.com/nzdst/archive/2007/09/20/new-zealand-time-zone-differs-between-windows-vista-and-down-level-windows-oses.aspx

Nick.

This update supersedes and replaces update 933360, which was released in August 2007. This update also includes additional time zone changes that were signed in to law after update 933360 was created. If you have already deployed update 933360, read the descriptions of the specific time zone changes that are addressed in this Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article to determine whether you must deploy this update immediately. If systems are not directly affected, you can schedule deployment at the next available opportunity. We recommend that you deploy the most current Windows cumulative time zone update to guarantee the consistency of the time zone database on all systems.

Important Before you apply the update that is described in this article, be aware of potential issues that may affect Microsoft Office Outlook. For more information about these issues, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

931667 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931667/) How to address the daylight saving time changes in 2007 by using the Time Zone Data Update Tool for Microsoft Office Outlook

Important

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/942763

The above packages will be pushed out via Windows Update 11 of December (US Pacific Time) and  when Custom Support Agreement packages will be available via connect.

Nick.

Australia Eastern & Central 2008 Daylight Saving Changes

Australia Eastern (New South Wales, Victoria, Australia Capital Territory and Tasmania) and Central (South Australia) time zones will extend daylight saving and also harmonise start and end times commencing April 2008. From April 2008, daylight saving will end on the first Sunday in April and recommence on the first Sunday in October in all states. See the Australian Government Time web site for more information.

For more information on the products affected and updates available, please visit this site.

Western Australia Daylight Saving Trial 2006 – 2009

Australia Eastern (New South Wales, Victoria, Australia Capital Territory and Tasmania) and Central (South Australia) time zones will extend daylight saving and also harmonise start and end times commencing April 2008. From April 2008, daylight saving will end on the first Sunday in April and recommence on the first Sunday in October in all states. See the Australian Government Time web site for more information.

For more information on the products affected and updates available, please visit this site.

Nick

Daylight saving time (DST) affects all builds of the Microsoft JVM up to and including VM version 3812. Microsoft has worked cooperatively with Sun Microsystems to provide a hotfix update to the MSJVM that will make it compatible with the latest changes to the observance of DST in the time zones for New Zealand, Eastern Europe (Minsk), GTB (applicable to Athens, Istanbul) and Eastern South America (Brasilia). MSJVM was shipped as part of a number of products that are currently in Extended Support. The update to the MSJVM for these DST changes is available to customers through the Extended Support program. Premier Support customers should work with their local Microsoft account team to discuss options to obtain the hotfix.

Non-Premier Support customers should contact Professional Support on 0800 800 004.

Nick.

We've had a number of support calls from customers who are running Mac OS X and Entourage who are concerned with the guidance supplied by Apple which was to manually move the time after the 30th of September 2007.

Here is the Apple KB article - http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306486

A third party workaround has been posted to the web which should address this issue - http://www.mactcp.org.nz/nzdt.html. As always, we stress that testing should always be done before rolling this out to production systems.

DISCLAIMER - This is completely unsupported by Microsoft and therefore we offer no warranty or support if you choose to utilise information in this posting.

Also see NZDST - Updates for Entourage

Nick.

In April 2007 the New Zealand Government announced an update to the Time Act of 1974. This update changes the dates of both the start and end of daylight saving time (DST). When this law goes into effect in 2007, daylight savings time will start one week earlier (2:00 A.M. on the 30th September 2007) and will end two weeks later (3:00 A.M. on 6th April 2008) than past years. Click here for more information from the New Zealand Government.

The New Zealand Daylight Savings changes Guidance Document can be found here (XPS and PDF versions are available).

The New Zealand daylight savings blog is constantly being updated with information as it comes to hand. Please ensure you are keeping your eyes on it.

If things don’t go as expected over the weekend, Please visit here to understand your support options with Microsoft. Customers who have managed support agreements with Premier Support, Please follow your normal processes to log support calls directly with Microsoft.

Many thanks,

Nick.