Re: Garmin 96C - Daylight saving time error!

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 08:11:36 GMT, "Jarod (the puppy)"
<dog_kennel_alias@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"PHC" == "Peter H. Coffin" writes:
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>PHC> On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:33:09 +0100, Heinrich Pfeifer wrote:
>PHC> > The OP had another problem: the receiver says it will change
>PHC> > automatically to daylight saving time, but it appears not to
>PHC> > know the rules for all countries.
>PHC>
>PHC> Additionally, the GPS will assume that the rules for DST changes
>PHC> will be constant unless updated by firmware. Those rules
>PHC> (covering what days the changes back and forth) change be
>PHC> changed by governing bodies.
>PHC>
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>As true as that statement is, it is molly***.
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>As much as I hate Windoze, their OS has enough "intelligance" (cough)
>to know when the daylight saving times come in.

Windows has no idea what's going on in e.g. Indiana, Arizona,
etc. It's only capable of calculating the appropriate date and making
a gross change. Why do you think it tells you what it's done and then
tells you to check for yourself if it's right?

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>Any "changes" by governing bodies could be accomodated in software
>updates by Garmin.
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>It won't/wouldn't be rocket science.

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