I just realized that maybe we need a PreferredTimeZoneOffset setting in addition to the GreenwichMeantimeOffset which is supposed to be set to the server's local offset.

When a user is logged in they are seeing the utctime correctly adjusted to their local time but currently, users who are not logged in are seeing the time adjusted to the server local time which may not always be what is wanted. Like in your situation the server is at -7.00 but that may not be want you want to be the default timezone displayed to unauthenticated users. If most of your visitors are in your local time time zone it might be better to adjust to that for unauthenticated users.

I will look into this tomorrow.

Joe

Got an interesting email today relevant to this topic. had a feeling there was a significant impact to systems because of this change to Daylight Savings. There could be some wierd interactions if systems that communicate and share data with each other over the network are not all patched and are out of sync, especially for mission critical transaction systems.

Joe

Dear Valued Microsoft Customer,

This year Daylight Saving Time (DST) extends by approximately four weeks. In compliance with this provision in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, DST dates in the United States and Canada will start three weeks earlier (2:00 A.M. on the second Sunday in March) and will end one week later (2:00 A.M. on the first Sunday in November).

In some instances, effort will be required to accommodate the new DST legislation. For example, systems and applications may need to be updated directly, while in other circumstances the application may inherit the date and time information from the underlying system.

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Details of the updates for Microsoft Windows and affected Microsoft applications, how customers can acquire them and when they will be available can be found on the Microsoft website at http://www.microsoft.com/dst2007. Corresponding technical Knowledge Base articles are linked from this website as well.

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