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Knowledge Collection: Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Notes/Domino

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Abstract
This document contains some of the issues encountered in Notes/Domino when Daylight Saving Time begins and ends.
 
 
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Pertaining to DST revisions
The documents in this section detail the steps necessary to prepare a Lotus Notes® client and Lotus® Domino® server for DST changes.

* Also includes Lotus® Domino® Web Access specific information.

Argentina (2008/2009):
*Steps to prepare Notes/Domino for Argentina Daylight Saving Time 2008/2009 (# 1316451)

Agents for updating Calendaring and Scheduling entries and Resource Reservation entries for Argentina Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2008/2009 (# 1316462)


Brazil (2008/2009):
*Steps to prepare Notes/Domino for Brazil (Brasil) 2008/2009 Daylight Saving Time changes (# 1317683)

Agents for updating Calendaring and Scheduling entries and Resource Reservation entries for Brazil (Brasil) 2008/2009 Daylight Saving Time (# 1317692)


Pakistan:
*Steps to prepare Notes/Domino for Pakistan Daylight Saving Time introduction 2008 (#1305555)

Agents for updating Calendaring and Scheduling entries and Resource Reservation entries for Pakistan introduction of Daylight Saving Time (DST) in 2008 (#1306064)


Chile:
*Steps to prepare Notes/Domino for Chile 2008 Daylight Saving Time change (#1297212)

Agents for updating Calendaring and Scheduling entries and Resource Reservation entries for Chile (Santiago) Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2008 (# 1297223)


Argentina (2007):
*Steps to prepare Notes/Domino for Argentina Daylight Saving Time introduction 2007 (#1292003)

Agents for updating Calendaring and Scheduling entries and Resource Reservation entries for Argentina Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2007 (#1292005)


Eastern and Southern Australia (including Tasmania):
*Steps to prepare Notes/Domino for Tasmania and Eastern/Southern Australia 2008 Daylight Saving Time changes (#1283693)

Agents for updating Calendaring and Scheduling entries and Resource Reservation entries for Eastern/Southern Australia as well as Tasmania for Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2008 (#1283697)


Venezuela:
*Steps to prepare Notes/Domino for Venezuela time zone change (#1272012)

Agents for updating Calendaring and Scheduling entries and Resource Reservation entries for Venezuela time zone offset change (#1289864)


Brazil (2007/2008):
*Steps to prepare Notes/Domino for Brazil (Brasil) 2007/2008 Daylight Saving Time changes (#1283013)

Agents for updating Calendaring and Scheduling entries and Resource Reservation entries for Brazil (Brasil) 2007/2008 Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2007 (#1283082)


New Zealand:
*Steps to prepare Notes/Domino for New Zealand Daylight Saving Time changes (#1264550)

Agents for updating Calendaring and Scheduling entries and Resource Reservation entries for New Zealand Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2007 (#1265226)


United States / Canada:
Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2007 information for Lotus Notes and Domino (#1247972)

For the following technote, please be sure to also read the technote on the line above for other necessary steps:
Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2007 information for Domino Web Access (#1241063)

Agents for updating Calendaring and Scheduling entries and Resource Reservation entries for Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2007 (#1254639)


Western Australia:
Steps to prepare Notes/Domino for Western Australia Daylight Saving Time trial period (#1284410)

Agents for updating Calendar and Resource Reservation entries for Western Australia Daylight Saving Time Trial Period (#1284267)




Additional information specific to revised DST rules


Calendar entries appear off by an hour when using Notes 8 (Standard Configuration) (#1286434)

Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2007 information for Lotus Sametime (#1248420)

Using the IBM Time Zone Update Utility for Java with Lotus software products (#1249964)

Updating Java for Daylight Time Saving changes on i5/OS platforms (#1254841)

Daylight Saving Time 2007: Details on issues where Notes/Domino references old DST information if operating system is not Windows (#1256819)

Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2007: Date/Time entries for previous years are adjusted by change to new DST rules (#1255630)

Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2007 effects on Date/Time fields in Lotus Notes and Domino (# 1249177)

Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2007 changes for Notes/Domino involving Java (#1250136)

Clock on Welcome page of Notes client is off by one hour (#1193771)

Notes overwrites the operating system setting for Daylight Saving Time (#1202361)

DST 2007 hotfixes for Lotus Notes client on Macintosh (#4014840)

Troubleshooting tips for Notes and DWA regarding Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2007 (#1254813)



General Information

What does the 'Use the Operating System's Timezone Settings' field in Notes Location doc do? (1091291)

How to interpret the hexadecimal values in a Time/Date value (#7003019)

Setting up Domino iSeries for Daylight Saving Time (#1092536)

Verifying system time on iSeries (#1101271)



Troubleshooting Specific Issues

Scheduled agents and tasks execute an hour later than expected on the first day of Daylight Saving Time (DST) (#1256479)

Meeting times off by one hour in Two Day and One Work Week views (#1167716)

Troubleshooting Daylight Saving Time problems on Calendar entries in Notes/Domino (#7003354)

Notes overwrites the operating system setting for Daylight Saving Time (#1202361)

Time/Date field value in Notes shows local time zone as 'CEDT' - What does this mean? (#1090789)

Notes does not recognize when DST setting in Windows 95/98 OS is changed so that DST is NOT observed (#1090584)

Poor performance of Domino on iSeries during Daylight Saving Time change (#1224799)

Domino iSeries server performance problems when system time is changed (#1102928)



Pertaining to Notes/Domino release 5.x only

Impact to Notes/Domino applications from Australia's Daylight Saving Time ending on different date than usual for Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (#1221238)

State of Indiana time zone changes beginning April 2, 2006 affect Lotus software (#1232886)

Meetings scheduled for midnight after DST begins appear on the incorrect day when viewed from a web browser (#1112935)

Problems with DST/Time Settings on Mac OS 8.5+ Systems with Notes 5.x Clients (#1093227)

'Use Operating System's Time Zone' Location Setting in Notes R5 Client Does not work on Mac Platform (#1092633)

UNIX incorrectly observes operating system's Daylight Saving Time; Affects Free Time search (#1085944)

Notes.Net Article: Keeping Time. How Notes handles Time Zones and Daylight Saving Time (#7003676)



Additional DST related Knowledge Collections

The following documents are a general resource for Daylight Saving Time and time zone offset changes. These collections should be used as a primary source for recent, and future, DST and or time zone revisions:

Knowledge Collection: Lotus Products Daylight Saving Time (#7011145)

Knowledge Collection: IBM Workplace and WebSphere Portal Daylight Saving Time (#7011146)





DEFINITION OF A KNOWLEDGE COLLECTION
A focused compilation of documents about a specific product or topic and serves as a source for general reference and as a supplement for training material. Knowledge Collections are not designed to be an all-inclusive list of all documents dealing with the specific topic.

 
 
Original publication date
2001/10/5
 
Cross Reference information
Segment Product Component Platform Version Edition
Messaging ApplicationsLotus DominoLotus Domino ServerAIX, i5/OS, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS8.0, 7.0, 6.5, 6.0, 5.0, 4.6, 4.5
Messaging ApplicationsLotus Domino Web Access 8.0, 7.0, 6.5
 
 

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Document information
 Product categories:
 Software
 Messaging Applications
 Advanced Messaging
 Lotus Notes
 Lotus Notes
 Operating system(s):
  Mac OS, Windows
 Software version:
  4.5, 4.6, 5.0, 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, 8.0
 Reference #:
  7003045
 IBM Group:
 Software Group
 Modified date:
 2008-10-17

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