From: mike 

On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:59:28 +0200, "Antti Kurenniemi"
 wrote:

>"mike"  wrote in message
>news:86t7v2t4jura75k1ldns6mnuq17pea721v{at}4ax.com...
>>>> I still cannot understand why MS Outlook needs to be
patched?  Or other
>>>> MS applications.  Shouldn't MS Outlook (and other
applications) be able
>>>> to obtain daylight savings info from the underlying OS? 
It's not like
>>>> MS Outlook was written by some obscure software vendor that knows
>>>> nothing about the intermingling of apps and system software....
>>>
>>>Darn good question.
>>
>>
>> I see now we are hearing that Outlook does not need to be
"patched", it
>> needs to be "updated".   I also see that all the
affected Microsoft
>> products need to be "updated" not "patched".
>
>Well it is a change that no one, not even Microsoft, could know beforehand,
>so I think "update" is fair. To me, "patching"
implies an error in the
>software which in this case it is not.


I don't disagree with that.  It is more semantics than anything else, e.g.,
how can you apply an update - via a patch.

But I'm still wondering why Microsoft is recommending updating Outlook,
i.e., why it doesn't just get its time zone info from the OS?

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/dst_prodlist#O2003
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Outlook 2003
Download Microsoft Office Outlook Tool: Time Zone Data Update Tool for
Microsoft Office Outlook

KB 931667 How to address the daylight saving time changes in 2007 by using
the Time Zone Data Update Tool for Microsoft Office Outlook

For recommendations and prescriptive guidance for updating Outlook
calendars to comply with DST 2007 rule changes, review the Daylight Saving
Time Correction for Microsoft Office Outlook Calendars - Help desk
guidelines Web site. The goal is to provide an Outlook user with a
"personal touch" experience to help them understand what is
happening with their calendar. You might find this helpful when dealing
with end user questions or answering their helpdesk calls on the subject.
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