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Remember To Fix Your Tech For Daylight Saving

By Angus Kidman on October 2, 2009 at 4:00 PM

Daylight saving kicks off on Sunday October 4 (everywhere except Queensland, WA and the NT). Don’t forget to adjust the time on the tech floating around your home first thing on Sunday morning.

Any properly-patched operating system should handle the change automatically, but it’s worth double-checking, and ensuring that next week’s appointments aren’t suddenly totally out of whack. Don’t forget other devices like PVRs and mobile phones — both can potentially get time updates from their respective networks, but it isn’t necessarily a given. Non-curtain-fader state residents should also check, just in case their devices decide to move into a daylight-saving-favouring mode.

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  • j0e
    October 2, 2009 at 4:16 PM

    Sorry say that again? Sunday October 1st of 2017 did u say? hehe

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  • Lucas
    October 2, 2009 at 4:28 PM

    Did you mean Sunday 4th? Or did I work an extra hour yesterday?

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  • Ali
    October 2, 2009 at 4:29 PM

    There is an error in the date. It should read “Sunday October 4″ instead of “Sunday October 1 “

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  • Will
    October 2, 2009 at 4:32 PM

    October 1st? Don’t you mean October 4th?

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  • Simon
    October 2, 2009 at 4:41 PM

    Sunday October 1 hey?

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  • OPK
    October 2, 2009 at 4:44 PM

    OK, now i am really confused….what day is it? :P

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  • Terou
    October 2, 2009 at 5:03 PM

    Sunday the 4th October :D

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    • Angus Kidman
      October 2, 2009 at 5:05 PM

      Yep, you’re all right and I’m all wrong — clearly been pecked in the head by too many magpies today! Fixed now.

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  • Elly Hart
    October 2, 2009 at 6:39 PM

    Bah. Like I need to get up any earlier!

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  • Jonathan Wei
    October 2, 2009 at 10:48 PM

    I’ve never lived in a daylight savings place, so how does it feel like changing the clock twice a year?

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    • Elly Hart
      October 3, 2009 at 5:07 AM

      It’s pretty annoying having to turn your clocks forward, only to turn them back six months later.

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  • AndrewA
    October 3, 2009 at 6:26 PM

    Hopefully South East Queensland soon too! We are well overdue to join the Southern States with DST.

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  • Grim
    October 4, 2009 at 12:45 AM

    Daylight saving kicks off on Sunday October 4 (everywhere except 77% of the country)! =)

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  • Wobble
    October 4, 2009 at 3:43 AM

    I am in Brisbane. So what time will it be in Sydney when it is 10am in Brisbane?

    This article does not even tell us any real information about if they are adding an hour or subtracting an hour.

    Thanks for the reminder, but please tell us what is actually going to happen with the time. Some examples would be great.

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