Ever since Australia’s daylight savings switch, many Aussie iPhone owners have had to put up with non-functioning recurring alarms because of sloppy coding by Apple. Now that daylight savings changes are also messing up Apple’s US customer base, it seems a fix might finally be on the way. More »
For most of Australia, daylight saving doesn’t end this weekend — there’s still another week to go before NSW, Victoria, South Australia, the ACT and Tasmania switch back. While most computers should handle that change automatically, some older mobile phones or other gadgets might automatically try and change the time come Sunday morning, so it’s worth checking. Western Australian readers do end daylight saving this weekend, so a double-check will be even more important. (Queensland, as always, had ignored the whole concept, which still really sucks if you live in Tweed Heads.) More »
So did you make it to work on time today? I don’t know why a concept as simple as daylight savings (“Spring forward, fall back!”) seems to confuse people each year. This year was a bit different, since daylight savings was extended for a week (it now starts 6 April) to try to bring the south-eastern states and the ACT in line with each other. The result? My Vista PC behaved itself just fine yesterday (the “old” switchover date), my mobile phone however cranked the clock forward by an hour, a week too early. More »
