As you know, in 2007 the daylight time begins on March 11 rather than
April 2 and ends on November 4 rather than October 29. Just to keep
us confused, the new law says that in 2008, the dates will change
again. Go to http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/daylight_time.html to
see a statement about this from the folks at the US Naval Observatory.

My question is this; does anyone know how our GPSRs, specifically
Garmin, will will handle this change. Since most receivers have an
Auto setting, won't this require a firmware update?

As you know, in 2007 the daylight time begins on March 11 rather than
April 2 and ends on November 4 rather than October 29. Just to keep
us confused, the new law says that in 2008, the dates will change
again. Go to http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/daylight_time.html to
see a statement about this from the folks at the US Naval Observatory.

My question is this; does anyone know how our GPSRs, specifically
Garmin, will will handle this change. Since most receivers have an
Auto setting, won't this require a firmware update?

Roger already took care of answering the overall question here, but
for clarification, the date change in 2008 is completely normal and is
not a deviation from the updated law that starts in 2007.

In recent years, in most of the US, daylight saving time (DST) started
on the first Sunday of April and ended on the last Sunday of October.
Starting in 2007, DST starts on the second Sunday of March and ends on
the first Sunday of November. So the dates will continue to be a
little different each year, just as they had before the law change
takes effect.

2005: April 5 - October 30
2006: April 2 - October 29
2007: March 11 - November 4
2008: March 9 - November 2
2009: March 8 - November 1

Josh

And it is of course unthinkable
that the USA and Western Europe
could have the same rule,

Starting in 2007, DST starts on the second Sunday of March and ends on
the first Sunday of November. So the dates will continue to be a
little different each year, just as they had before the law change
takes effect.

2005: April 5 - October 30

Bitstring <1ht079v.1fyfb8z1h9vbejN@de-ster.xs4all.nl>, from the
wonderful person J. J. Lodder <nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> said
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And it is of course unthinkable
that the USA and Western Europe
could have the same rule,

Hey, it was years before the UK and the rest of Europe even had he same
rule. A flight from NY to Paris via London was a major planning exercise
for a couple of weeks, back then...

An extra week of DST can't be that important,

J. J. Lodder wrote:

An extra week of DST can't be that important,

Just another stupid government blunder,

Gil Baron <w0mn00@gmail.com> wrote:

J. J. Lodder wrote:

An extra week of DST can't be that important,

Just another stupid government blunder,

And there was me thinking that America is democracy,
at least, that's what Americans always tell me.

It's the reason they still have those stupid units,
I've been told over and over again,

Jan

GSV Three Minds in a Can <GSV@quik.clara.co.uk> wrote:

Bitstring <1ht079v.1fyfb8z1h9vbejN@de-ster.xs4all.nl>, from the
wonderful person J. J. Lodder <nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> said
snip
And it is of course unthinkable
that the USA and Western Europe
could have the same rule,

Hey, it was years before the UK and the rest of Europe even had he
same rule. A flight from NY to Paris via London was a major planning
exercise for a couple of weeks, back then...

Yes, but the EU had the good sense to synchronize.
It is downright stupid that the USA doesn't join,
now that they have finally gotten round to changing their rule.

An extra week of DST can't be that important,

Jan

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
J. J. Lodder <nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:

Gil Baron <w0mn00@gmail.com> wrote:

J. J. Lodder wrote:

An extra week of DST can't be that important,

Just another stupid government blunder,

And there was me thinking that America is democracy,
at least, that's what Americans always tell me.

It's the reason they still have those stupid units,
I've been told over and over again,

Jan

Which stupid units would that be?

I'm all for feet and inches, and miles.
Pity they can't get the definition of a gallon right, though. <g

Interestingly, Australia (NSW at any rate) is in synch with Europe, even
though they move in the opposite direction. This means that they have only
5
months of summertime and 7 of wintertime - rather than the other way
round.
--
Cheers,
Roger

Bitstring <1ht079v.1fyfb8z1h9vbejN@de-ster.xs4all.nl>, from the
wonderful person J. J. Lodder <nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> said
snip

And it is of course unthinkable
that the USA and Western Europe
could have the same rule,


Hey, it was years before the UK and the rest of Europe even had he same
rule. A flight from NY to Paris via London was a major planning exercise
for a couple of weeks, back then...

Whenever this old DST thing comes up, I always want to ask (and sometimes