KB955839

[Yzöwl]

If I read the details it explains that the update will allow my PC to do something 'last year'

So is it now obsolete?

[iamtheky]

the way i understand it, it just updates the rules. So things like Venezuela moving themselves 30 minutes into the past so Chavez can give "a more fair distribution of the sunrise", will be modified. In that thinking it would not go obsolete until the next calendar update. As well it says this KB will throw a handled error if it is already present.

Note When you apply this update, you may receive the following message:

Update cannot be installed as a newer or same time zone update has already been installed on the system.

This message indicates that you have already applied the correct update or that Windows Updates or Microsoft Update has automatically installed this update. No additional action is required to update the Windows operating system software.

[Yzöwl]

So is it wrong that the details state 2008? and/or is it wrong that an update not relevant to my locale is being pushed at me as important?

I know the install will not kill me, but that's not really the point.

BTW Whilst I'm busy rejecting updates, has anyone here ever found MRT to actually do anything?

[iamtheky]

I dont suppose it is important really when you can adjust the clock yourself, but even our daylight savings time changes every year. I dont know if M$ has them already forecasted in previous versions, but you could check yours against these dates.

2007: March 11 - Nov. 4

2008: March 9 - Nov. 2

2009: March 8 - Nov. 1

2010: March 14 - Nov. 7

2011: March 13 - Nov. 6

[cluberti]

Since all files are stamped UTC and then offset for the machine in question, if you got a file from 2008 without the right DST fix installed it might not get converted to the correct time/date for that year, at that time, and get an incorrect time stamp (it uses old rules for previous years, so there can be patches for previous years).

I dont know if M$ has...

Try not to post with a $ in M$ around here, it generally lowers your credibility and people might not take you seriously. It's pretty childish at this point.

[iamtheky]

I have to believe that people do not gauge merit in a logical discussion on something as inane as a 'childish' abbreviation. If your professor farts during a speech, it is still childish, hilarious, and he is still well researched and his points no more devalued.

I feel M$ is an effective abbreviation as it reduces a 9 character symbol to 2 and is clearly understood by all parties

I also agree that it expresses an opinion, I however think calling my opinion 'childish' goes against rule 7.b

People who do not respect personal opinions and/or personal work will be warned in first instance.

Not that I care, im just a sucker for technicalities. I am only attempting to return to the community that i learned so much from.

[cluberti]

It wasn't disrespect, it was merely stating something that is a fact on these forums. It's also not a classroom, it's the internet, and all we have is what you write and how you write it. It's your choice to write however you choose, but I can tell you from 8 years of experience here that, in general, on a forum called the Microsoft Software Forum Network, it isn't the best idea when trying to get a point across.

Also, please do not preach the rules of the forum to me. I considered my post completely within the bounds of the rules I helped write.

[Ascii2]

BTW Whilst I'm busy rejecting updates, has anyone here ever found MRT to actually do anything?

The Malicious Software Removal Tool has found and deleted a driver (perhaps they are called "rootkits") that it considered malicious.

[Guest]

That update is obsolete. It was replaced by 970653 which in turn was replaced by 976098: December 2009 cumulative time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems