Yesterday we discovered that there are changes to the Australian Daylight Savings dates coming into effect this weekend (it will continue when it would normally have ended).
There are lots of repercussions, but the worst (ones that could affect the business) relate to the Lotus Notes Calendar.
There are two things to do to prepare ourselves;
We can handle the servers ourselves but how do we know if the clients have done their updates? Simple, we ask them by sending a button around so they can determine the answers for themselves.
Creating a Button that can be mailed to Notes Users
Here's the LotusScript code on my button;
Sub Click(Source As Button)
Dim vDSTText As Variant
Dim Session As New NotesSession
Const CorrectDST = "10,1,1,4,1,1"
vDSTText = Session.GetEnvironmentString("DSTLAW",1)
If vDSTText = CorrectDST Then
Msgbox "Your Time Settings are Correct!", 64, "Checking Time Settings"
Else
Msgbox "Your Time Settings are NOT Correct! - You need to do a Windows Update", 48, "Checking Time Settings"
End If
End Sub
Basically, all we're doing is having a look at the value next to DSTLAW in the Notes.ini file.
In our case, it says... 10,1,1,4,1,1
Syntax: DSTlaw=begin_month, begin_week, begin_day, end_month, end_week, end_day
Which means Daylight Savings - BEGIN October, Week 1, Day 1 and END April, Week 1, Day 1
You could easily change the Const CorrectDST = "10,1,1,4,1,1" value to cater for different locations.
Note: Although you can write back to the Notes.INI file, don't be tempted to do this. The value is set when Notes starts from the Operating System, so making changes at this level won't fix anything.
There are lots of repercussions, but the worst (ones that could affect the business) relate to the Lotus Notes Calendar.
There are two things to do to prepare ourselves;
- Windows Updates on our clients (WinXP)
- Windows Updates on our servers (Win2003)
We can handle the servers ourselves but how do we know if the clients have done their updates? Simple, we ask them by sending a button around so they can determine the answers for themselves.
Creating a Button that can be mailed to Notes Users
Here's the LotusScript code on my button;
Sub Click(Source As Button)
Dim vDSTText As Variant
Dim Session As New NotesSession
Const CorrectDST = "10,1,1,4,1,1"
vDSTText = Session.GetEnvironmentString("DSTLAW",1)
If vDSTText = CorrectDST Then
Msgbox "Your Time Settings are Correct!", 64, "Checking Time Settings"
Else
Msgbox "Your Time Settings are NOT Correct! - You need to do a Windows Update", 48, "Checking Time Settings"
End If
End Sub
Basically, all we're doing is having a look at the value next to DSTLAW in the Notes.ini file.
In our case, it says... 10,1,1,4,1,1
Syntax: DSTlaw=begin_month, begin_week, begin_day, end_month, end_week, end_day
Which means Daylight Savings - BEGIN October, Week 1, Day 1 and END April, Week 1, Day 1
You could easily change the Const CorrectDST = "10,1,1,4,1,1" value to cater for different locations.
Note: Although you can write back to the Notes.INI file, don't be tempted to do this. The value is set when Notes starts from the Operating System, so making changes at this level won't fix anything.
Comments
is it "END March, Week 1, Day 1" or "END April, Week 1, Day 1"
Also the 3rd and 6th parameters I think refer to the 1st Sunday rather than the 1st of the month. This site explains it well: http://www.pixelitt.com.au/info/daylight-savings-time.htm
Carlos
Anyone in these Australian states who has to make changes for this weekend should pro-actively check for the next change as well.
The earlier you make the changes, the fewer problems you will experience
Now is a good time for all Domino Admins in NSW and VIC to check that this boundary is also correct.