I see this type of correction being done on a conduit. This could even
built right into the Palm Desktop. During a HoySync ...
1) Connect to the local PC
2) See what time zone the PC is in (both Windows and Mac have this feature)
3) Adjust the time on the Palm device accordingly since it is a local
hotsync.
What is needed on the Palm is a parameter somewhere stating the local time
difference from GMT so the difference in old time zone and synced time zone
could be determined. This could even be applied to cell phone's Modem
HotSync since almost all of them now get the time from the local cell.
I'll say it again, don't ignore the PC you are HotSyncing to as a source of
computation to offload from you handheld or heard at a developer's gathering
a while ago, "No Palm device is an island." :)
Steve
Mark Nudelman wrote:
> Hal Mueller wrote:
> > There are places that are fractions of an hour ahead or behind.
> > Northern and southern hemispheres switch in different directions at
> > not quite similar times of year. There are pockets of time zones
> > that don't observe DST at all.
>
> Strictly within the United States, it's much simpler. For any place in
> the U.S. there are only two choices: it has DST according to the federal
> rules, or it does not have DST at all. The (current) federal rules are:
> DST starts at 2:00am (local standard time) on the first Sunday in April,
> and ends at 2:00am (local DST) on the last Sunday in October.
> --Mark
