Palm Releases Daylight Saving Time Updates

After months of complete silence on the topic, Palm has released Daylight Saving Time updates for those devices that "know" about Daylight Saving Time.

New Daylight Saving Time Changes
Beginning this year (2007) Daylight Saving Time (DST) for most of the U.S. and all of Canada, starts on the second Sunday in March (11 March 2007), and changes back to standard time on the first Sunday in November (4 November 2007). These dates are NEW and a change from the current start/end date that is built into some Palm devices.

Palm devices, both smartphones and handhelds, need to be updated so that they reflect the correct time when the new DST changes take effect. Without the Daylight Saving Time Updates, calendar events and email messages will indicate an hour off the actual time in locations that observe DST.

Things get really interesting if your Palm knows about the new dates, but your OS or application doesn't. For your information, the only two Microsoft OS's with the proper Daylight Saving Time corrections are Windows XP Service Pack 2, and Windows Vista. None of the other versions know of the DST change, nor will Microsoft be making a fix available.

Affected Palm devices: (every Palm that knows about DST)

Palm OS
* Treo 700p
* Treo 680, 650, 600
* Treo 300, 270
* LifeDrive
* Tungsten T5,T3, T2
* Tungsten C, E2, E, W
* Zire 72, 31, 21
* TX, Z22

Windows Mobile
* Treo 750
* Treo 700w
* Treo 700wx

Palm has full instructions and download links available here.