go this year , in most locations in the United States and Canada as well as in numerous other region around the mankind , Daylight Saving Time ( DST ) will commence on the second Sunday in March and cease on the first Sunday in November . This is an earlier start and a later close than in previous twelvemonth .
This can spell trouble for any equipment with a built - in digital clock that supply reflex adjustment for the shift between DST and Standard Time . The trouble is that , unless these devices are update for the raw normal , they will careen to and from DST on the wrong dates . And those gadget can include your Mac .
Happily , Apple was ahead of the curvature here . It supply the need repair as part of the Mac OS X 10.4.5 and 10.4.6 updates for Tiger . A few locations ( including Alberta , Canada and certain region of Australia and Brazil ) adopted the newfangled rules too recently for these updates . For these former arrivals , Apple releasedDaylight Saving Time Update for Mac OS X 10.4.8 , which Apple recommends instal even if you do not live in the affected zone .
If you are still using Panther , Apple has n’t blank out you . Just get theDaylight Saving Time Update for Mac OS X 10.3.9 .
For even older version of the Mac OS , you ’ll have to turn a third - party oblation . The Public Server Services , Macintosh Division , at the University of New Hampshire feature aDaylight Savings Time fixfor Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.3 .
Unfortunately , even after installing these update , you may still have job with some third - party applications . For example , to get Microsoft Office 2004 ( notably Entourage ) to make the appropriate time break , you need to installOffice 2004 for Mac 11.3.3 Update .
For those of you still pass the old Office v. X reading of the Office suite , Microsoft does not provide any DST patch . But do n’t despair : you’re able to anunofficialfix fromthis Web page .
[ Senior contributor Ted Landau is the father ofMacFixIt . ]
