---
title: "Prepare sourcesafe for the daylight time change in the U.S"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/1/29/prepare-sourcesafe-for-the-daylight-time-change-in-the-us.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/1/29/prepare-sourcesafe-for-the-daylight-time-change-in-the-us.html"
published: "2007-01-29T17:30:04"
updated: "2007-01-29T17:30:04"
tags: [".NET"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Act now or forever be blamed for screwing up Via Richard Berg: The rules for U.S. daylight savings time are changing in 2007 . SourceSafe cares about time zones, so you should too. Complete details are in KB article…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
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# Prepare sourcesafe for the daylight time change in the U.S

By Roy Osherove January 29, 2007 In [.NET](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net)

**Historical article** · Originally published January 29, 2007; technical details may be outdated.

Act now or forever be blamed for screwing up

Via Richard Berg:

> The rules for U.S. daylight savings time are [changing in 2007](http://www.energy.ca.gov/daylightsaving.html).  SourceSafe cares about time zones, so you should too. 
>
> Complete details are in [KB article 931804](http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=931804). 
>
> To quote one section heading,
>
> "**If you do not update the servers and client computers, you may lose check-in information**". 
>
> There, do I have your attention now? :) 

Yes you do!

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