ALERT! — Indiana Residents Don’t Forget to Update Your Settings

Microsoft has provided a tool for making sure everyone living in Indiana will be prepared for the change over to observing Daylight Savings Time as of April 2nd.

Starting April 2, 2006, the entire state of Indiana will begin observing Daylight Saving Time. Most of Indiana will remain in the Eastern Time Zone, except 18 counties in northwest and southwest Indiana that will remain in, or be moving to, the Central Time Zone. Indiana residents should use local sources of information to determine the correct time zone.

Link: Updating Your Time Zone Settings

Since this affects me, I wanted to make sure everyone else was aware of it as well. The challenge though is that I don’t think it will actually fix any currently scheduled meetings/appointments you may have set in Outlook. However, that part isn’t a problem if you’re currently in Indiana and are on the same time as other EST cities.

The hour will not change but you will officially belong in the Central Time Zone. Change your time zone to (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) and then reset your clock to the correct hour. After this change, you may have to update or resend recurring meeting requests and verify other appointments in your calendar. When Daylight Saving Time ends on October 29, 2006, your computer clock will automatically adjust the hour appropriately. Any appointments created between April 2, 2006, and October 29, 2006, for a date after Daylight Saving Time ends should be correct in your calendar. You should not wait until October to adjust your clock.

It amazes me that someone at Microsoft could quickly write a program that would allow the user to input a start date for appointments and ask to verify each scheduled appointment and ask if you wanted it to automatically update or leave at the current scheduled time.