Don't forget to change your store Time Zone setting

[AbleMods]

DST has changed once again. Remember to set your store time zone to "... Standard Time" instead of "... Daylight Time"

[Robbie@FireFold]

Thanks for this.

I would have never known!

[bobr2k]

DST has changed once again. Remember to set your store time zone to "... Standard Time" instead of "... Daylight Time"

Wouldn't it be better to use the UTC code? I just changed ours and the time magically corrected itself (after refresh )

[AbleMods]

[quote="bobr2k]Wouldn't it be better to use the UTC code? I just changed ours and the time magically corrected itself (after refresh )[/quote]
All depends on whether you want your reports and other date/time pieces to reflect your local time.

Setting mine to UTC would throw all my reports off by 5 hours (Eastern Time). As a result, my daily sales totals would stop at 7:00pm and anything after that time would (incorrectly) count towards the next calendar day totals.

[bobr2k]

Setting mine to UTC would throw all my reports off by 5 hours (Eastern Time).

I must be missing something. I actually meant picking the correct UTC code ... mine is CST so UTC-6 just like we set the time on the Microsoft Windows setup ... maybe it works for some and not for others.

[AbleMods]

Ok. The way you said it previously, it sounded as if you were setting it Greenwich Mean Time, also known as Universal Coordinated Time or UTC.

What you're doing is what the original post described. Once the change is made, the store time will automatically update with the new time zone setting.

There are two time zone designations for every actual time zone in the US. Part of the year we operate on "Daylight Time". The rest of the year we operate on "Standard Time".

So for this summer, your correct time zone would have been Central Daylight Time or CDT. Now it is Central Standard Time or CST.

Arizona and Hawaii do not observe DST and thus do not change their clocks year 'round. Lucky them

[bobr2k]

Maybe we're saying the same thing - maybe not - I'm suggesting no need to change in spring and fall if you use the appropriate UTC code.

[AbleMods]

Setting to UTC -6 resolves it now because DST just went out. You would have seen the same result by changing from Central Daylight Time to Central Standard Time.

If we were back in the spring 2008 and DST had just engaged, setting to UTC -6 would have put your store 1 hour off from the actual local time.

[zenonpham]

Does anyone know if there's anything in the works to make this automatic?