Microsoft KB Archive/939107

= Daylight saving time and other time zone guidance for Live Meeting for the year 2007 =

Article ID: 939107

Article Last Modified on 1/4/2008

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Live Meeting

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INTRODUCTION
This article describes the daylight saving time (DST) and other time zone changes that may affect Microsoft Office Live Meeting in the year 2007.



MORE INFORMATION
Worldwide, many time zones changed in the year 2007 by adopting DST, by changing time zones, or by changing the DST start date and end dates. You should be aware of the following DST and time zone changes in Live Meeting and make the appropriate changes.

Install the required updates
 Install the Microsoft Windows DST cumulative update on all affected Windows-based computers. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

933360 August 2007 cumulative time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems

 Install the Time Zone Data Update Tool for Microsoft Office Outlook. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e343a233-b9c8-4652-9dd8-ae0f1af62568&displaylang=en&tm



Note These updates correct the Windows time zone definitions. Additionally, these updates adjust the Outlook calendar items.

Resend meeting invitations
Microsoft has applied an update to the Live Meeting service. Therefore, starting March 3, 2007, meeting organizers must verify the start times and the end times of their meetings and then adjust the start times and the end times of their meetings. Additionally, meeting organizers must resend all preexisting meeting invitations that occur in the following time periods:
 * March 11, 2007, 02:00:00 to April 1, 2007, 01:59:59
 * October 28, 2007, 02:00:00 to November 4, 2007, 01:59:59

This will make sure that all meeting invitees have the correct Outlook calendar items. Additionally, the Meeting Entry Time Control Property for all rebased meetings will be changed to the Anyone-Anytime setting. This guarantees that meeting attendees will not be denied entry to the meeting in case the start time and the end time of the meeting were not corrected.

Important information for Live Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Outlook users (Live Meeting 2005 only)

 * If you are primarily a Live Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Outlook user, make sure that you run the Outlook rebasing tool against all meetings. Additionally, do not select the modify only recurring appointments option in the tool. If you select this option, no Live Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Outlook meetings will be rebased. This is because the Live Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Outlook schedules only one-time meetings.
 * If you have already run the Outlook rebasing tool against recurring meetings only, you may rerun the rebasing tool against all meetings. The Live Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Outlook meetings will then be rebased.
 * Meeting updates cannot be sent to attendees for meetings that are created by using the Live Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Outlook. All Live Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Outlook meeting organizers must manually send meeting updates to their attendees.

For more information about how to prepare Outlook calendar items for the DST 2007 changes, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

931667 How to address the daylight saving time changes in 2007 by using the Time Zone Data Update Tool for Microsoft Office Outlook

Important information for recurring meeting users (Live Meeting 2005 only)
If you schedule meetings and send invitations through the Schedule Meeting page in Live Meeting, there is an issue with recurring meetings in the following affected time period:

October 28, 2007, 2:00 A.M. through November 4, 2007, 1:59 A.M.

This issue occurs if the meetings were created before May 18, 2007 and if they were not edited after May 19, 2007. Recurring meetings that occur during the affected time period may be one hour later than intended. Therefore, we recommend that all recurring meeting organizers manually verify and adjust the start times and the end times of their meetings. If it is necessary, resend all preexisting meeting invitations that fall within the affected time period.

Important information for users in Perth
The Perth time zone is not supported in Live Meeting 2005 when DST is used.

Important information for users in New Zealand
New Zealand extended daylight saving time starting September 30, 2007.Clocks went go forward an hour a week earlier than usual. Unfortunately, Live Meeting did not contain the updated New Zealand start and end dates for DST in time for the change in September 2007. However, to lessen the effect on meeting organizers, attendees in New Zealand who have meetings that are scheduled during the affected time period should work with their meeting organizers to verify and adjust the start times and the end times.

Important information for users in Venezuela and Argentina
Because of the sudden nature of the recent Venezuelan and Argentinean time zone changes, Live Meeting does not contain the updated Venezuelan or Argentinean start and end dates for DST. The changes will be incorporated as soon as possible. Meeting attendees in Venezuela or Argentina who have meetings scheduled during the affected time period should work with their meeting organizers to verify and adjust the start times and the end times.

How to obtain time zone support for other products
To obtain Microsoft time zone support for products other than Live Meeting products, use one of the following methods:  Visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/dst2007

 Contact Microsoft Customer Support Services. Contact the Microsoft technology specialist. Contact your company's IT department.</li></ul>

Additional query words: daylight time United States zone TIMEZONE DST 1387 savings

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