City Time 1.7 Released

[Ed Hansberry]

<a href="http://www.codecity.net/prodctppc.html">http://www.codecity.net/prodctppc.html</a><br /><br />City Time fans will want to download and install the latest point release to the product that encourages proper use of time zones on the Pocket PC!<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/hansberry/2003/20030412-citytime17.gif" /><br /><br />• Corrected DST rules for Israel, Mexico, Iraq, Brazil, and others!<br />• Corrects incorrect DST definitions with the Pocket PC operation system! <br />• Expanded Flight Scheduling <br />• Even more cities! <br />• Updated city data (phone codes and airports) <br />• Many minor feature updates. <br /><br />If you do any amount of travel or just work with people in different time zones, City Time is a must for your Pocket PC. Normally $14.95, it is now $11.95. It works on all Pocket PC and Pocket PC 2002 devices.

[pschultz]

• Corrects incorrect DST definitions with the Pocket PC operation system!
What is currently wrong with the DST definitions in the Pocket PC operating system?

[Ed Hansberry]

• Corrects incorrect DST definitions with the Pocket PC operation system!
What is currently wrong with the DST definitions in the Pocket PC operating system?
I am 99% sure Israel is handled incorrectly and I know there are a few other locales that are out of whack too.

[mel]

Israel determines DST dates every year. It is not consistent year after year like most other countries. As a result, software like CityTime needs to be updated every year to update Israel's settings. Also, Palestine determines its DST every year, and makes it different than Israel's dates to assert independence from Israeli rule.

[kennyg]

Israel determines DST dates every year. It is not consistent year after year like most other countries. As a result, software like CityTime needs to be updated every year to update Israel's settings. Also, Palestine determines its DST every year, and makes it different than Israel's dates to assert independence from Israeli rule.

Correct. CityTime now includes user editable tables for year by year DST definitions and uses them to set the DST rule for the current year.

Additionally, Mexico and much of Brazil are simply defined incorrectly by Microsoft and CityTime corrects this in the Windows CE. I actually reported this to Microsoft years ago but they have never fixed it...

Corrected through override:
- Mexico City, surronding area


CityTime adds new timezone definitions for the following cities/countries:
- Damascus
- Falklands
- Tahiti, French Polynesia
- Marquesas Islands
- Gambier Islands
- Pakistan (recently enacted DST rules)
- Namibia

Corrected through extended implementation:
- Baghdad/Iraq (doesn't fit Microsofts implementation, April 1 - October 1
- Isreal (politically defined each year [definitions for 1989-2004 included])

[Santa Fe]

Great program and unlike a lot of less friendly PPC software suppliers they let you upgrade at no cost. Got to love em.