Energy Act of 2005 and Daylight Savings Time
We currently use Sun Studio compilers. We use the embedded tools.h RogueWave libraries. The Energy Act of 2005 changes the dates for Daylight Savings Time starting in 2007. Will there be any patches from Sun to handle this? We currently use RWZoneSimple which is extensible, but we were hoping for an update from Sun.
Thanks in advance. Sorry if this has been covered, I just couldn't find anything.
Further Reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Policy_Act_of_2005
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The RW Tools.h++ library that comes with Sun Studio has been updated with the new DST rules. I don't think the patches have been released yet.
If you have a service contract with Sun, you can get a pre-release version of the patch via your support channel.
Otherwise, check the Sun Studio patch page from time to time
http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio/downloads/patches/index.jsp
Look for a C++ compiler patch that includes a fix for bug 6456479.
RW Tools.h++ does its own DST calculations. Other libraries rely on the Solaris functions in libc. Patches for Solaris are available now as follows:
S10 - 118833-24(sparc), 118855-19(x86)
(The fix is included in S10u2.)
S 9 - 112874-34(sparc), 114432-24(x86)
S 8 - 108993-62(sparc), 108994-62(x86)
