Daylight Saving Time — Spring 2009
Daylight Saving Time — Spring 2009
Today: 8-Mar-2009 is the start of the daylight saving time in North America. I still had to change 11 clocks manually1, and another half dozen were done automatically2.
The important question is: Did you change the clock in your cameras for the daylight saving time?. You should, you must, and you need to do it!
To me, having the correct and accurate time is crucial. I use to do receptions, where people would ask me for prints, when they say the tiny preview in the LCD panel. I took their name and I had to identify them correctly in the pictures. So what did I do? I took my notepad out, wrote their info and the exact time, according to my watch. Then I could identify them by the EXIF date and time info.
My watch, my computers and therefore my cameras are synchronized to some atomic clocks. Most Windows computers: XP SP2, XP SP3 and Vista are synchronized once a week to Microsoft's time servers. I don't know about Apple with Macs. You may need to configure the Mac with NTP to do the atomic clock synchronization.
1 From wall clocks, microwave ovens to desk clocks... including 3 cameras ↑
2 Mostly computers ↑
Daylight Saving Time — Spring 2009
Today: 8-Mar-2009 is the start of the daylight saving time in North America. I still had to change 11 clocks manually1, and another half dozen were done automatically2.
The important question is: Did you change the clock in your cameras for the daylight saving time?. You should, you must, and you need to do it!
To me, having the correct and accurate time is crucial. I use to do receptions, where people would ask me for prints, when they say the tiny preview in the LCD panel. I took their name and I had to identify them correctly in the pictures. So what did I do? I took my notepad out, wrote their info and the exact time, according to my watch. Then I could identify them by the EXIF date and time info.
My watch, my computers and therefore my cameras are synchronized to some atomic clocks. Most Windows computers: XP SP2, XP SP3 and Vista are synchronized once a week to Microsoft's time servers. I don't know about Apple with Macs. You may need to configure the Mac with NTP to do the atomic clock synchronization.
1 From wall clocks, microwave ovens to desk clocks... including 3 cameras ↑
2 Mostly computers ↑
