As Support Engineer, Joel Baxter provides assistance to Hannon Hill clients as they install, integrate, and manage their websites with Cascade Server. Relying on a strong background in a wide variety of Unix flavors, and a toolkit of advanced networking skills, Joel is able to troubleshoot installation issues in any environment.
Joel has worked professionally in the IT industry for a number of companies in the metro-Atlanta area, including Silverpop Systems Inc. (a Hannon Hill client). He is currently working on his bachelor of business administration in computer information systems at Georgia State University, and is a proud Atlanta native.
We’ve had several clients ask us about whether Cascade Server will be affected by the U.S. change in Daylight Savings Time. Although Cascade Server itself isn’t affected, it’s always a good idea to have the latest Java installed, and check with your database vendors for any updates.
SUN Microsystems has published online information on DST. We recommend you install J2SE 5.0 Update 6 or later (J2SE 1.4.2_11 or later if using a Cascade Server version older than 4.0) or apply the issued patch from Sun with tzupdater tool.
For database vendors:
Microsoft and DST changes
Oracle and DST changes
No patch is needed for MySQL, since it uses the system time, but check with your operating system vendor for any applicable patches.
Please note that some countries are still evaluating whether they will adopt the new rules for themselves so we should anticipate more changes in DST and time zone rules for countries that typically align with U.S. DST rules.