Actually, I own a panasonic VCR so I happen to know how it works. It actually has a calendar set-up in the chip where it knows which dates to reset the clock. That also goes for leap years. I remember during the Y2K scare, how people thought that their VCRs wouldn't work after the first. The solution given was to reset the year on your VCR clock to 1972 ( or something like that) because that year had all the days of the week and leap year etc. info in common with 2000. -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Baum <patbaum@rice.edu> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> Date: Monday, April 10, 2000 6:35 AM Subject: VCR >>Can anyone tell me how my VCR knew it was Daylight Saving Time?< > >The VCR probably received a signal (usually from the PBS station's >transmission) that automatically sets (re-sets) the clock. This is a >common feature nowadays on VCRs and is usually the default setting so that >you don't have to manually set the clock. > >Patrick Baum, RPT >Houston, TX > > >
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