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1.0 About this update
2.0 Installation information
2.1 Requirements
3.0 IBM Rational Software Support
4.0 Notices and trademarks
The passage of the United States Energy Policy Act of 2005 alters the Daylight Saving Time (DST) start and stop dates by four weeks. Extended DST will begin in March of 2007. As a result of this change, users of some versions of the desktop products for the IBM® Rational® Software Development Platform will be required to install an update.
This update will adjust the IBM Java® environment (SDK or JRE) of the affected products to account for the DST change. This update is provided for all platforms on which the products are supported.
For additional information about the Daylight Saving Time 2007 change for Rational Software Development Platform - Desktop products, see http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21248094.
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You must have installed one of the IBM Rational products that are listed
at the top of this page before you install this update.
For additional information, see the installation information.
For FAQs, lists of known problems and fixes, and other support information, visit the product support pages for IBM Rational products at http://www-306.ibm.com/software/rational/support/.
For product news, events, support, and other information, see the IBM Rational product home pages at http://www-306.ibm.com/software/rational/sw-atoz/.
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