Daylight saving time support for mobile devices

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for updating a time marking according to new location, wherein a country related information is detected, a need for time update is determined, and if needed, time rules corresponding to said country related information is retrieved and the time is updated according to said rules. The invention relates also to a system, to a device, to a update converter and to computer program product.

1 . A computer program product comprising computer readable instructions for detecting a country related information and instructions for determining a need for time update, whereby the computer program product comprises instructions for acquiring time rules corresponding to said country, and instructions for updating a time according to said time rules if needed.  
     
     
         2 . The computer program product according to  claim 1 , being configured to receive the country related information from a network.  
     
     
         3 . The computer program product according to  claim 1 , being configured to receive the country related information from a user input.  
     
     
         4 . The computer program product according to  claim 1 , wherein the country related information comprises at least information about one of the following, a code for the country, a time zone for the country.  
     
     
         5 . The computer program product according to  claim 1 , being configured to update the time marking for at least one event in a device, because of a movement of the device from one location to another.  
     
     
         6 . The computer program product according to  claim 1 , being configured to update at least one event in a device according to location(s) of at least one other device.  
     
     
         7 . The computer program product according to  claim 1 , wherein an event is at least one of the following: a calendar event, a task, an alarm, a clock.