1 Tasks database self-corrupts on many devices
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3 If you extract a Tasks record, and then write it back via
4 SetRecordByIndex(), on many devices that I tested, it ends up
5 corrupting the record on the device, and the GUI on the device
6 appears messed up. (It shows the first few fields twice)
7 Such a corrupt record also loses the due date.
9 This appears to be a bug in the device firmware.
11 The workaround, when working with the Tasks database, is to
12 first DeleteByIndex() and then AddRecord() via the Desktop mode class,
13 using the same record ID. This works, but is unfortunately
16 See the Desktop GUI and the opensync plugins for examples of this
19 Ideally, we should test a Tasks sync on Windows, and see how
20 the Windows software handles this. There may be some protocol
21 changes that will be needed in future Barry versions.
24 Dates before 2007/01/01 use modern DST rules
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26 This is a device firmware issue. Most devices that I've tested
27 use modern DST rules (i.e. DST begins second Sunday in March)
28 for all dates, even though these new rules only came into effect
29 in 2007. So dates in 2006 and earlier have a window of innaccuracy,
30 since dates are given to Barry in UTC, converted to time_t, and most
31 computer systems will then convert that time_t to local time using
32 the old DST rules, and be an hour off.
34 Barry does nothing to workaround this bug, since most dates
35 are used in Calendar and Task apps, which usually only matter
36 for modern dates. In other words, you use the Task and Calendar
37 apps to remind yourself of future appointments, not the past.
38 This appears to be the logic that RIM used as well, since the
39 device seems to only have one DST rule, and doesn't care about