Method and apparatus for supporting control windows

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor that is operatively coupled to the memory, the at least one processor being configured to perform the operations of:
• receiving, at a management application, a first definition of a control window, the first definition specifying the control window in a local time of a time zone where the management application is being executed, wherein the first definition identifies:
• (i) a first start time for the control window, (ii) a first end time for the control window, and (iii) one or more days of the week when the control window should be enforced;
• detecting an applicable time in the time zone, the applicable time being one of standard time or daylight savings time;
• generating a second definition of the control window that corresponds to the applicable time, the second definition specifying the control window in a standardized time format, the second definition being generated based on the first definition;
• causing the control window to be enforced in a storage array in accordance with the second definition;
• detecting an event indicating that the applicable time, in the time zone, will change to a new applicable time, the new applicable time being the other one of standard time and daylight savings time;
• and
• in response to the event, stopping to enforce the control window in the storage array in accordance with the second definition and causing the control window to be enforced in the storage array in accordance with a third definition of the control window, the third definition being in the standardized time format.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more processor-executable instructions, which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the operations of:

• receiving, at a management application, a first definition of a control window, the first definition specifying the control window in a local time of a time zone where the management application is being executed, wherein the first definition identifies:
• (i) a first start time for the control window, (ii) a first end time for the control window, and (iii) one or more days of the week when the control window should be enforced;
• detecting an applicable time in the time zone, the applicable time being one of standard time or daylight savings time;
• generating a second definition of the control window that corresponds to the applicable time, the second definition specifying the control window in a standardized time format, the second definition being generated based on the first definition;
• causing the control window to be enforced in a storage array in accordance with the second definition;
• detecting an event indicating that the applicable time, in the time zone, will change to a new applicable time, the new applicable time being the other one of standard time and daylight savings time;
• and
• in response to the event, stopping to enforce the control window in the storage array in accordance with the second definition and causing the control window to be enforced in the storage array in accordance with a third definition of the control window, the third definition being in the standardized time format.