| Daylight
Savings Time- Windows Update
Beginning in the spring of 2007, daylight saving time
start and end dates for the United States will change to comply with the
Energy Policy Act of 2005.
In 2007, Daylight savings time will be observed from
March 11, through November 4, in areas of the United States and Canada
that observe daylight saving time.
An update to your Windows Operating System is required,
and SpeedLine Technical Support wants to ensure that you are prepared.
SpeedLine 5.7 and future releases will include this
fix for future time zone changes. Request an upgrade here.
Meanwhile, you can update Windows yourself:
How to Update if You Have Windows
XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003
How to Update if You Have Windows
NT4 or Windows 2000
How to Confirm That the Time Zone
Changes Have Been Applied
If you have a current SpeedLine Support Agreement
and would like assistance with making the time zone setting updates to
your operating system by upgrading or manually changing the settings,
please call SpeedLine at (888)-923-9185 during regular support hours or
email support@speedlinesolutions.com.
How to Update
if You Have Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003
Microsoft has released a time zone update for Windows
XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 that automatically configures
all these changes. To download the patch for Windows XP or Windows Server
2003, please copy and paste the link below into your browser's address
bar and press Enter. A File Download
window will appear. Click Run to install the patch on
your computer.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/8/a/58a208b7-7dc7-4bc7-8357-28e29cdac52f/tzedit.exe
How to
Update if You Have Windows NT4 or Windows 2000
To change the time zone settings on a single computer,
use the Time Zone Editor (Tzedit.exe). This tool lets you create and edit
time zone entries for the date and time settings in Control Panel.
Notes
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You must be logged into the admin
or administrator account to change time zone registry information
by using the Time Zone Editor. |
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To obtain the list of time zones
that have changed together with their DST start dates and end dates,
use the information in the following Knowledge Base article:
928388 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928388/)
2007 time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems
Note Article 928388 contains information for two
time zones that had not yet changed when the article was originally
published. These two time zones are Newfoundland and Western Australia.
These two time zones are included in this article to make sure that
users have the most current time zone information. |
Manually configure daylight savings time dates
To manually modify time zone settings by using the Time Zone
Editor, follow these steps:
| 1. |
Start Time Zone Editor. |
2. |
In the Time Zones
list, select a time zone, and then click Edit.
For example, click (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada);
Tijuana, and then click Edit. |
3. |
In the Edit Time Zone
dialog box, click to select the Automatically set Daylight
Saving Time check box. |
4. |
Specify the correct daylight
savings time start date and end date. To do this, follow these steps:
| a. |
In the Start Day
box, click the number of the day, the corresponding day of
the week, and the month that you want. For example, click
Second, click Sunday, and
then click March. |
b. |
Select the time that you
want to start daylight savings time. For example, select 2:00
A.M. |
c. |
In the Last Day
box, click the number of the day, the corresponding day of
the week, and the month that you want. For example, click
First, click Sunday, and
then click November. |
d. |
Select the time that you
want to end daylight savings time. For example, select 2:00
A.M. |
e. |
In the Daylight
Bias list, select how long you want the time to change
when daylight saving time is in effect. For example, to set
the clock forward 1 hour, leave the default setting of +1:00. |
f. |
Click OK. |
g. |
Select another time zone
that has changed, and then repeat steps a-e. For more information
about the time zones that have changed, click the following
article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
928388
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928388/) 2007 time zone update
for Microsoft Windows operating systems
Repeat steps a through f for every time zone that has changed.
When you have finished, click Close. |
h. |
Click Start,
point to Settings, point to Control
Panel, and then double-click Date/Time. |
i. |
Click the Time
Zone tab. |
j. |
Select a different time
zone than the (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada);
Tijuana time zone, and then click Apply. |
k. |
Click (GMT-08:00)
Pacific Time (US & Canada); Tijuana, and then
click OK.
Note Steps j and k are required for the new
changes to take effect. |
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How to Confirm
That the Time Zone Changes Have Been Applied
To verify that the time zone updates have been successfully
applied to the computer, use one of the following methods.
Method 1: Use the Date and Time item in Control
Panel
Important: Close all open applications before you
start this test!
To verify the changes by using the Date and Time item in the Windows Control
Panel, follow these steps:
| 1. |
Click Start,
click Run, type control timedate.cpl,,/Z,
and then press ENTER. |
2. |
Click the Time Zone
tab, click to select the (GMT-08:00 Pacific Time (US &
Canada) time zone, and then click Apply. |
3. |
Click the Date &
Time tab. |
4. |
Set the date and time to one
minute before the start of DST. For example, change the date and
time to March 11, 2007 at 1:59 A.M. |
5. |
Wait one minute. Confirm that
the clock moves to 3:00 A.M. instead of 2:00 A.M. |
6. |
Set the date and time to one
minute before the end of DST. For example, change the date and time
to November 4, 2007 at 1:59 A.M. |
7. |
Wait one minute. Confirm that
the clock moves to 1:00 A.M. instead of 2:00 A.M. |
8. |
Set the date and time back to
the correct settings. |
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