Daylight saving not working

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Charlie

All of my Windows XP Pro workstations got their system time change back one
hour since last Sunday. It's not suppose to change until next Sunday. When I
ran the Windows Update, there is nothing to be update. So why are all my
Windows XP machines showing the incorrect time?
 
Charlie said:
All of my Windows XP Pro workstations got their system time change back
one
hour since last Sunday. It's not suppose to change until next Sunday. When
I
ran the Windows Update, there is nothing to be update. So why are all my
Windows XP machines showing the incorrect time?
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Hi Charlie
If you are in GMT Time Zone then the clocks did go back one hour last
Sunday. Check your time zone setting.
Regards Bill
 
I live in central time. It's not suppose to go back one hour until first
Sunday of November. I've read that this has something to do with SP3 not
including Time Zone changes. However, I've not found any solution to this
problem. In addition, what happens in SP2 for Windows 2003 server? Is it the
same thing?
 
Charlie

Start, Control Panel, Date and Time, Time Zone. Have you checked the box
under the Globe? However, it didn't work for me last Sunday!


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Yes, I did check that box and it's not working.

Gerry said:
Charlie

Start, Control Panel, Date and Time, Time Zone. Have you checked the box
under the Globe? However, it didn't work for me last Sunday!


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Charlie,
Here are the downloads for Australia and the US, due to changes made in
those countries in 2007.

Download details: Update for Windows XP (KB931836)
.... clock on the correct date in 2007 due to revised Daylight ... United
States: Change | All Microsoft Sites ... Others who downloaded Update for
Windows XP (KB931836) ...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...0c-df2d-400b-a8a9-ef9061a9a3ca&DisplayLang=en

Download details: Australian Daylight Savings Changes for Microsoft ...
The Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held during March 2006 in
Melbourne Australia. Several Australian states including New South Wales,
Victoria, Australian Capital ...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...de-9d70-487c-8f7c-093d4dfd1899&displaylang=en

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Yes, I did check that box and it's not working.
 
I already tried KB931836 and it's giving me that error I've written above. As
for the Austrialian, I need the USA version.
 
All of my Windows XP Pro workstations got their system time change back one
hour since last Sunday. It's not suppose to change until next Sunday. When I
ran the Windows Update, there is nothing to be update. So why are all my
Windows XP machines showing the incorrect time?
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They are simply operating as programmed. What changed was
the dates (extended by governments of USA and Canada only.)
Many agencies got the change wrong (including the Canadian
government official time signal . . . fixed within 24 hours.)
Cable and satellite TV appear however to have remained up to
date, viz. did not terminate DST on the traditional date (last
Sunday) and are waiting until the correct date (next Sunday.)
 
Update for Windows XP (KB951072)
Brief Description
Install this update to resolve an issue that is caused by revised daylight
saving time laws in many countries.
System Requirements
a.. Supported Operating Systems: Windows XP Service Pack 2; Windows XP
Service Pack 3
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...A3-846C-4F7F-8791-CD9943CE0893&displaylang=en

You will need to validate that you have a Genuine copy of Windows.
You can also look on the Windows Update page, and see if this update somehow
got hidden and was not installed previously. I believe you need XP SP2 or XP
SP3 for these updates. If you are still running XP SP1 or earlier these may
not work, until you update to at least XP SP2.

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I already tried KB931836 and it's giving me that error I've written above.
As
for the Austrialian, I need the USA version.
 
This patch does not work either. I got the same error message when trying to
apply the patch on top of SP3. Any other suggestion?
 
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Charlie said:
This patch does not work either. I got the same error message when trying
to
apply the patch on top of SP3. Any other suggestion?
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I am forwarding here a copy of an e-mail message sent to my daughter last
year. Note the name of the app and the link. IIRC the procedure requires
two steps but the instructions are accurate. HTH.

================= Letter follows =====================

As I said on the phone, I followed this procedure at the start of DST this
year and didn't encounter any trouble. I don't know yet, naturally, if it
will correct the clock the first week in November.

The application is called "TZEdit.exe"

The application changes entries in the registry. It can be performed
manually, but no one recommends doing it this way.

Microsoft claims that it works on all versions of Windows. I assumed you
were using XP, if not, then probably Me (Millennium Edition) or 2000; if
not, then previous versions are 98 and 95. I wouldn't go back any farther
than that.

Here's the link provided by IBM, with explanations:

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21253837

================ End of letter ================

Ken Bland
 
Thanks for the response. I already tried the TZEdit.exe utility and it's not
working either. I edit the current Central time and it looks correct in and
all but when I close that utility out and restart the computer, it goes back
to one hour behind. I'm not sure what I should do next.
 
Charlie said:
Thanks for the response. I already tried the TZEdit.exe utility and it's
not
working either.
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Charlie, I'm not sure what you mean by the "utility ... not working either,"
but as I said earlier this is a two-step process -- it's not as clear cut as
we might like. The link to the IBM site with directions is correct, but not
altogether simple. I have extracted the applicable part that describes what
I mean by "two-step process." Pay especial attention to the second part,
steps 3 and 4, that requires you to change from your time zone to a
different one and then back again.

Apply the tzedit.exe process to your systems:

1.. Exit out of applications.
2.. Run the executable tzedit.exe using Start > Run, provide the full
path, for example: c:\Program Files\TZEdit\tzedit.exe
3.. Your current time zone should be highlighted. Click the Edit button.
4.. Set Start Day to Second Sunday, March.
5.. Set Last Day to First Sunday, November.
6.. Click OK.
7.. Click Close.

You need to change your time zone twice using the Windows Date and Time
Control Panel.
1.. From the Start menu, click Settings > Control Panel and then click
Date and Time.
2.. Click the Time Zone tab.
3.. Select a different time zone and click Apply.
4.. Now, select your time zone and click Apply, then click OK.
5.. Restart your applications.

============= End of Instructions ===============

Ken Bland
 
Thank you for the step by step instruction. It seems to work now. I also
tried a fix called DaylightSavingFix.exe and that works too in case anyone
have similar problems.
 
Charlie said:
Thank you for the step by step instruction. It seems to work now. I also
tried a fix called DaylightSavingFix.exe and that works too in case anyone
have similar problems.
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You're very welcome, Charlie. I hadn't heard about 'DalightSavingFix'.

Ken Bland
 
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