How to Fix your computer to change for the NEW daylight savings times.(Even windows 98)

2/1/07 | Various and myself

[Revel]

As some people know- the times for Daylight savings time changes have been moved to different dates. This means that If you have versions of windows that are no longer supported by Microsoft then the word is that Microsoft will not release any patch to allow your computer to change to or from daylight savings time on the proper day. Your computer will try to do that on the wrong days. Here is an article about it:

Clocks' Early Spring Forward May Bring About a Few Falls http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/31/AR2007013102318.html?nav=rss_print/asection

I went looking for a 2nd party patch for this and did not find one. What I did find is that Microsoft already has a program that will allow you to make these changes yourself. It is called tzedit.exe

There also appears to be a seperate version of tzedit for each version of windows. I am concentrating on windows 98. For other versions of windows then read this(Windows 2000 works the same way):

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

There is a link to get the windows 98 version here along with some information(Get it now before Microsoft crys foul) If someone has a link to it directly at Microsoft then that would be good. But I could not find it, and it is probably not there any longer It would be part of a windows 98 devolpment kit.

****Use this program, and follow these directions at your own risk. I see no reason for you to have any problems. but I will not be responsible if you do. Nor will Free Republic. Any smart techs out there are welcome to chime in on there feelings about this.*******

Get the program for window98(or 95) Here: http://www.softshape.com/cham/manual/tzedit.htm

Just download it and unzip it anywhere regardless of what they say above as a "Suggested" location. Then double click on "tzedit.exe" to run it.

A simple dialog box comes up where you can make easy changes. *Select your time zone(It might be selected by default). *Click Edit

****Warning- Do not change anything except the starting and ending dates for daylight savings time.

*Change the start day to "Second" "Sunday" of "March" *Change the last day to "First" "Sunday" of "November" *Then click "ok" *Click on "Close"

And that is it. The changes have been made, and your computer should now change to and from daylight savings time on the proper days.

I get the new time changing dates from here: http://www.timetemperature.com/tzus/daylight_saving_time_extended.shtml

I hope this helps.

[RushCrush]

That is very thoughtful and helpful of you. Thank you for taking the time to put together this post!

[Revel]

Here are all the links again since they did not come out clickable:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/31/AR2007013102318.html?nav=rss_print/asection

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

Get the program here:
http://www.softshape.com/cham/manual/tzedit.htm

http://www.timetemperature.com/tzus/daylight_saving_time_extended.shtml

[kinoxi]

This is news to me. MS doesn't out of the box want to synchronize it's time?

[mysterio]

Pretend time is insane. I'm sorry that governor Mitch signed us up for it.

[Revel]

Your welcome. For some reason the formating messed up when this posted. Thats too bad. It was much neater and more organized.

[proxy_user]

Unfortunately, if you are running Java-based application servers on Solaris, things get a little more complicated. If you are running Oracle databases, it is even worse.

I have found that the biggest obstacle is getting the Unix group, the database administration group, and the users to agree on a time schedule for the outages, especially if you are patching dozens of servers in different datacenters around the country.

The project managers at my place are running around like mad on this.

I hope the patches are Sarbanes-Oxley compliant!

[Big Giant Head]

Cool! Pinging the lovely Marie.

[anymouse]

Chron is a good time sync program for pre-XP Windows.

There are other programs out there that use atomic clock standard time servers to change your time and date.

Or you can use your watch. /sarc

[Minutemen]

How about my VCR?

[Arcy]

Here's how you fix it...

[sionnsar]

ping

[ThomasThomas]

Just say no!

[quidnunc]

Or, alternately, you could get a Macintosh.

All you have to do is select your time zone and tell it to access the time server automatically.

[Kirkwood]

Why all the effort when you can just change the time manually?

[Smokin' Joe]

Or you can use your watch

I never wear one. When I work I work, when I don't, I don't. (8^D)

[kalee]

ping

[Smokin' Joe]

Thanks! I have a couple of older machines the grandkids use and it would be nice to have the correct time on them, (just for the heck of it).

[Theresawithanh]

So as long as I am running Windows XP I am OK? (I am a computer idiot, and the first to admit it.)

[doc1019]

Ever try to teach a computer illiterate (no disrespect intended) how to change anything?