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Q165124: Australian Time Zones End Daylight Savings Time on Wrong Date

Article: Q165124
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): WinNT:3.5,3.51,4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsetup kbdomain
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51., 4.0 
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IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry.
Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if
a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring
the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key"
Help topic in Regedt32.exe.

SYMPTOMS
========

Windows NT ends daylight savings time in the Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and
Adeliade time zones on the first Sunday in March. The time zones do not actually
officially switch back to standard time until the last Sunday of March.

CAUSE
=====

The date that Windows NT ends daylight savings time is set incorrectly in the
system registry.

WORKAROUND
==========

To work around this problem, do one of the following:

- The Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit includes a TZEDIT program. Use this program
  to change the affected time zones to end daylight savings time on the last
  Sunday in March.

- If the Resource Kit is unavailable, make the following changes in the system
  registry.

  WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may
  require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee
  that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be
  solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And
Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete
Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in
Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it.

  1. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).

  2. In the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree, find the subkey for the Adelaide time
     zone:

     SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones\Cen.
     Australia Standard Time

     NOTE: The above registry key is one path; it has been wrapped for
     readability.

  3. Open the value TZI in your time zone key to get into the binary editor.

  4. You should see binary information like this:

     C6FDFFFF00000000C4FFFFFF0000030000000100020000000000000000000
     A00000005000200000000000000

     NOTE: The above binary information is one line; it has been wrapped for
     readability.

  5. Change this value to the following value:

     C6FDFFFF00000000C4FFFFFF0000030000000500020000000000000000000
     A00000005000200000000000000

     NOTE: The above binary information is one line; it has been wrapped for
     readability.

  6. In the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree find the subkey for the Brisbane,
     Melbourne, Sydney time zone:

     SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones\Sydney
     Standard Time

     NOTE: The above registry key is one path; it has been wrapped for
     readability.

  7. Open the value TZI in your time zone key to get into the binary editor.

  8. You should see binary information like this:

     A8FDFFFF00000000C4FFFFFF0000030000000100020000000000000000000
     A00000005000200000000000000

     NOTE: The above binary information is one line; it has been wrapped for
     readability.

  9. Change this value to the following value:

     A8FDFFFF00000000C4FFFFFF0000030000000500020000000000000000000
     A00000005000200000000000000

     NOTE: The above binary information is one line; it has been wrapped for
     readability.

  10. Quit Registry editor and restart your computer.

  11. The system should now end Daylight Savings Time on the last Sunday in
     March.

- You can also make the necessary registry changes using Regini.exe from the
  resource kit in conjunction with a text file that contains the following
  entries:

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
  \Time zones\Cen. Australia Standard Time
  TZI = REG_BINARY 0x0000002c 0xfffffdc6 0x00000000 0xffffffc4 0x00030000
  0x00050000 0x00000002 0x00000000 0x000a0000 0x00050000 0x00000002
  0x00000000

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
  \Time Zones\Sydney Standard Time
  TZI = REG_BINARY 0x0000002c 0xfffffda8 0x00000000 0xffffffc4 0x00030000
  0x00050000 0x00000002 0x00000000 0x000a0000 0x00050000 0x00000002
  0x00000000

  Create this text file using Edit.com or Notepad with word wrap turned off. The
  text file can only contain ascii text characters. The key name has to be on
  one line, and the value on the next line, the value being spaced in 4 spaces.
  Save the text file using any eight-dot-three standard name you like. Then use
  regini as per the example below.

  Example:

  regini <filename>

  This will automatically make the necessary changes for you.

STATUS
======

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT versions 3.51 and
4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: DST
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Keywords          : kbsetup kbdomain 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT351search kbWinNT350search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTW350 kbWinNTW350search kbWinNTW351search kbWinNTW351 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS350search
Version           : WinNT:3.5,3.51,4.0
Issue type        : kbbug

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